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Bee Population Decline

Motion graphics infographic

Collage-style infographics piece addressing bee population decline. Real photos were used to show us up close the beauty of bees and the plants that they help to grow. Surprises and quick transitions offset the seriousness of the message.

MCAD project.

Process

1. Research

2. Writing / storyboarding

3. Digital collage

4. Animation

In After Effects.

 

Sources:

  • Greenpeace.org — Save the Bees — https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/save-the-bees/

  • European Commission — Neonicotinoids —https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/approval_active_substances/approval_renewal/neonicotinoids_en

  • http://pollinator.org/pollinators — Pollinators need you. You need pollinators.

  • http://pollinator.org/learning-center/bee-issues — Bee Issues

  • https://bip2.beeinformed.org/survey/ — National Management Survey https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/concerns-rise-over-pesticide-use-birds-and-bees/ (on 2014 Nature article)

  • https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/is-climate-change-the-plight-of-the-bumblebee/ (on Jeremy Kerr’s study in Science magazine 2015 article)

  • https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/06/20/presidential-memorandum-creating-federal-strategy-promote-health-honey-b

  • https://www.usda.gov/nass/PUBS/TODAYRPT/hcny0817.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonicotinoid https://cmr.berkeley.edu/blog/2016/10/colony-collapse-disorder/

  • https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/02/neonicotinoid-pesticides-bird-migrations-bee-farmers-corn-soybeans/ http://time.com/4688417/north-american-bee-population-extinction/

  • http://www.abfnet.org/page/PollinatorFacts