CCM: Prompt 9
My presentation on Microplastics: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aBzJwRVqFvM7-gZ_7gHcVSnBWDwa1BEwLH3bbJsvw4g/edit?usp=sharing
The final part of Assignment 3 is to present on your chosen hyperobject, as well as reflect on a fellow student’s presentation.
For this task, I’ve been assigned Gary, who’s hyperobject of choice is Landfill.
As Gary mentioned in his presentation, the topic is quite widely known and recognised within climate media. Although the topic is widely known , Gary provided a deeper insight into the topic, breaking down what sorts of waste contributes mostly to the landfill on our planet.
An interesting part of Gary’s presentation though was his focus on Landfill in China. I honestly don’t have much knowledge on waste and landfill outside of Australia and I’m certain many of our peers are the same. I think this would be a great opportunity to focus on and educate others who may not search this information out themselves. If wanting to find a comparison to the waste industry in Australia, the ABC series ‘War On Waste’ is great for understanding the Australian waste industry and the development of our landfill.
I definitely agree in using a video format for this task. I think one of the strongest parts of climate media is imagery and providing visual stimulus. With something like landfill, visuals would be greatly useful to demonstrate and illustrate the extent of it. As I said earlier, the focus on Landfill on China would be really great to see visuals of if possible. I’m genuinely quite intrigued by the Chine governments approach to tackling their waste problem.
As for the style of video, I do think a documentary like video could work really well. Especially in educating viewers about something they might not be aware of. Documentary can be both informative and poetic, and if you utilise the right audio soundtrack and visual material, you could certainly create something really beautiful whilst also being educational.
Overall, I thoroughly Gary’s presentation and can see a clear amount of effort and interest in his hyper object of choice. I’ll be really interested to see the final product and what route he decides to take.