Foodtopia Video
My Treatment
What’s your hook? (1 sentence) This should include a reference to your inquiry question and also tell your audience what they have to look forward to...
Did you know it takes 5000 gallons of water to make 1 pound of beef. How much water do you eat?
or
Did you know that it it takes 1,000 gallons of water to make the 3.2 oz. of meat in a big mac? How much water do you eat a day?
or
The meat in a burger takes more than 1,000 gallons of water. How much water do you eat a day?
What’s the general story of your video? (2 sentences - keep it short!)
All videos should have a story line, so as not to appear like a lecture.
2 people are about to eat lunch. Before they take a bite of their food, their meals, a big mac and a salad, the food comes to life and we see learn about how much water each meal took to make.
Talk a bit about the style of the video: what will we see/hear/experience? (1-3 sentences) Are you using stop motion? Text? Does is look intentionally like a kid made it? Is the editing fast? What’s the mood of the music?
This will be a combination of stop motion and a normal video. It could have shots like the Grand Budapest Hotel or Fantastic Mr. Fox that are flat and indie-ish. We will have some simple, cheerful melody playing when we see the guy with the salad and a sadder melody when we see the guy with the cheeseburger.
When we are dissecting the cheeseburger and the salad, we will use stop motion. When we are filming the people eating it will be a normal video style. There will be text for the statistics. The music should be
Step By Step of Plot:
First, there are 2 people are sitting at a table, one about to eat an arby’s sandwich, the other about to eat a salad. Just before either one can take a bite, they are interrupted by a voice that says “Wait! do you know how much water you are about to eat!”
They pause and look puzzled.
The Voice says, “lets see just how much water you’re about to eat.” The big mac and the salad move off screen.
First, we zoom in on the arby’s sandwich. It comes apart into it’s main pieces; meat, bread and cheese. We zoom in on each part of the arby’s sandwich and have a statistic of how much water it took to make it.
Next, we zoom in on the salad. It comes apart into it’s main parts of lettuce, spinach and tomatoes and maybe some nuts. We zoom in on each part of the salad and have a statistic of how much water it took to make it.
At the end of the video we see that the total water used to make the cheeseburger is much more than the total water used to make the salad. The guy eating the arby’s sandwich leaves his table and goes to the guy with the salad.
The voice comes back and says, so choose the salad, it not only takes less water to make but is also healthier for you.
The video ends with words: How much water do you eat?
What’s your hook? (1 sentence) This should include a reference to your inquiry question and also tell your audience what they have to look forward to...
Did you know it takes 5000 gallons of water to make 1 pound of beef. How much water do you eat?
or
Did you know that it it takes 1,000 gallons of water to make the 3.2 oz. of meat in a big mac? How much water do you eat a day?
or
The meat in a burger takes more than 1,000 gallons of water. How much water do you eat a day?
What’s the general story of your video? (2 sentences - keep it short!)
All videos should have a story line, so as not to appear like a lecture.
2 people are about to eat lunch. Before they take a bite of their food, their meals, a big mac and a salad, the food comes to life and we see learn about how much water each meal took to make.
Talk a bit about the style of the video: what will we see/hear/experience? (1-3 sentences) Are you using stop motion? Text? Does is look intentionally like a kid made it? Is the editing fast? What’s the mood of the music?
This will be a combination of stop motion and a normal video. It could have shots like the Grand Budapest Hotel or Fantastic Mr. Fox that are flat and indie-ish. We will have some simple, cheerful melody playing when we see the guy with the salad and a sadder melody when we see the guy with the cheeseburger.
When we are dissecting the cheeseburger and the salad, we will use stop motion. When we are filming the people eating it will be a normal video style. There will be text for the statistics. The music should be
Step By Step of Plot:
First, there are 2 people are sitting at a table, one about to eat an arby’s sandwich, the other about to eat a salad. Just before either one can take a bite, they are interrupted by a voice that says “Wait! do you know how much water you are about to eat!”
They pause and look puzzled.
The Voice says, “lets see just how much water you’re about to eat.” The big mac and the salad move off screen.
First, we zoom in on the arby’s sandwich. It comes apart into it’s main pieces; meat, bread and cheese. We zoom in on each part of the arby’s sandwich and have a statistic of how much water it took to make it.
