As program makers, we are always challenged on how to tell difficult stories. Computer animation and digital imaging open up new possibilities for storytelling. But not all have access to this expensive technology. How can producers and directors tell stories effectively even with low budget production? Beneath the Mushroom Cloud uses the latest in forensic technology and image science to animate what’s hidden in the only two photographs taken immediately after the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima. These techniques are able, 70 years later, to provide a unique first-person account of the devastation. Gagged from the Philippines, tells the story about the widespread sexual abuse of deaf children, and their fight for justice from an often indifferent justice system. This production uses contemporary dance to illustrate grimly detailed accounts of childhood rape and abuse. The Next Human visualizes evolution, and the latest thinking on how mutations shape all aspects of our behaviour and life on earth. It’s one of the most important scientific concepts of our age, and yet surprisingly little understood by the general public. Can CGI help?
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