Presentation Lessons from Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” Whether you agree or disagree with the viewpoint of former Vice-President Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” presentation and movie, as a presenter there are some key lessons you should take away from a presentation that has become more popular than almost any other presentation in recent memory, even winning an Academy Award. Lesson 1: Visuals RuleOne thing you will notice as you watch Al Gore’s presentation is that most of his slides have no text on them, they are visuals. There is a mix of photographs, diagrams, data graphs and added video clips in the movie. When he does use a slide with text on it, there is very little text compared to the typical text overloaded corporate presentation slide. And many of his visuals, especially the graphs, use motion to make the point clear.
Lesson 2: The Number of Slides Doesn’t MatterAfter watching the presentation, few people would be able to tell that there are 266 slides in the presentation. Is Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth accurate? Al Gore, certainly the most vilified proponent of climate change anywhere in the world, earned most of this enmity through the success of a film he presented called An Inconvenient Truth (AIT). The film was a staid presentation of climate science to date, a round-up of research, science and projections, with many cinematic sequences employed to harness the power of the medium.
The majority of the film, covering issues like Himalayan Glaciers, Greenland and Antarctica losing ice, the severity of hurricanes and other weather phenomena, was accurate and represented the science as it stood. Since the release of the film, considerably more evidence has been found in support of the science and projections in the film. One claim was in error, as was one attribution of a graph. The Legal Case The film is also subject to attack on the grounds that Al Gore was prosecuted in the UK and a judge found many errors in the film.
Mr. 17. 22. Basic rebuttal written by GPWayne. Science Fiction. Click to read the Executive Summary Read the Sidebar: Live Earth: NBC Joins the Fight for 'Climate in Crisis,' Fails to Stay Objective Baaaa-dum. It only took two musical notes to set the mood and terrify viewers watching the movie "Jaws" in 1975. Today it only takes two words: global warming. Global warming, or climate change due to a phantom menace called carbon dioxide, is more frightening to many than aliens, evil robots and mad scientists. On May 24, it will have been five years since "movie star" Gore tried to scare the world into making massive societal changes with his error-filled documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth. " Gore, the "darling of Hollywood" and a "full-time environmentalist" according to network reporters, turned global warming fearmongering into a Hollywood hit, making nearly $50 million worldwide, according to BoxOfficeMojo.
Apocalypse Al Gets Network Attention, But His Faulty Science Gets Little Criticism But once Gore replied, "There's really not a debate. Charles S. "An Inconvenient Truth" Analysis | www.thetellurian.com. The movie, “An Inconvenient Truth” contains all the components that people now recognise as Global Warming. It has been widely praised and has received an Academy Award. Al Gore shared in a Nobel Peace prize with the IPCC in 2007. Are the claims in this movie based on sound evidence? Even scientists that agree with climate change do not believe the claims made by the movie. A dangerous idea that this documentary promotes is that you don't need to be correct or have real evidence if the outcome is percieved to be correct: In other words, the end justifies the means. For the meme "Global Warming" to propogate through society, it needs willing (or lazy) minds.
Do you really understand Climate Change? The evidence that the 0.6oC change in the last one hundred years is man made is based on the CO2 increase during that time. Method of Transport: This meme has been packaged and spread by the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” and by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Film Review: An Inconvenient Truth. Revolution #52, June 25, 2006 Submitted by a reader An Inconvenient Truth is a provocative documentary on global warming by director Davis Guggenheim. The film, based on the multi-media presentation given by former Vice President Al Gore in over 1,000 cities around the world in recent years, presents a disturbing picture of the destruction that global warming is doing to the earth and the horrific future that we are facing if global warming is not addressed. Despite some serious weaknesses, anyone who is concerned about the future must see this film and join in discussion, debate, and action over what is needed to save the planet.
At a time when believing in scientific truth is under attack, and when the Bush administration is gagging government scientists from telling the truth, censoring official reports, and sabotaging international treaties, An Inconvenient Truth defends, popularizes and makes accessible to millions the basic science of global warming. Effects of Global Warming 1. 2. Film Review: An Inconvenient Truth. An Inconvenient Truth. An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 Academy Award winning documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate made in the film, he has given more than a thousand times. The idea to document his efforts came from producer Laurie David who saw his presentation at a town-hall meeting on global warming which coincided with the opening of The Day After Tomorrow. Laurie David was so inspired by Gore's slide show that she, with producer Lawrence Bender, met with Guggenheim to adapt the presentation into a film.
Since the film's release, An Inconvenient Truth has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate change and reenergizing the environmental movement. The documentary has also been included in science curricula in schools around the world, which has spurred some controversy. Synopsis [edit] Background[edit] Origins[edit]