How might you demonstrate creativity and innovation through this project?
My biggest (ongoing) challenge is finding a way to make this project meaningful. I want for the end result to make a big impact on the issue of microplastic in the ocean.
I don’t want to just make a poster to put around school or go on the e-brief, I want something that people will actually look at. I think the best way to display as much information as possible while keeping the attention of the audience and making it memorable is through a short film. So currently, that is my plan.
To show creativity and innovation, I plan on using several different techniques to edit the film. Some ideas I have come up with are:
- Use free footage of oceans and +plastic online to make it pretty and high quality
- Interview some experts in the field
- Try and make some animations demonstrate the anatomy of fish and how plastic affects them or how the plastic travels down the food chain.
Some challenges I anticipate are time limits, lack of primary data, or footage due to lockdown and deciding on my target audience. To elaborate on my last point, I can either show graphic images to scare people or I can make it kid-friendly.
I like the fact your really considering what kind of project will be most impactful to actually make a change in the world. Making decisions about whether to utilise scare-tactics or not will be a big one in deciding what to do next. Using scientific facts can be really powerful in the right context.