Idea
My film is going to be about human wastefulness and how it is effecting the planet. It will target issues such as global warming, climate change and environmental degradation, showing what may happen to the Earth if we continue being not resourceful. Having some concerns about the well being of the planet, my aim is to get across to others the severity of the issues that we may have to deal in the future if not careful.
Three Screens
Screen one and three will be a collection of found footage clips and photographs of the action of destroying the planet, such as sewage being piped into rivers etc. These will be most likely take from news reports and other such sources.
Screen two is going to be a moving image of planet Earth. This will flicker between different periods of the Earth, beginning with the Ice Age and showing its development from there, eventually forming an image of what it will look like due to the problems we are currently creating. This screen will loop several times throughout before all screens reach an end and return to the beginning again.
At one point I would like all three screens to merge into one scene, showing a collection of stars and space. Also, I would like to incorporate text on to the screens as well, showing different statistics associated with the disasters and issues.
Visual Inspirations
How will this be achieved
Everything will be done on After Effects using a variety of different methods to animate, distort and add visual effects to already existing images. The majority of tutorials to help me with this shall be found on Youtube, Lynda and Video Copilot.
Relevant tutorial links (so far)
Research
Check list of environmental issues that can be used (quick find info from links)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environmental_issues
- Climate change — Global warming • Global dimming • Fossil fuels • Sea level rise • Greenhouse gas • Ocean acidification • Shutdown of thermohaline circulation • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Urban Heat Islands
- Conservation — Species extinction • Pollinator decline • Coral bleaching • Holocene extinction • Invasive species • Poaching • Endangered species
- Energy — Energy conservation • Renewable energy • Efficient energy use • Renewable energy commercialization • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
- Environmental degradation — Eutrophication • Habitat destruction • Invasive species • Soda lake
- Environmental health — Air quality • Asthma • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Electromagnetic fields • Electromagnetic radiation and health • Indoor air quality • Lead poisoning • Sick Building Syndrome • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
- Genetic engineering — Genetic pollution • Genetically modified food controversies
- Intensive farming — Overgrazing • Irrigation • Monoculture • Environmental effects of meat production • Slash and burn • Pesticide drift • Plasticulture
- Land degradation — Land pollution • Desertification
- Soil — Soil conservation • Soil erosion • Soil contamination • Soil salination • Alkali soils * Residual Sodium Carbonate Index
- Land use — Urban sprawl • Habitat fragmentation • Habitat destruction
- Nanotechnology — Nanotoxicology • Nanopollution
- Nuclear issues — Nuclear fallout • Nuclear meltdown • Nuclear power • Nuclear weapons • Nuclear and radiation accidents • Nuclear safety • High-level radioactive waste management
- Overpopulation — Burial • Water crisis • Overpopulation in companion animals • Tragedy of the commons • Gender Imbalance in Developing Countries • Sub-replacement fertility levels in developed countries
- Ozone depletion — CFC • Biological effects of UV exposure
- Pollution — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollution • Light pollution • Noise pollution • Visual pollution • Interplanetary contamination
Water pollution — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Acid rain • Eutrophication • Marine pollution • Ocean dumping • Oil spills • Thermal pollution • Urban runoff • Water crisis • Marine debris • Microplastics • Ocean acidification • Ship pollution • Wastewater • Fish kill • Algal bloom • Mercury in fish • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
Air pollution — Environmental impact of the coal industry • Smog • Tropospheric ozone • Indoor air quality • Volatile organic compound • Atmospheric particulate matter• Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
- Reservoirs — Environmental impacts of reservoirs
- Resource depletion — Exploitation of natural resources • Overdrafting
Fishing — Blast fishing • Bottom trawling • Cyanide fishing • Ghost nets • Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing • Overfishing • Shark finning • Whaling
Mining — Acid mine drainage • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing • Mountaintop removal mining • Slurry impoundments
Water (depletion) — Aral Sea • Dead Sea• Lake Chad. Other Wikipedia articles on water problems are Water pollution, Water crisis/scarcity, Wastewater, Anoxic waters
- Toxins — Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • DDT • Endocrine disruptors • Dioxin • Toxic heavy metals • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Herbicides • Pesticides • Toxic waste • PCB • Bioaccumulation • Biomagnification • Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
- Waste — Electronic waste • Litter • Waste disposal incidents • Marine debris • Medical waste • Landfill • Leachate • Environmental impact of the coal industry • Incineration • Great Pacific Garbage Patch • Exporting of hazardous waste• Environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing
Sir David Attenborough: The Truth About Climate Change (graph)
Global Warming Facts
Global Warming The Signs and the Science
Man (animation on how humans are impacting the planet negatively)
Effects of global warming and signs of end of the world (picture video for reference ideas)
Other useful websites
If the polar ice caps melted, how much would the oceans rise?
11 facts about global warming
Global warming facts
33 facts about global warming
Storyboard Outline (rough)
These are very big and current topics and my worry is that there is so much to look at and discuss about each topic that they will all get a bit watered down. However, an interesting aspect to this idea is that the issues of global warming are linked to many things not just one single cause so developing the project around all the possible causes is interesting. You have posted up a lot of links to environmental studies but you haven’t really commented on any of these in your treatment and not tried to synthesize them down to specific areas of interest. You mention for your middle screen, “The Ice age” but the planet has been through several so try being clearer about what you want to show. I’m not sure you necessarily need to resolve the film to show what you think the future will hold. Leave the audience to think about what you are showing them rather than giving them all the answers? Technically you need to be careful with the footage you are getting, as YouTube videos look bad when blown up against their non-native resolution. Possibly think about using lots of small clips placed all over the image rather than blowing up the images to fill the whole frame.
ReplyDeleteYou have set yourself a difficult task here and a lot of work but I’m confident that with a lot of hours spent gathering archive you can achieve a thought-provoking piece.