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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This documentary series examines gene mutations and the significance of their impact on the history of mankind. Genes for larger hips have contributed to the upright… -
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On 6 August 1945, Hiroshima suffered the first atomic bombing in history. Records show that the bomb had killed more than 140,000 people by the end of the year. But no… -
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According to the Philippine Deaf Resource Center, one out of three deaf women in the country is a victim of rape and sexual harassment, and most of them are minors. Half…