The topic of my project is the "I don't care" or apathetic mentality of today's society. For the first part, I plan to do some research on what it is, why it exists, and how it affects today's society. I already have a few books in minds that would help me with my research (eg. Free the Children by Craig and Marc Kielburger) as well as a handful of TED talks and videos.
I am trying a new method of presenting my research to the class. Thinking back to last semester's English class, I remember one student doing their genius hour project on kinetic typography. This is essentially the coordination of animated words to an audio of a preset presentation. When I saw the result of his project, it looked very professional and clean, as well as interesting to watch. I plan to use Adobe After Effects to create this video, which I have already downloaded.
Why:
I am passionate about this topic because I think that this mentality is at the root of a lot of the issues within today's society. Issues such as the environment (just as an example) are worsened because people don't think that it will affect them of they don't think that they can make a difference. Therefore, if we were to try and change this, it would help improve a lot of different aspects of our community and society.
I chose to do a kinetic typography video because it is something that is new and it's something that I am interested in trying. I think that it is something that is creative and has the ability to engage people in a way that is different to typical presentation methods.
Documentation
I am going to record my process in a journal/scrapbook. I will do my weekly reflections inside it and post pictures of it on my blog.
Timeline:
Research will be done in the first 2-3 days. In the remaining days, I will work on my presentation.
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