Next, we zoom in on the salad. It comes apart into it’s main parts of lettuce, spinach and tomatoes and maybe some nuts. We zoom in on each part of the salad and have a statistic of how much water it took to make it.
At the end of the video we see that the total water used to make the cheeseburger is much more than the total water used to make the salad. The guy eating the arby’s sandwich leaves his table and goes to the guy with the salad.
The voice comes back and says, so choose the salad, it not only takes less water to make but is also healthier for you.
The video ends with words: How much water do you eat?
My Pitch
My Story Board
Shot List
Our video was divided into 2 main technical parts. The first was composed of pictures. These pictures would relate to the voiceover. The second part was the actual video footage of me about to eating and almost eating a burger and a salad.
Below is a detailed, scene by scene, shot list of all the images and videos, as well as the accompanying voiceovers that were used in the final video.
Part 1 (still images with voiceover by Sol Manuel)
- Shot 1: Image of California Desert. Voiceover: "I live in California" .
- Shot 2: Image of dried up lake: "a state ravaged by drought"
- Shot 3: Image of Lake Hofges full of water. Caption: Lake Hodges 2010. Voiceover: "Lakes and rivers, like lake hodges in escondido..."
- Shot 4: Image of Lake Hodges with no water. Caption: Lake Hodges 2015. Voiceover: "have been drying up"
- Shot 5: Image of sprinkler watering lawn. Voiceover: " What is using up all of California's water? Is it our green lawns?..."
- Shot 6: Image of shower head. Voiceover: "... or our long showers?"
- Shot 7: Image of water use pie chart. Voiceover: "Turns out it's none of those. Agriculture, or food production, uses over 80%..."
- Shot 8: Image of crop fields being watered. Voiceover: "...of California's water."
- Shot 9: Image of cows. Voiceover: "However, different kinds of foods use different amounts of water. Some foods are less sustainable, and use more water..."
- Shot 10: Image of lettuce fields. Voiceover: "while others are more sustainable and use less water."
- Shot 11: Text slide: What foods are more sustainable. Voiceover: "But what foods are more sustainable?"
Part 2 (video with voiceover by John after "or is a salad more sustainable" )
- Shot 1: Video clip of Sol Manuel about to eat a burger. Voiceover: "For example, is a burger more sustainable"
- Shot 3: Video clip of Sol Manuel about to eat a salad. Voiceover: "Or is a salad more sustainable"
- Shot 4: Another video clip of Sol Manuel eating a burger. Voiceover: "Hey you! Do you know how much water it took to make that burger?"
- Shot 5: Test slide: Do you think its sustainable. with accompanying voiceover that sys the same thing.
- Shot 6: Video clip of Sol Manuel looking at his salad in confusion. Voiceover: "And how much water did it take to make that salad? do you think it is more or less sustainable than the burger? Lets find out!"
- Shot 7: Stop motion of burger coming apart into its parts with statistics.
- Shot 8: Stop motion of salad coming apart into its parts with statistics.
- Shot 9: Video clip of Sol Manuel pushing burger away in disgust. Voice over: "Turns out that it took almost 1000 gallons of water to make that burger"
- Shot 10: Video clip of Sol Manuel eating salad in delight. Voice over: "But the salad only took 22 gallons of water. So the salad is not only better for you but also uses less water making it more sustainable"
Below is a detailed, scene by scene, shot list of all the images and videos, as well as the accompanying voiceovers that were used in the final video.
Part 1 (still images with voiceover by Sol Manuel)
- Shot 1: Image of California Desert. Voiceover: "I live in California" .
- Shot 2: Image of dried up lake: "a state ravaged by drought"
- Shot 3: Image of Lake Hofges full of water. Caption: Lake Hodges 2010. Voiceover: "Lakes and rivers, like lake hodges in escondido..."
- Shot 4: Image of Lake Hodges with no water. Caption: Lake Hodges 2015. Voiceover: "have been drying up"
- Shot 5: Image of sprinkler watering lawn. Voiceover: " What is using up all of California's water? Is it our green lawns?..."
- Shot 6: Image of shower head. Voiceover: "... or our long showers?"
- Shot 7: Image of water use pie chart. Voiceover: "Turns out it's none of those. Agriculture, or food production, uses over 80%..."
