Close Up: Drought Preparedness Project is a series of three short videos created through creative workshops with young people from Tasmania promoting community resilience, education and connectivity to prepare for, adapt to and recover from the impacts of drought.
Workshop participants, aged 18-35, worked with designers T3D to produce creative content which was incorporated into the final videos. The young artists developed skills in story-boarding, drawing and sketching, script writing, voice overs, animation, stop motion and video editing, while also developing their voice as active guardians and advocates of their environment.
Videos are community resources that are freely available online and encourage awareness and preparedness in the face of significant changing environmental conditions in Northern Tasmania and focus specifically on drought and climate variability preparedness. While the project has a regional focus on Tasmania the final videos will be shared locally, statewide and nationally meaning that the messages will have a significant and broad reach.
A screenshot from community drought preparedness video called “We are better together”. Image: Rant Arts 2024
