Thursday 12 June 2008

Balloons in environmental films

The use of balloons seems to be a common theme in a couple of the clips that I downloaded. The first from my previous post, Change - People's Choice winner from FOE one minute film competition. The film uses red and green balloons to represent the difference between positive green actions and red balloons for negative actions. The film cleverly portrays the transition of turning towards living greener lives by using the balloons as a metaphor.

This clip uses a similar balloon metaphor in that the black balloons are the negative effect that our over use of energy in the home is having on the environment.

Black and red are seen in these cases as negative colours. Red for stop or danger and black as a dirty or deathly.


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