Yaroslav+N.


 * Yasick N.**

=**POLLUTION**=

**Introduction**
My movie will be about pollution. I will write about three major problems in today’s world – air pollution, ground pollution, and water pollution. This is something happening right now, and should remain on everybody’s mind for as long as they live on this world. The major problem is that pollution leads to global warming, which really messes up the natural ecosystem, and making it adapt to new conditions. I will use imported images, videos off of Youtube (if possible), images I make in class, and all of that will be voiced over by my own personal narration. I will make music in Garage Band and apply it to my movie, and I want to use a song by Muse or Maroon 5 for the credits. I want to use something from each of the programs we will learn in class, and I want to get some nice backgrounds to frame my movie in.


 * Characters**


 * Narrator – Me**

=**Scenes**=

Scene 1 – Introduction about pollution, how it occurs. Scene 2 – Air pollution and how it affects us. Scene 3 – Water pollution and habitat endangerment. Scene 4 – How this directly relates to global warming, what can happen, and how we can stop it. Scene 5 – Final credits and pictures.


 * DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SCENES:**


 * Scene 1**

There was once a world where fresh snow sparkled like white silk and you could drink crystal clear water right from the sparkling streams. That was life half a million years ago, until the first man-made fire was lit. Smoke – it is what the first fire released, and what the millions of industrial chutes of today release into our air as we speak. As more people started to embrace civilized life, pollution grew steadily higher, until it reached a turning point – the Industrial Revolution. Since that moment the release of CO2 and other harmful gases into the atmosphere has skyrocketed. Cars, refrigerators, heating, and the simple comfort of your own home are something you cannot live without in the world of today, and whether you like it or not, you are helping the arrival of floods, hurricanes, and weather effects that will destroy millions of homes – maybe even yours.


 * Scene 2**

Air pollution is a suicide run. When we release things in the air – they come right back into our lungs. The air you are breathing now is full of industrial waste, fossil fuel, nuclear fallout, and even the dark smoke of the campfire you recently slept by. Have you ever seen a star above New York? No – the thick smog covers the city like a grey shroud that seems to go on forever, no matter which way you’re facing. Did you know that over four and a half million people die each year from causes that can be directly related to air pollution, such as bronchitis, cancer, emphysema, and asthma? Officials claim that if American vehicles all go hybrid, it will spare twelve thousand premature babies, fifteen thousand fewer heart attacks, and six thousand emergency room admissions for children with asthma every single year.


 * Scene 3**

Polluted water is probably the most urgent problem in developing countries. The Earth has an overabundance of water, but only a fraction of it is drinkable, and it is hard to find if you live in a third world country, in fact, polluted water has caused almost one and a half million deaths last year alone. Water is being thrown around like humans will constantly have it forever – raw sewage, industrial by-products, and acid rain are run off into our major bodies of water constantly. When we come up to a pond with all the fish floating on top, we wouldn’t drink that would we? Well, for people that are dying of thirst in some of the hottest places on Earth – it is a very likely possibility, which never goes over too well. Worst thing is, as well as contributing to air pollution, a fuel spill in possibly the worst case scenario on any body of water. One quart of fuel or motor oil can pollute up to 250 thousand gallons of water, in addition to fish having to filter it through their lungs, and seals’ fur getting coated in a film so think it doesn’t come off for weeks.


 * Scene 4**

How does pollution concern you? Well, this thought may be on the pessimistic side, but it’s the truth – experts say that global warming can cause the world to end far earlier than it was meant to. Pollution is one of the leading sources of CO2 in the atmosphere, which starts off the whole greenhouse effect, warming up the planet, destroying the ozone layer, and causing polar ice caps and glaciers to melt, flooding all the world’s coastlines to the point of no return. Imagine the oceans going so far inland, that all the skyscrapers in Manhattan will need to be reached by submersible. Of course all of you are thinking that someone else will help make it better, you can lay back and enjoy the ride. Problem is, that person is thinking the same thing about you, and when it’s all over, we end up where we started. You can help with the simplest of things such as inflating your tires, changing you air filter, reducing garbage when you can, carpooling, and taking shorter showers. They are all little things, but over time they add up to a lot. For example, pushing a lawn mower instead of using one that runs on fossil fuels saves almost 80 pounds of carbon dioxide every year, and that’s a lot, because I can’t even imagine how much air you need to make it weigh as much as the desk I am sitting at right now. There is so much more you can, just look up “Stop Pollution” in Google. Thanks for your attention. Glad its finished right?

Credits, and some pictures. Fast fact - the plastic bag you threw on the ground this morning won't decompose for another two hundred years. Tough luck to all the little rabbits.
 * Scene 5**




 * Comments:**

From **Isabella-** You're project is very, very detailed. I can see that you did a lot of research on this subject. You seem to really know what you are talking about, even though it is confusing. I do think that your project is very long, and maybe a little too heavy for a five minute movie. I do not think you need to interview anyone because you do not have enough time in the five minutes. You should probably shorten act 5 by alot, as well as some of the content from the other scenes. Where are your pictures? You dont have or descibe any. Other then that, i think this is a really good project.