TV SHOW: Green Porno!
Yesterday, when I made this post TV SHOWS + ARTICLE: The Golden Age of Green TV I was a bit confused by Sundance Network's The Green as it seemed to include a wide variety of programming.
It turns out that Sundance uses The Green as a programming space for a huge range of films & series including:
Big Ideas for a Small Planet
The Lazy Environmentalist
EcoTrip (mentioned yesterday)
Carbon Cops
and (drum roll) Green Porno
Now I'm a bit torn as to how "teachable" I think this cheeky material is due to its tone. When I finished my master's degree I spent a year substitute teaching. One day I was subbing for a 10th grade biology teacher and he left a simple sub plan for me - an hour documentary from Animal Planet showcasing about 20 species humping on film. It was quite an interesting sub assignment. The kids loved watching the Galápagos giant tortoises do it:
These type of nature films are created in way that makes them look like that they are just capturing the "raw footage of nature." While that isn't entirely the case, Green Porno tackles the same subject matter using a completely different and more entertaining tone. From the website:
Here are two sample shorts from Green Porno:
The Mating Habits of Flies
The Mating Habits of Whales + 6 feet of Wild
Would you use this film in a 7-12th grade class? It is certainly loaded with science content. I guess the fly would be much easier to teach than the whale.
As you watch more clips you'll notice that, over time, Ms. Rossellini turns the annunciation of the words "penis" and "vagina" into high art.
Do you think these films would be appropriate to make curriculum pop? Please share your thoughts below!
The full collection of Green Porno (Season 1-3) shorts can be viewed online here:
http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno/
It turns out that Sundance uses The Green as a programming space for a huge range of films & series including:
Big Ideas for a Small Planet
The Lazy Environmentalist
EcoTrip (mentioned yesterday)
Carbon Cops
and (drum roll) Green Porno
Now I'm a bit torn as to how "teachable" I think this cheeky material is due to its tone. When I finished my master's degree I spent a year substitute teaching. One day I was subbing for a 10th grade biology teacher and he left a simple sub plan for me - an hour documentary from Animal Planet showcasing about 20 species humping on film. It was quite an interesting sub assignment. The kids loved watching the Galápagos giant tortoises do it:
These type of nature films are created in way that makes them look like that they are just capturing the "raw footage of nature." While that isn't entirely the case, Green Porno tackles the same subject matter using a completely different and more entertaining tone. From the website:
Following up the critical and popular success of her 2008 short film series about the sex lives of insects, Isabella Rossellini migrates from the land to the sea in GREEN PORNO 2. Like the first season of Green Porno, this batch of very short films about the reproductive habits of marine animals is scientifically accurate yet extremely entertaining. Executed with a handmade aesthetic, the Green Porno films are a playful mixture of real world and cartoon. Each film features Isabella speaking directly to the camera about the subject at hand, be it the broad topic of mating strategies or the peculiarities of barnacle procreation. Produced by Isabella Rossellini, Jody Shapiro and Rick Gilbert.
Here are two sample shorts from Green Porno:
The Mating Habits of Flies
The Mating Habits of Whales + 6 feet of Wild
Would you use this film in a 7-12th grade class? It is certainly loaded with science content. I guess the fly would be much easier to teach than the whale.
As you watch more clips you'll notice that, over time, Ms. Rossellini turns the annunciation of the words "penis" and "vagina" into high art.
Do you think these films would be appropriate to make curriculum pop? Please share your thoughts below!
The full collection of Green Porno (Season 1-3) shorts can be viewed online here:
http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno/
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