Ocean Plastic

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    Plastic pollution has been a major problem in our world for decades and it doesn't want to go away any time soon. As tons and tons of plastic enter our oceans every year it becomes increasingly harder to clean up. Scientists have tried to come up with solutions to this growing issue but places like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have shown no signs of giving up. As plastic sits in the sea, it breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces until it is nearly impossible to clean up. These micro-plastics can end up in the digestive systems and bodies of fish, whales, dolphins, and other types of marine life. These plastics release chemicals and toxins into their bodies. This eventually will lead back to us, humanity. The toxic chemicals in the animals end up on our plates and we eat them. Eating food like this can make people sick and can lead to major health defects. 

    That is why we have tried to spread awareness for ocean plastic pollution and its harmful effects it has on mankind. In our video, we used stop motion stills layered with audio to communicate the problems and solutions currently important today. We aimed for a viral media-style video that was serious but used comedic and sarcastic rhetoric to keep the viewers interested in the topic. The visual component was made up of whiteboard drawings so that the important information was clearly read as well as heard. We also project bombed some areas with fliers explaining how they can contribute or how they could learn more about plastic pollution in our oceans. In the flier, it starts off by telling you about ocean plastic and tries to get the reader interested. Then it explains how one can follow a few links to learn more about plastic pollution or even learn ways they can get involved and contribute to organizations that are trying to reduce plastic in our oceans. We also came up with a way to make our video into a QR code that people can scan and it takes them right to youtube and shows them our video! We used PowerPoint to create the template for our flier and it proved to be very helpful. The template we chose helps incorporate visual rhetoric between a picture of a clean healthy ocean and an ocean completely filled with plastic. We let the viewer take that message whatever way they see fit.







 












Sources Cited for Flier

How we can destroy the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/how-can-we-destroy-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch#gs.fm57u7

Kostigen, T. M. (2020, May 24). The World's Largest Dump: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Retrieved from https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-worlds-largest-dump-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch

National Geographic Society. (2012, October 09). Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (2020, February 11). Retrieved from https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Link to the video:

Ocean Plastic Video



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