I believe a documentary could be a great vehicle to explain EA and get people interested.
Obviously it would need to explain EA principles. But there is also room to include emotion and personal stories. Which might be much more important, in terms of the effect on the viewer.
Perhaps the emotion and personal stories could make up more than half of the film. One documentary that does this really well is “Chasing Ice”. It’s about James Balog, a photographer documenting climate change by filming glaciers. The film presents the science in a clear way, but it’s mostly just a story about one person trying to have an impact with their career. And that has a much bigger effect on the viewer than a pure fact piece. (This film led me on a path to eventually joining EA)
If the goal is to make a documentary that is viewed by a large number of people, then I see a number of challenges:
It would need to be a really good film with a captivating story—not an advertisement, and not an explainer piece.
The quality (both technical as well as artistically) would need to be exceedingly high, and you might need a very experienced team. Or outside help. For example, “Chasing Ice” was made by an inexperienced filmmaker but got help from an Oscar-winning editor.
It might be difficult to get the film distributed to a mass audience. This depends on (1) and (2), but also on the team.
I believe a documentary could be a great vehicle to explain EA and get people interested.
Obviously it would need to explain EA principles. But there is also room to include emotion and personal stories. Which might be much more important, in terms of the effect on the viewer.
Perhaps the emotion and personal stories could make up more than half of the film. One documentary that does this really well is “Chasing Ice”. It’s about James Balog, a photographer documenting climate change by filming glaciers. The film presents the science in a clear way, but it’s mostly just a story about one person trying to have an impact with their career. And that has a much bigger effect on the viewer than a pure fact piece. (This film led me on a path to eventually joining EA)
If the goal is to make a documentary that is viewed by a large number of people, then I see a number of challenges:
It would need to be a really good film with a captivating story—not an advertisement, and not an explainer piece.
The quality (both technical as well as artistically) would need to be exceedingly high, and you might need a very experienced team. Or outside help. For example, “Chasing Ice” was made by an inexperienced filmmaker but got help from an Oscar-winning editor.
It might be difficult to get the film distributed to a mass audience. This depends on (1) and (2), but also on the team.