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Paradise Lost

This short animation by artist and animator Evelyn Lambart offers a wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment. With rich colour and intricate animated motion, the film features birds, butterflies and other woodland creatures succumbing to air pollution caused by human inventions.
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This short animation by artist and animator Evelyn Lambart offers a wordless plea for the right of all living creatures to a clean, unpolluted environment. With rich colour and intricate animated motion, the film features birds, butterflies and other woodland creatures succumbing to air pollution caused by human inventions.

Environment and Conservation All subjects
  • director
    Evelyn Lambart
  • sound
    Claude Delorme
  • re-recording
    George Croll
  • music
    Maurice Blackburn

Education

Ages 11 to 18
School subjects
Media Education - Film Animation Science - Environmental Science Science - Life Systems/Ecology Social Studies - Environmental Challenges

How is music used to convey the plot? How does colour communicate the message of the film?  Before viewing the short film, list examples of the causes of environmental destruction. Then, identify the possible effects this will have on the creatures and habitats of the area impacted. While viewing, identify the causes of environmental destruction and the effect(s) it has on the environment.

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