Film Analysis

‘Disruption’  by Jared P. Scott

There will be many times in our lives where being bystanders to a problem is just as bad as being involved in the problem. In the 52-minute-long documentary film Disruption by People’s Climate Movement, directed and produced by Jared P. Scott and Kelly Nyks on September 7, 2014, takes us behind the scenes of climate change. It focuses on the hard work people are putting in to organize a rally in the United Nations in 2014 to stop and fight against climate change. The film found answers to the questions that have failed to be answered about the concerns of how climate change can affect our lives. It brings politics into different viewpoints as well to get the inside scoop on how they are contributing to the cause. The purpose of the film is to inform the newer generation on the consequences that climate change can produce and how the generation now has the power to do something about it because we know what is going on. We are conscious of the situation that we face with climate change. It also persuades us to get up and fix the madness that climate justice is putting on our society because us not contributing only adds to the problem.

Disruption is opened by people who lives have been impacted by telling their experiences. The people are very emotional and are also from low-income families. Disruption is about new and older generations. It’s focused around the rallies and protest that happen due to climate justice believers trying to put an end to the problem. The rallies and protest are very peaceful, so there is no violence and no need for any harsh retaliation from federal officials. When the film goes into talking about a personal experience, the film is played in black and white. The black and white filming shows me that the flashbacks that they are showing happened before the 20th century, where color was not yet on films. The music in the background is very mellow and smooth, showing how serious the situation at hand actually is. When the flashbacks of situations that happened in the past are being shown, the music begins to become more upbeat, but not too much. This shows that something important is about to be shown. The sound of a scratchy radio sounds as well when they show the damage to the houses that climate change has produced.

Jared P. Scott, the director of Disruption, achieved his purpose, because the details that he used in the film about how when we just sit around and not do anything, climate justice hits us the worse, and we come apart from the problem. The music is effective because you can sense when the film is about to go into something important, chaotic, or just smooth and normal. The sound that happens in the background, whether the sound was high or low, slow or fast, you could tell what was about to happen at that particular point. Some strengths of the film are that the film has interviews with people who are working on the project. The film also adds political views to the solution, by stating how the Republicans are contributing by making acts and other important policies that can help the people especially in the poor parts of the country. An example of this is how the Republicans made a Superfund project. The Superfund project is a project that funds the cleanup of toxic waste. This is essential to the poor because they suffer the most out of all minority groups with funding to clean up the living space around them. With this program, it made it possible for them to live a cleaner life. A weakness of the film that I personally saw is that it doesn’t really go further into how certain groups can contribute. I think that would have made Jared’s argument better in trying to persuade the audience to contribute because there is so little that we can do that hasn’t already been accounted for. My overall response to the film is that I really enjoyed it. I found it very interesting, because a lot of the things that they said about climate justice as far as destruction, I didn’t know. I would most definitely recommend it to others because I really feel as though it would get a lot more people involved in helping out the community.

Disruption is a great film to persuade different generation varieties to become more involved in our daily problems in society. It will prevent us from being bystanders and adding to the problem, instead of fixing it. It emphasizes the role of being a leader because in order to contribute you need to have the skill of leadership. I grade this film an A- because it was an excellent film. I really enjoyed it and I’m pretty sure that others will love it just as much. The film focused on different parts of climate justice and how each part contributes to hurting our environment.

The film ended by repeating the phrase, ‘are you ready to march?’ And with a phone number and website to contact to join the movement. This is a tactic for persuasion and by providing contact information to join a specific movement, it can gain more support.

Keywords: Peaceful civil disobedience- refusing to abide by laws, rules, or regulations set by the government as a form of peaceful protest.

Green New Deal- Economic program in the United States whose goal is to put an end to climate change and economic inequality.

Van Jones- A American author who wrote the green collar economy, which is about green jobs.- wikipedia

Green Jobs- Jobs that contribute to repair the environment. They help improve energy.- Greenhouse Jobs artice

We Do, We Can- women's empowerment organization. They help find a solution to poverty by working with people in poor communities.- Google

Emissions Gap-Difference between the emissions level countries has promised to fulfill under international agreements and the level consistent with limiting the warming of the earth to no more than 2 degrees Celsius because this way there won’t be as much of an impact as if it was above 2 degrees Celsius.- Disruption

Techno Fixes- Technical solutions to climate change. They don’t address social inequalities.- Disruption