Unit 5: Conscious Art (1ère AMC)

Unhappily Ever After Series, Jeff Hong

The document under study is an extract of a video of an interview of Jeff Hong, an eco-artist, published in 2014. Jeff Hong has been an animation artist for 20 years. He worked at Walt Disney Feature Animation on movies like Tarzan, Mulan, Hercules… Now, through his project “Unhappily Ever After Series”, he wants to convey important messages such the impact of climate change. He uses famous Disney characters by placing them is situations where they suffer in order to denounce global warming.

According to him, people care more about the issues when they see their favorite characters in difficult situations. Therefore, this way to raise awareness is effective because these characters are supposed to live happily ever after, but in his artwork, they are living in terrible conditions. It speaks to the viewer because it reminds them of their childhood.

Homework: Learn the lesson.