Hollywood and mining
I have always been intrigued by extraterrestrial fiction movies with realistic scenes of colonization of other planets and galaxies by earthlings.
In such films, the mining industry takes an important place: mines, stone pits and processing plants on other planets. These details of the plot are present in almost all the films of this genre.
However, often mining and processing units are very superficial, tangential in movies.
I can speculate about the reasons for these. It is most likely that the directors of the films are afraid to show the mining industry in more detail in order to avoid the criticism of professionals and skeptics. Also fresh ideas are needed.
In my humble opinion the mining theme is pushed undeservedly into the shadow by Hollywood. Nothing prevents the filmmakers to penetrate deeper into the problem and put the mining facilities and technology in the movie in full and in such futuristic reality that the viewer's brain will literally explode on the volume and quality of the seen. Many people almost do not read books. Their worldview is formed mainly through television (today's picture) and Hollywood (futuristic trends). People often have a distorted view of reality and a very vague and uncertain view of the future.
Meanwhile, the cinema and Hollywood have a huge educational potential. Given that the supply of information comes unobtrusively, fun and it is cost-effective for the film companies.
Mining in the minds of people is usually associated with something harmful and negative (such as a natural or artificial disaster). But this is not quite true. Plus, mankind has never been able to abandon the mining industry and will not be able to do it.
It would be nice to add a positive to this thread.
"It means your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one. " (Dr. Brown. Back to the Future).
Let's show the mining, as we want it to be.
Hollywood often has the inverse effect: it shapes the future by its own films.
As analogy with the books of Jules Verne. French writer had an excellent level of education and great imagination, but he was not a prophet. Jules Verne only carried out a competent PR of very good ideas in a very interesting and exciting art form. So these ideas came to dominate at the mass consciousness of the 19th century and defined the main directions and forms of the technical thinking. Jules Verne is not a prophet, he is a creator! We are convinced in this.
What prevents us to repeat this success only by a more powerful and impressive technical tricks of fine art of movie?
For my part, I can promise to add to your movie or cartoon, at least a few of these realistic "delicious" features about the future of mineral processing.
The movie will sparkle by different colors and will qualify for the glory of the prophetic movie.
My experience and outlook allows me to such forecasts in concentration and processing of minerals. I can quite clearly outline the main trends in this area for a hundred years ahead.
All this will be very realistic and reproducible. Such scenery or special effects can decorate a movie or be the cornerstone of its story. The audience will believe in the realism of what it saw on the screen. In their minds the reality will be mixed with fiction.
It will be very advanced and realistic elements of future technology.
Today's technology in art is not interesting - it's too corny. People are interested in tomorrow and after tomorrow. I'll give it them. I am fully responsible for my words.
Thank you for your time. We will be happy if you are interested in this topic.
© Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya
16 July, 2016