Film
Most films that use the theme of recycling are based around the theme of the world coming to an end, a post Apocalypse era, even though that these are the main types of films that show that, it does show what you can make from recycling certain materials and what unique things that can be made.
Mad Max
One of the most recognizable films to use the theme of recycling has to the be the "Mad Max" Series. Throughout the films you start to see the beginning of the apocalypse and each film get more and more into to the recycling theme. I the films they start really using anything they can to use on their bodies to protect them selves, some of the stuff ranges from american football gear to just scraps of leather to cover certain areas.
Another use in this film that uses the theme of recycling is they way that they use to build their castles and their vehicles The vehicles are made from anything that they can make it deference and make it look mean this would be made from pipes, wires, tubing and so on, anything that could be recycled and used again.
Book Of Eli
Another film that also used the recycling genre and is once again a post apocalyptic era is the film called "The Book Of Eli" all though it does have some of the same aspects as in the film as mad max the main thing that is shown in this film is the way that certain items are used, since the world has become corrupted the value of money is nothing, so when they have the chance the people take unwanted items to shops and trade them for other items and I think this is a good example of recycle and really shows the value of certain items in the world that we think of nothing but then this film really starts to put a value to these items we once thought of as useless.
Game
Fallout
One good example of recycling in a game is from the game of fall out, on this bases the game is quite a lot like the film of mad max, as in the use that they will recycle anything that they can just to make themselves more defensive and more powerful. This recycling theme has also been used to make buildings more defensive by boarding up windows and barading the front of places.
Warhammer 40K
Now this game is quite different from the others and isnt quite a post apocoliptic game as in the sense the game is more about nations fighting one another to gain supreme command over one another but one of the main things that I noticed in this game is the way that the orcs a represents in this game, if you look at the orc characters you can see that anything that they have is recycled from scrap metal, one of the best examples of recycling is the towers that are used by the orcs, they have been completely made from scrap metal that has just been thrown on and nailed down, and this showns that if it can be nailed then it will do technique and I think this is a really good idea to show the nature of these orcs.
Animation
The Maker
It was quite difficult to find anything on the recycling of materials for an animation but I did think of the idea of the short animation called "The Maker". It is where a strange rabbit like creature has to make a repuclar of himself using the resources that are provided, and I think this fitted in quite well because the character uses different materials to build another one, which consists of cloth, wool, clay and one of the weirdest items used teeth. But the main reason that I choose this is because at the very end of the animation when the character turns it dust, all his parts are returned to where they were and will be used again by a another creature and this is where the theme of the recycling come into the stop animation.
Recycling Animation
Another recycling animation, is this one, where a person starts to change the forms of items such as pens and clay, this gives a nice in site into how thing can be recycled and what they can be recycled into, the good point in this short stop animation is that is shows what they can be used for, such as a recycled pen and be used to draw a building which could be contructed, and this really gets across to the viewer that anything can make something and really shows the true highlights of what recycling can actually do for the planet.
Artists/Illustrations
Derek Gores
This artist has attract world wide attention for the art work that he had produced in college and when you see it you understand why, one of his best piece was number 07 this is because of the way that he used simple pieces of newspapers and magazines to create such a details piece, and you can really notice the detail in everything, the way that the head light had its texture, and the extraordinary detail in the engine of the chopper, every little detail stands out.
Another great piece is number 09, just because of the detail he has put into the face of the child, but not only the face of the child but also the detail that is obtained with the bubbles, and you think to yourself that this artist has really shown the true meaning of recycling and what potentials are out there for it. Not only that, but he has cut out certain works such as "Sweet", "Love" and "Sparkle" and has placed them around the childs head to show the true nature of a child.
Zac Freeman
Now this artist has taken a completely different approcach to the way that he has created his art with recycling and this is what really makes me really appeal to his, you have your average little bits and pieces that our throw away such as buttons, bottle caps, odd pieces of lego, but this man decided not to do that and created art out of these little pieces that we would call junk and from this he has created the most fantastic pieces of art, the thing that I really like about this artist is unlike others he has tried to keep the colour of the items to what they oringinal were, and not paint them to what he liked unless he needed to, and from just keeping the colour of the items the way they originally were he can create vast amounts of detail in the faces of his subjects, and just by looking at it you think what kind of art you could have created if you kept these little bits and pieces.
Other
One other thing that is really starting to make a change in the fashion industry is the use of recycling materials, and this sort of thing has started to it off big, and has spread around colleges, even Priestley college where you can see one dress made completely out of recycled soda cans. Although you don't see it round the streets as drastic as you see it on the cat walk there's no saying whether this type of fashion will actually hit the high streets but because of the economy and the threat of global warming, there is no reason to say that it will never happen.
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