Visiting the sound and moving library had piqued my interest in past years at York, but after the informative class tour with Dr. Bazely it definitely became a great place to not only study but a great place to research films for the upcoming film festival. Right at the front entrance of this library you’re presented with a large display of many film examples across all genres, ranging from pop-culture to sci-fi to action, but most importantly for this course nature documentaries; the staff are quite helpful in finding particular films for research and viewing. As tempting as it was to search and request old personal favourites such as Enter the Dragon (1973), Drunken Master (1978), House of Flying Daggers (2004), The Good the Bad & the Ugly (1966); I had to focus that enthusiasm towards more plant ecology related films, some possible films and episodes that I had the opportunity to view in short bursts included How to Grow a Planet, The Secret Life of Plants, and some portions of Planet Earth. Selecting one film as the better one may pose a challenge as these are popular series that are well known to people, but it would be a better strategy to pick out a specific episode or portion that has a better correlation to plant ecology and build-up a strong case for it by means of a summary of what’s being portrayed and communicated.
As an additional suggestion that can be added to the sound and moving library collection for the action genre would be the Ip Man series (2008, 2010, 2015, 2019) as they are great action films worth watching for both story, and choreography.
Applied Plant Ecology Winter 2020 