Narratives by Nature

Nuclear Now

Kunal Botla and Nate Besthoff

Nuclear

Now


Session 2 | Winter 2021

Narratives by Nature

Kunal Botla & Nate Besthoff

Nuclear Now uses Blender to create an animated short encouraging widespread use of nuclear power. By responding to common misconceptions and detailing the benefits of it to prevent worsening climate change. The short uses a combination of sourced and made assets in a low-poly design style.

Birds of a Feather

Lalita Bellach and 2 OthersJere Nierenberg
Rajveer Parekh

Birds of a Feather


Session 2 | Winter 2022

Narratives by Nature

Lalita, Rajveer & Jere

Birds of a feather is a short animated film that aims to show a different side of birds in captivity and bring a view into the different personalities that birds can have throughout their time with us. Briefly going into the body language that birds have, this visual narrative shows a different way of communication. We chose this topic because we realised that we humans haven't understood the true importance of birds and their unique personalities. This short in-progress film is targeted towards the general public and possibly students to provide new perspective on the bird community in a different light.

video

Siena Jekel

Process Post

Rajveer Parekh

We spent a lot of our time in studio brainstorming ways to establish our characters personality and putting a narrative together. 

We had quite a journey to come to consensus on a script and storyboard

By the end we were unfortunately not able to get to the animation but we were able to combine the storyboard and the script (audio form + bird sounds etc.) as well as make some still shots of our scenes

We wouldn't say that the time spent on establishing character was wasted but, I think we agree that we could do a better job managing our time and collaborating with each other more

Brief

Rajveer Parekh

Birds of a feather is a short animated film that aims to show a different side of birds in captivity and bring a view into the different personalities that birds can have throughout their time with us. Briefly going into the body language that birds have, this visual narrative shows a different way of communication. We chose this topic because we realised that we humans haven't understood the true importance of birds and their unique personalities. This short in-progress film is targeted towards the general public and possibly students to provide new perspective on the bird community in a different light.

Presentation

Kody White and Rowan McCrea

Strange

Slime


Session 2 | Winter 2022

Narratives by Nature

Rowan McCrea & Zoe White

Strange Slime is a lighthearted, comedic video for people of all ages who wish to learn about the fascinating world of slime molds without having to read a research paper that may be outside of their comfort zone. The video focuses on some interesting facts about slime molds, and features colorful visuals that are both realistic and cartoonish. With clear narration and calming classical music, Strange Slime strives to replicate a video of the likes of popular short scientific video essays found online. 

Final Video V2

Jere Nierenberg and Rajveer Parekh

Into the Deep

Cole Krivak and Siena Jekel

Into

the

Deep


Session 2 | Winter 2022

Narratives by Nature

Cole Krivak & Siena Jekel

In this project, we made a documentary-like animated short exploring the midnight zone of the ocean and the unique creatures it contains. The deep-sea is relatively unknown and unexplored. This project aims to educate people on the wonders of the deep. Because of the lack of sunlight and other resources most creatures would need to survive, the animals in the deep sea need to develop unique traits in order to live. Animals like the yeti crab use arms covered in hairs to sift for bacteria in the water or something like the angler fish uses bioluminescence to lure other fish to it. 

Biomass Degredation

Aveen Nagpal and 2 OthersTeo Sadowski
Isa Murray

Biomass

Degredation


Session 2 | Winter 2022

Narratives by Nature

Abeen Nagpal & Teo Sadowski & Isa Murray

Climate Change Visuals

Aveen Nagpal