{"id":1760,"date":"2021-04-16T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T22:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/environmental-scholars-guide-students-telling-stories-of-ecology-and-conservation\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T21:01:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T04:01:26","slug":"environmental-scholars-collaborate-with-storytellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/environmental-scholars-collaborate-with-storytellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental scholars guide students telling stories of ecology and conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n    \n            \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3456-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/04\/story-3456-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Environmental scholars guide students telling stories of ecology and conservation\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  USC Wrigley Institute scholars gave scientific guidance to a USC School of Cinematic Arts student developing a video game that highlights marine environmental issues. (Image: Courtesy of Metamorphosis.)\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n          <nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n        <ul>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n                      <li><a href=\"\/news\/stories\/\/?category=sustainability\">Sustainability<\/a><\/li>\n                  <\/ul>\n      <\/nav>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Environmental scholars guide students telling stories of ecology and conservation<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"subtitle\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  Scientists at the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies collaborate with students at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to convey scientific research through creative outlets such as video games, animation and screenplays. <strong>[4&nbsp;min&nbsp;read]<\/strong>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n           <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span><a href=\"mailto:communication@dornsife.usc.edu\">Meredith McGroarty<\/a><\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">April 16, 2021<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m7.43475275 9.52380952-2.17490843 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     >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The magical sea creature Thyota has a seemingly impossible task: to rid the ocean of pollution and save the coral forest. Consuming toxic contaminants and freeing other creatures are key to reaching this goal, but both come at a cost to Thyota\u2019s own health. Traveling through the ocean, Thyota must make choices that will affect the entire marine ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Thyota is the main character in a new game, titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metamorphosisthegame.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metamorphosis<\/a>: Thyota\u2019s Journey,\u201d under development at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cinema.usc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USC School of Cinematic Arts<\/a>\u00a0and in collaboration with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/\">USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies<\/a>, headquartered at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership pairs cinematic arts students with Wrigley Institute faculty and staff to create projects that convey scientific information in an engaging way. Through short films, animation, screenplays and other creations, students have presented research on issues such as biofuel, pollution, climate change and marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause science and technology are progressing so rapidly and because we are having these big conversations in society about climate change and sustainability, these visual arts and storytelling products help go beyond presenting facts and actually create emotional connections to these topics,\u201d says\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cf\/faculty-and-staff\/staff.cfm?pid=1045121\">Jessica Dutton<\/a>, associate director for research and engagement at the Wrigley Institute.<\/p>\n<p>Dutton works with Kathy Smith, a professor and former chair of the John C. Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the School of Cinematic Arts, to find students who might want to work with Wrigley Institute researchers, and Dutton and other staff members at the institute then pair the students with scientists in their field of interest.<\/p>\n<p>The target audience varies by project. An animation titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=39yNxOxGcCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AquaPower<\/a>,\u201d about fish, microbes and plants, was designed as a teaching tool for elementary school students, whereas a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mdCpot6csl8&amp;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">short film<\/a>\u00a0on the kelp biofuel project \u2014 which features the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IBsxRQt2tPE\">kelp elevator<\/a>\u201d \u2014 aims to communicate Wrigley Institute research to the general public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents really like the novelty of these projects and the potential impact, and we want students to have the creative freedom to tell the concepts in their own way,\u201d Dutton says.<\/p>\n<h2>Building empathy through gaming<\/h2>\n<p>Joanna Shen, the creator of \u201cMetamorphosis\u201d and a student in the Interactive Media and Games MFA program at the School of Cinematic Arts, says she contacted the Wrigley Institute after she saw the kelp biofuel program\u2019s animation; her decision was fueled by her love of marine biology and her desire to raise awareness of marine conservation. She feels that interactive media is a powerful vehicle for conveying information and prompting an emotional engagement on the player\u2019s part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted players to think more eco-centrically and develop a little more real-world environmental empathy. By having these moments of consideration and reflection, we can slowly metamorphize our predisposed way of thinking,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n<p>Shen went through this transformation herself while creating the game; through her work with Wrigley Institute researchers, she learned more about ocean pollution, the human factors involved in it and possible solutions and mitigations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing into this project, I let them know my game was going to be mostly a fantastical game with environmental elements embedded in it \u2014 it\u2019s not going to be literal. And they were so supportive of what I wanted to do,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMetamorphosis\u201d will release on May 15 as a free to download.<\/p>\n<h2>Owls on film<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/migration-uploads\/WIES_Animation_InStoryA-3456.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of an brown spotted owl.\" width=\"315\" height=\"490\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">USC Dornsife scholars advised students writing a screenplay about efforts to save the northern spotted owl. (Photo: WikiCommons\/Kameron Perensovich.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In another project, Walter Heymann and Amalia Mathewson, who are pursuing their MFAs in screenwriting, are developing a screenplay about efforts to save the northern spotted owl. Its designation as a \u201cthreatened\u201d species in the 1970s led to the establishment of protections for the owl and its habitat, old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>Heymann says he first gained interested in the topic because he has a background in birdwatching, but he also found it interesting how scientists and environmental activists used the owl as the cute and cuddly face of forest conservation.<\/p>\n<p>Mathewson agrees, noting that their screenplay also employs a similar tactic. \u201cOwls are an essential character in the story we\u2019re telling, but it\u2019s really about old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She adds that in addition to consulting with Wrigley Institute personnel on scientific accuracy, they also are seeking their input for character development. \u201cWe want to be sure we\u2019re not throwing out some sci-fi, invented version of what a scientist would do. We\u2019re trying to be authentic and three-dimensional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Shen, Mathewson and Heymann want to convey the importance of environmental stewardship through their project without having the message come across too forcefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to hit the audience over the head with it, though; we want them to reach these conclusions themselves,\u201d Heymann says.<\/p>\n<p>Dutton says that she\u2019s enjoyed seeing the creative ways science can be disseminated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love these kinds of cross-campus collaborations. 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