CMG Action Grantees Noé Sardet and Tierney Thys utilize art and imagination to engage their target audience: international youth and adults interested in cutting down on their plastic footprint. CMG awarded Noé and Tierney a $10,000 grant at the Camden International Film Festival to produce and distribute The Plastic Vagabond media campaign. The campaign aims to catalyze individual and community actions to keep plastic trash out of the water, reaching unique audiences who may not otherwise learn about the grave issue of ocean plastic pollution.
The Plastic Vagabond campaign will feature one, five-minute video, calling for people to participate in beach trash collection and art creation events. The video stars "Horsea Plasticus," a plastic seahorse who is lost on a beach and swept out to sea. During his travels he discovers other pieces of plastic floating along with him and learns about the impact of plastic pollution when scooped up by a team of researchers, on the schooner Tara, who are investigating microplastic pollution in the Mediterranean.
Noé is very excited about this project saying that, "As filmmakers, we have been dreaming for several years of a project that goes beyond shooting, editing and distributing a film... we wanted a project that was made for actions. The CMG Action Grant is a great opportunity to do this and engage the public in an environmental action... [motivated] by the film."
Tierney adds, "What truly excites me about this film is that we are able to join filmic storytelling [utilizing] a character with gorgeous plankton visuals from the Plankton Chronicles while showcasing the actual research ship TARA and her scientific crew conducting immensely important work. We also will showcase spectacular community art made by school children from plastic ocean trash. I adore the mix of art, science and community action this short film will embody. I am also thrilled to be adding to our ongoing short film series on TED-Ed entitled: Stories from the Sea which includes the award winning film: The Secret Life of Plankton."
CMG's Action Grants provide up to $10,000 to organizations and individuals to catalyze a project or campaign that uses video to create measurable action in ocean conservation or sustainable energy. We have awarded multiple Action Grants in 2015 through our Catalyst Workshops Capstone continuation fund and through partnerships with additional video engagement organizations, such as the Points North Engagement Summit at the Camden International Film Festival, and the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.
CMG Action Grantees Noé Sardet and Tierney Thys utilize art and imagination to engage their target audience: international youth and adults interested in cutting down on their plastic footprint. CMG awarded Noé and Tierney a $10,000 grant at the Camden International Film Festival to produce and distribute The Plastic Vagabond media campaign. The campaign aims to catalyze individual and community actions to keep plastic trash out of the water, reaching unique audiences who may not otherwise learn about the grave issue of ocean plastic pollution.
The Plastic Vagabond campaign will feature one, five-minute video, calling for people to participate in beach trash collection and art creation events. The video stars "Horsea Plasticus," a plastic seahorse who is lost on a beach and swept out to sea. During his travels he discovers other pieces of plastic floating along with him and learns about the impact of plastic pollution when scooped up by a team of researchers, on the schooner Tara, who are investigating microplastic pollution in the Mediterranean.
Noé is very excited about this project saying that, "As filmmakers, we have been dreaming for several years of a project that goes beyond shooting, editing and distributing a film... we wanted a project that was made for actions. The CMG Action Grant is a great opportunity to do this and engage the public in an environmental action... [motivated] by the film."
Tierney adds, "What truly excites me about this film is that we are able to join filmic storytelling [utilizing] a character with gorgeous plankton visuals from the Plankton Chronicles while showcasing the actual research ship TARA and her scientific crew conducting immensely important work. We also will showcase spectacular community art made by school children from plastic ocean trash. I adore the mix of art, science and community action this short film will embody. I am also thrilled to be adding to our ongoing short film series on TED-Ed entitled: Stories from the Sea which includes the award winning film: The Secret Life of Plankton."
Noé and Tierney plan to distribute the film through an accompanying TED-Ed lesson along with social media, community workshops, and to promote the film through partnerships with Ecomaris, the Ocean Guardian School, Think Beyond Plastic, the Ocean Expedition, the Carmel River School, and TARA Expeditions. The community workshops will be held in four locations throughout California, Canada and France.
CMG's Action Grants provide up to $10,000 to organizations and individuals to catalyze a project or campaign that uses video to create measurable action in ocean conservation or sustainable energy. We have awarded multiple Action Grants in 2015 through our Catalyst Workshops Capstone continuation fund and through partnerships with additional video engagement organizations, such as the Points North Engagement Summit at the Camden International Film Festival, and the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival.
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