Foodtopia
In this project, students were to create a video on a certain topic related to food which would bring awareness to the community. Our group chose to do our video on the biochemistry of obesity, basically what macronutrients caused obesity (don't worry we explain what those are in the video). However, we can't just go and shoot. The video planning was a long process but in the end it was worth it. There was an amazing amount of change but here are some of the original works.
Along with the video we did a side project which was to create a simple informational tile that we would place in the elementary garden.
Along with the video we did a side project which was to create a simple informational tile that we would place in the elementary garden.
Treatment
Society knows “everything”, at least enough to judge people, but do they know what they’re putting into their own bodies? Let’s see who knows more about nutrients, adults or 2nd grade children.
We will start the quest by asking the public individually at the carlsbad mall if they know what a macro/micro nutrient is and have their responses recorded(GoPro). After that we will film a 2nd grade student explain the definitions of a micro and macro nutrient and then switch to a voice over as a big person and small kid pop up labeled with macronutrients(big) and micronutrients (small). Both “the macronutrient” and “micronutrient” will be against a whiteboard as facts about him/her appear around him/her and will make gestures as a new fact is added (ex. flex when protein needed for muscles is written) as we record them for a time lapse. Since we need both of these in our bodies to function properly we will have them holding hands in the end representing a tight bond that will always stay together (Playing “I’ve Got a Friend in Me”).
This video will be simple, the consumers already has a lack of knowledge behind macro and micro nutrients so we do not need to confuse them or have them lose interest so quickly. The public responses will be filmed without editing the audio, and then we will use stop motion animation for the facts and end with a happy ending.
However, our final video ended up starting with a complicated question that we had to break down using stop motion animation. We used a house's structure to represent our body (how things worked in our body was equivalent to the way things worked in the house). Once they had a rough idea on what macronutrients were, we explained what percentage each macronutrient should take up in your daily calorie intake. This was all done with stop motion.
We will start the quest by asking the public individually at the carlsbad mall if they know what a macro/micro nutrient is and have their responses recorded(GoPro). After that we will film a 2nd grade student explain the definitions of a micro and macro nutrient and then switch to a voice over as a big person and small kid pop up labeled with macronutrients(big) and micronutrients (small). Both “the macronutrient” and “micronutrient” will be against a whiteboard as facts about him/her appear around him/her and will make gestures as a new fact is added (ex. flex when protein needed for muscles is written) as we record them for a time lapse. Since we need both of these in our bodies to function properly we will have them holding hands in the end representing a tight bond that will always stay together (Playing “I’ve Got a Friend in Me”).
This video will be simple, the consumers already has a lack of knowledge behind macro and micro nutrients so we do not need to confuse them or have them lose interest so quickly. The public responses will be filmed without editing the audio, and then we will use stop motion animation for the facts and end with a happy ending.
However, our final video ended up starting with a complicated question that we had to break down using stop motion animation. We used a house's structure to represent our body (how things worked in our body was equivalent to the way things worked in the house). Once they had a rough idea on what macronutrients were, we explained what percentage each macronutrient should take up in your daily calorie intake. This was all done with stop motion.
Storyboard
In this activity, we had to plan out what our video would be about. We had to sketch what we planned to record and say in each scene.
Shotlist
Here we had to describe what and how exactly we were going to do each scene. In the end this was completely altered. We did the voiceover instead of the 2nd graders, we filmed in the junior wing which had the best lighting, I was the scribe, we used a cannon camera, and we use a lot of printed visuals instead of drawing everything monotone.
Script
Our script was the main thing that kept getting altered. We had to keep crossing things out and adding new information. Originally we were going to have the 2nd graders read the script but we found out they were really slow readers and couldn't pronounce our most significant words like "macronutrients" "represent" "sewage" "structure" "hormones" "regulates" etc. But you can check our original script and the one we ended up using here.
Tiles
For the tiles we added a fact that went along with the video and what we had researched, just something brief. These tiles were put in the elementary garden. Here are some of the original sketches.
Final Tile
We decided this fact had more of an impact than just saying what macronutrients and micronutrients were composed of. No one would remember "long" words and this message was clear to the point.
Pie Slices
We were going to do a mini side project where different pie slices would represent a certain topic that each group was researching which would be placed in a pie where people could read and then scan to be able to see the relating video. We are doing ours on macronutrients and briefly on micronutrients.
Interview with Second Graders:
We got an opportunity to interview second graders at HTeNC to see what there knowledge was on our topics and to be able to brainstorm some more fun and creative ideas.
- What is your favorite food? Why?
- Do you think it’s healthy?
- What’s the difference between healthy and junk?
- Which one do you prefer?
- Do you like fruits, vegetables, bread, and other healthy stuff or does your mom make you eat them?
- What is bad about junk food?
- What foods make people fat and why?
- Do you think people in america are fat? Why do you think they're fat?
- What are vegetarians?
- How can people who are overweight lose weight?
- Do you prefer to play on the computer or outside?
- What ideas do you have for us to create a video on obesity?