good progress

Throughout the last two months a couple of things have been done. The white board video is in progress and I have added information to the website as well as informational videos that will help teach others what the true goal of our project is. I have done more research for the information for the video to find more key point to help others decide to help us. The more information we provide on the website the more we can put in our video and spread to others around the world. Not much has changed in terms of our project and there is not much that I plan to change going forwards. The schedule for each of our things is that I put 5-10 slides into the video each weekend and add at least one new thing to the website each week. At this rate the project will be finished by the end of May and I feel like that is a good timeline for us right now.

Changes made.

I decided to change the project goal to be an informational video about the dangers and the current impacts of the unused plastics and garbage that are scattered across the world. I have created a set to start it on and plan to use the stop motion app and iMovie to do the video. Each thing in the video will be made of recycled boxes, bottles, papers and anything else I can see as I formation in the video will contain several different facts about garbage in the ocean, in the gound and everywhere else. We will also include ways someone can help contribute to a certain charity or a clean up group. I plan to use this weekend to finish some parts of the website and the video so I can make progress before the midterms. The set for the video will be finished once I have the background set. Than I will only have to start shooting the first part of the video. Once that is finished I plan to use the other side of the box to make another set that takes place in the desert. Of course there will be informational texts that pop up in the video. Once it is finished it will be posted to the website along with the other written information.

Current image of the supplies I’m using:

Current progress on our project.

So I have made a lot of progress with the art piece. I have decided on a theme of underwater. The base piece is a relatively large box which I’m most likely going to have as the beggining part of it. I will lay a background onto it and put the pieces together. I am using blown out Christmas light wires as seaweed and the lights themselves as a jelly fish. I have made several sharks out of a tastycake box  and plan to make a huge group of fish out of some other materials I’m not sure what yet. We are also in the process of creating a website for our project and to promote our message. Hashim has been doing well with the creation of the site and we think it will be done today. I have thought about doing more than just one piece, my new goal would be 3-5 different projects. Of course this will take a lot of time but I’m confident it can be done by the end of the year. The sharks alone took me over an hour to make and they’re only a small part of a large piece. But I want to make sure everything is made with as much quality and detail as I can put into it. But the time I’m going to need to put in is very unappealing. If it takes an hour to make 2 sharks then how long will it take to finish the whole entire project. Then if I’m doing 3 of these how long will that be combined. My guess is all of them will take a total of 30 hours. Which with the given time in class that I have i will only need to work on it outside of school a couple times during the year.

These are the sharks that I have made.

More About the plan

As we get closer to the pitch date I am planning to do a presentation on why this is important to me. A movie I watched in health class motivated me to bring awareness to this topic. Some of the challenges we faced going into this week aren’t resolve able until later in the project. Firstly, I need to start with collecting and cleaning some of the materials I want to use. I also need to create a plan or blueprint so I know what things I need and where to place them. We also must find a website maker so we can create a recycle website that brings more awareness to what people do with their plastics. We will most likely use the website to write about articles we read online. These articles will be credited and we will give our opinions on how to fix the problem. Next week, we are doing a pitch to several people to get their opinions on our project and to see if we can even get approved for it. I have planned out a detailed presentation and have faith that we will do well. This will probably be one of the most difficult parts of our project as neither me nor my partner are great public speakers. But I think we will be fine.

Image:https://oceanconservancy.org/trash-free-seas/international-coastal-cleanup/past-results/

Proposed idea

          Our proposed idea is that we create art and a website to promote recycling. My idea was to create a model city with all recycled plastics, cans, and anything else I can get. The idea came from a video I watched in health class showing just how damaging plastic is to the ecosystem. One interesting thing they said was that all plastic ever made is still on the earth in some type of form. This really sparked my interest in this project as I had no idea as to how much plastic was really in our world. It always seemed that other problems around the world were much more important than something as small as a coke bottle. But I have learned that the long term affects will soon destroy our ecosystem and really will destroy the whole world. Hopefully we will be able to research this project and create something that people around the world will see. This image is powerful. It shows how even the most beautiful places on earth can be ruined because of the worlds laziness. I hope it helps you to understand the extent of this problem.

Image from: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150109-oceans-plastic-sea-trash-science-marine-debris/