Known as the “Vanishing Island”, Isle de Jean Charles is located in Louisiana and is quickly eroding due to climate change and rising waters from the current pipelines-- it has been called home to residents for over one hundred and seventy years, and the island is vanishing from underneath them. Vaughn-Lee, the director, composed this New York Times op-doc in hopes to reach out to society about the matters that are taking place in Isle de Jean Charles, so authority could take action of the sinking shorelines and rising waters. The director most likely relates to this video because he lives near the sea in Point Reyes, California with a population of only eight hundred eighteen people people as of 2008. “Vanishing Island”, directed by Emmanuel Vaughn-Lee, is a documentary that appeals to pathos through the visual imagery and interviews to inform society of the problems that take place on the island so action may be taken.
For the opening scene, Vaughn-Lee appeals to the audience through pathos …show more content…
A lifetime resident is introduced by the name of Edison Dardar. Two generations of family have lived on the island before him also. The problem of the island is introduced as he begins to talk, and the camera slowly records stilted houses next to creeks of water from the gulf. The listener can visualize the separation of the houses as Edison continues his interview. Dardar says, "When I was young, there was about maybe two hundred fifty, maybe three hundred houses. Now there is only about twenty." Dardar is beginning to elaborate about the title being called "Vanishing Island.” He is shown with a blurred background, so the audience may focus on his reflective speaking of locations not in the town anymore. He tells the audience about the church, grocery store, and other stores gone from rising waters, and the audience can feel the tension in his voice as he speaks about Isle de Jean
For the opening scene, Vaughn-Lee appeals to the audience through pathos …show more content…
A lifetime resident is introduced by the name of Edison Dardar. Two generations of family have lived on the island before him also. The problem of the island is introduced as he begins to talk, and the camera slowly records stilted houses next to creeks of water from the gulf. The listener can visualize the separation of the houses as Edison continues his interview. Dardar says, "When I was young, there was about maybe two hundred fifty, maybe three hundred houses. Now there is only about twenty." Dardar is beginning to elaborate about the title being called "Vanishing Island.” He is shown with a blurred background, so the audience may focus on his reflective speaking of locations not in the town anymore. He tells the audience about the church, grocery store, and other stores gone from rising waters, and the audience can feel the tension in his voice as he speaks about Isle de Jean