Our documentary tackles the social issue of urban design and community well-being, specifically focusing on how a city's walkability affects the social groups living within it. We represented the contrast between two distinct social environments:
- the dense, close-knit, highly walkable Brickell community
and
- the more spread-out, car-dependent suburban Weston
To illustrate how physical layout fundamentally shapes social interactions and community feeling. We engaged our audience by taking inspiration from productions like "Exit Through the Gift Shop" in our creative choices. Our footage employed quick cuts and raw, authentic shots of everyday life in these contrasting areas (our B-roll) to immerse the viewer, making the typically boring topic of urban planning feel energetic and relatable. The research we did on walkability and its importance in urban development became the foundation of our voiceover script allowing us to challenge the convention of a purely observational or talking head documentary; instead, we presented a serious academic concept, using the contrast between the two communities to depict the effect on the walkability of a city on its community.
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