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04 Jun 2008

Carbon Weevils

Posted by: Henry Hicks

We had the wonderful Tim Britton of Forkbeard Fantasy (the incredibly creative, cult theatre and film company) visit the office a little while ago for lunch.

He treated us to a live narration of his film Carbon Weevils (watch it below). The film was part of a 'climate change cabaret' that Forkbeard put on last year but the film has taken on a life of its own.

I thoroughly recommend it as a skilful piece of climate change communications. It uses a storyboard/comic format to tell the story of creatures called carbon weevils. The charm and wit of the piece and the 'defamiliarisation' of the format (it's about 'carbon weevils' not humans) mean that the audience is willing to engage with the content - humanity's rapacious use of carbon - without feeling preached at or harrassed in a way which would be impossible if it was played 'straight'.

The use of humour to engage people on climate change and sustainability is crucial to us as communicators. But when was the last time you smiled or giggled about climate change or our response to it?

More to come on the subject of comedy - a bunch of us Futerrans went to see Marcus Brigstocke do a free gig about climate change for the Environment Agency at the comedy cafe on Monday. Review to follow.

Comments (1)
  1. Carbon weevil said on 12 Jun 2008 09:45:15

    Where's the video? It says no longer available

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