Essays on The Day After Tomorrow

Analysis and Comparison of two Climate Change films: “The Day After Tomorrow” and “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

“The Day After Tomorrow (TDAT)” refers to an American climate change film that was directed by Emmerich Roland in 2004. The film focuses on the disasters caused by global warming. “The contest over global warming is a challenge for the referee because it's a tag-team match, a real free-for-all” (Al Gore, 2011 p.2).In the movie, the weather scientist Dennis Quaid tries to warn people on the issue of climate change, but he fails. Quaid finds themselves horrified after finding out that all their predictions about global warming were coming true faster than they could imagine. According to the ...

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“The Day After Tomorrow”, a feature US movie of 2004 directed by Roland Emmerich, was undoubtedly a commercial success. There have been many disaster movies before, but quite a few of its predecessors might have been compared to it in terms of computer effects and quasi realism. The general public liked the effect of the new Judgement Day, and the box office of ‘The Day After Tomorrow” has exceeded 550 million dollars worldwide, while the original budget was around 125 million. The filming took place in the total of 17 locations, including New York City (with a hefty amount of special effects), Los ...

Introduction

Science fiction and disaster films often must take dramatic liberties with science and truth in order to serve a greater narrative purpose; events are compressed, effects are exaggerated, and realism and physics are thrown out the window in order to provide greater drama and spectacle (Revkin, 2004). In the movie The Day After Tomorrow, directed by Roland Emmerich in 2004, the world is subjected to global disasters brought about by climate change. The effects are myriad; global cooling sets New York in a coating of ice and freezing temperatures, glaciers crack and separate, and a “superstorm” is said to cause rapid climate ...

Film Studies: 6 Degrees Could Change the World

Rhetorical Strategies and Logical Appeals for Positive Action in Both Films Film Studies: 6 Degrees Could Change the World & The Day After Tomorrow Rhetorical Strategies and Logical Appeals for Positive Action in Both Films In 6 Degrees Could Change the World and The Day After Tomorrow, both films lay down sound and reasonable rhetorical strategies in order to convince the viewer of their principles and opinions. While the basis of any good documentary relies more on empirical evidence than its plea to the emotional spectrum of its audience, 6 Degrees Could Change the World uses both ...

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real?

Is The Day After Tomorrow for Real? The blockbuster Hollywood movie The Day After Tomorrow has taken interesting attention from the public – particularly the political and scientific communities. The film depicts our world having global super storms, which are caused by an abrupt climate change due to Earth’s global warming. Unimaginable drastic weather disasters were unleashed, significantly destroying major cities including Tokyo, Los Angeles, and New York in just a matter of few days. Brick-sized hails hit Tokyo; lots of triple-sized tornados ravaged Los Angeles; and an extraordinary tsunami and blizzards invaded New York. It is clear that, ...