- Shot 8: Image of crop fields being watered. Voiceover: "...of California's water."
- Shot 9: Image of cows. Voiceover: "However, different kinds of foods use different amounts of water. Some foods are less sustainable, and use more water..."
- Shot 10: Image of lettuce fields. Voiceover: "while others are more sustainable and use less water."
- Shot 11: Text slide: What foods are more sustainable. Voiceover: "But what foods are more sustainable?"
Part 2 (video with voiceover by John after "or is a salad more sustainable" )
- Shot 1: Video clip of Sol Manuel about to eat a burger. Voiceover: "For example, is a burger more sustainable"
- Shot 3: Video clip of Sol Manuel about to eat a salad. Voiceover: "Or is a salad more sustainable"
- Shot 4: Another video clip of Sol Manuel eating a burger. Voiceover: "Hey you! Do you know how much water it took to make that burger?"
- Shot 5: Test slide: Do you think its sustainable. with accompanying voiceover that sys the same thing.
- Shot 6: Video clip of Sol Manuel looking at his salad in confusion. Voiceover: "And how much water did it take to make that salad? do you think it is more or less sustainable than the burger? Lets find out!"
- Shot 7: Stop motion of burger coming apart into its parts with statistics.
- Shot 8: Stop motion of salad coming apart into its parts with statistics.
- Shot 9: Video clip of Sol Manuel pushing burger away in disgust. Voice over: "Turns out that it took almost 1000 gallons of water to make that burger"
- Shot 10: Video clip of Sol Manuel eating salad in delight. Voice over: "But the salad only took 22 gallons of water. So the salad is not only better for you but also uses less water making it more sustainable"
Script
Sol Manuel: "I live in California, a state ravaged by drought. Lakes and rivers, like lake hodges in escondido have been drying up. What is using up all of California's water? Is it our green lawns? Or our long showers?" Turns out it's none of those. Agriculture, or food production, uses over 80% of California's water." However, different kinds of foods use different amounts of water. Some foods are less sustainable, and use more water while others are more sustainable and use less water.But what foods are more sustainable? For example, is a burger more sustainable or is a salad more sustainable"
John : "Hey you! Do you know how much water it took to make that burger? Do you think its sustainable? And how much water did it take to make that salad? Do you think it is more or less sustainable than the burger? Lets find out! Lets see how much water each component of a burger uses. 1 slice of cheese uses 56 gallons of water, 2 slices of bread use 300 gallons of water and a quarter pound of beef uses 625 gallons of water. Now let's see how much water each component of a simple salad uses. 1 cup of spinach uses 11.1 gallons of water, 1 tomato uses 3 gallons of water and 1 cup of lettuce uses 6.8 gallons of water. Turns out that it took almost 1000 gallons of water to make that burger. Now that doesn't seem very sustainable, now does it? On the other hand, it only took about 22 gallons of water to make that simple salad. So the salad is not only better for you but also uses less water making it more sustainable food so there is enough water for everybody."
John : "Hey you! Do you know how much water it took to make that burger? Do you think its sustainable? And how much water did it take to make that salad? Do you think it is more or less sustainable than the burger? Lets find out! Lets see how much water each component of a burger uses. 1 slice of cheese uses 56 gallons of water, 2 slices of bread use 300 gallons of water and a quarter pound of beef uses 625 gallons of water. Now let's see how much water each component of a simple salad uses. 1 cup of spinach uses 11.1 gallons of water, 1 tomato uses 3 gallons of water and 1 cup of lettuce uses 6.8 gallons of water. Turns out that it took almost 1000 gallons of water to make that burger. Now that doesn't seem very sustainable, now does it? On the other hand, it only took about 22 gallons of water to make that simple salad. So the salad is not only better for you but also uses less water making it more sustainable food so there is enough water for everybody."
My Complete Video
I went through many revisions of my video in order to create my final video. In order to make this video the best that it could possibly be, I incorporated the feedback that i got from Mr. Marshall, my Humanities teacher, as well as my fellow students. My revisions included reshooting the video clips, re-recordig the voiceover, revising my script to be clearer and more concise and editing the effects on the still images. The link below is to my final video on Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/129900629
https://vimeo.com/129900629