Animation for a food sustainability documentary
Preferred learners
- Canada
- Academic experience
Categories
Skills
Project scope
- What is the main goal for this project?
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FOOD SYNERGY is a multimedia feature documentary being developed in Vancouver BC Canada. It is the first documentary addressing all seven stages of the entire food supply chain. With multimedia styles ranging from song and dance to animation and interviews, it will feature 7 positive stories of local heroes empowering audience members to love food and fight waste from farm to fork. More info: www.foodsynergymovie.ca
We are looking for support to design a storyboard based on a script, to provide guidance for the company creating the animation.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
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What you will do:
- ANIMATION FOR THE COMPOST CHAPTER: 1 animation of 30 seconds (person with an apple on a plate, eats apple, moves as if to throw the core into the garbage, stops, throws it into the compost instead) followed by 1 animation of 40 seconds (animated explanation of the industrial composting process)
- ANIMATION FOR TRANSITION: 7 very similar animations of around 10 sec. It will introduce each chapter as a transition between sections. An apple will be used as a transitional element from one hero to the other.
- GRAPHICS: Around 50 quick graphic designs: graphics of stats, graphs, and other information on screen next to people as they talk to reinforce what they're saying.
- What is the main goal for this project?
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FOOD SYNERGY is a multimedia feature documentary being developed in Vancouver BC Canada. It is the first documentary addressing all seven stages of the entire food supply chain. With multimedia styles ranging from song and dance to animation and interviews, it will feature 7 positive stories of local heroes empowering audience members to love food and fight waste from farm to fork. More info: www.foodsynergymovie.ca
We are looking for support to design a storyboard based on a script, to provide guidance for the company creating the animation.
- What tasks will learners need to complete to achieve the project goal?
-
What you will do:
- ANIMATION FOR THE COMPOST CHAPTER: 1 animation of 30 seconds (person with an apple on a plate, eats apple, moves as if to throw the core into the garbage, stops, throws it into the compost instead) followed by 1 animation of 40 seconds (animated explanation of the industrial composting process)
- ANIMATION FOR TRANSITION: 7 very similar animations of around 10 sec. It will introduce each chapter as a transition between sections. An apple will be used as a transitional element from one hero to the other.
- GRAPHICS: Around 50 quick graphic designs: graphics of stats, graphs, and other information on screen next to people as they talk to reinforce what they're saying.
About the company
- https://www.foodsynergymovie.ca/
- 2 - 10 employees
- Food & beverage, Education, Environment, Media & production, Business services
Gaia Productions has, as a mission, to inspire positive change in society at all levels. Through visual storytelling, its films aim to educate, motivate and entice people to take note of who they are, how they live and how they affect the world around them. From short and long form scripted drama, documentaries and series, Gaia Productions seeks to be the medium with which viewers of its productions learn, feel, think and engage with themselves and those around them. Issues from sustainability and environmental conservation to historical-based dramas and fictional stories, this company combines its ethos of passionate storytelling with the potential of visual film to reach audience members across the word.