Going Under
About the Author
Farhan Ahmed is from Bangladesh, Luisa Covaria is from Colombia, Ioana Literat is from Romania, and Louis Lobel is from Massachusetts. From all these distant parts of the world, fate brought us together at Middlebury College in Vermont.
About This Video
This is the story of a Bangladeshi boy and his friend, a melting iceberg, who takes him on a fantasy journey. The boy learns how energy consumption worldwide triggers an irreversible climate change that will soon sink his home country.
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41 comments for "Going Under".
1. good comment
good video because as much energy that everyone uses does lead to climate changes
2. Great job guys! best of
Great job guys! best of luck!
3. Change from Negative to Positive
I think this is a really creative and entertaining, and I really like how four people from very different backgrounds came together to make it. The little boy character was especially real and provocative. However, I disagree that we should be trying to scare people into action. This has been the method of environmentalists for decades and it has had some success but not enough. As environmentalists, let us use positive arguments and examples to inspire action.
4. Brilliant
Thank you for the real, honest & frightening look at what we, as a planet, are headed for if things do not change, immediately! You encourage me to stay focused on the fight!
5. Going Under
Direct and electrifying! Have you seen "Ryan's Well"? It's a film about a Canadian boy who, when he learns of the tragedies occurring in an African village due to polluted/no water, is shocked and begins to save his allowance money to provide a well for the village. He inspires other kids, then adults, and his vision expands and is still expanding to include many wells and schools.
While I'm happy you've received such positive responses I'm curious that most viewers seem to see the piece as entertainment. When I show this to my grandchildren I intend to start a discussion...what would they like to do and how can we begin. I'm sure you know there are already small Pacific islands that are sinking (being flooded).
Thank you for making this and PLEASE do more...
6. brilliant guys!! the video
brilliant guys!! the video and what your trying to do. keep up the work, keep us posted and let us know what we can do to help
7. Amazing
Ya'll make me proud to be an Environmental Studies major.
8. lovely!
Great submission! I love your creativity. The drawings and music are wonderful...Is it all a dream? How does the iceberg drown Bangladesh? I get if it melts than there's more water...but how does it all work? I've been wondering about this and would love to find out!
9. Going Under
Great job!
10. Bangladesh
Wonderful to see some individuals taking the initiative!
11. Nice work, Farhan and friends
You have made a very good work. The iceberg is really credible.
12. well done folks. def.
well done folks. def. informed me on something i had no idea about.
13. Great Job Guys!
Way to represent, Middkids. Love the animation.
14. Ioni & Co. you rock guys!!
Your video is awsome! A very original, interactive and entertaining way to raise global warming awareness!
Great job! Keep it up!
Alexandra
15. Great animation!
I hope Bangledesh (or any country) doesn't go under!
16. going under
Loved it! Should be a must see in every school on the Planet! Great creativity and very appealing, not to mention very effective message. Keep it up, guys!
17. going under
imaginative and engaging!
18. great visuals, confusing narrative/message
I really enjoyed the visuals but I'm confused about your message. Are you saying because of carbon emissions the whole world is going under? just Bangladesh? is this all a dream of the boy's? if your piece is from the pov of the boy it would be helpful to clarify this maybe through voice over. also, how does energy consumption effect an iceberg? what are the specific ways it happens? especially in relation to Bangladesh? I think you can make your submission much stronger and turn a great idea into a great film!
19. omg!! it is alti! hehe! i
omg!! it is alti! hehe! i love the song...good luck love! muah!!!!
20. Excellent work!
I was carried away by the iceberg acting! I enjoyed every bit of your work. Congratulation!
21. awesome
awesome
22. Excellent!!
I have gone through the film and it is imaginative. My ratings are given below. Thanks...
Reba Ahmed,
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
*****
23. Great job
Highly innovative and nice. Congratulations !!
24. Great job
This is really an incredible an innovative message on climate change.
25. fan-f*****-tastic well done
fan-f*****-tastic
well done
26. haha... bangladesh is taking
haha... bangladesh is taking a trip to australia!
27. great.
great.
28. awesome job! one of the best
awesome job! one of the best ones i've seen! keep it up :)
29. Awesome job!
one of the best ones i've seen! keep it up!
30. Excellent
Should be popularized in school and TV.
31. Going Under
Excellent concept, "art direction" and a good ideea!
32. Humor and a message
I love the fact that you address a serious issue with a dose of humor that still makes the point. Sometimes the viewpoints that people are hit over the head with lose meaning when they are not injected with a human nature that you manage to do in a hilarious, but not overdone way. Even the iceberg has a heart, yeah? Kudos
33. Going Under
Congratulation! I am impressed by the message and achieving.
34. love the irony
great narrative, love the way you have built you characters both with a good sense of sarcasm and an genuine concern about issues like global warming.
This is very true to the humor of our generation.
35. Genius
Catchy, innovative, simple, multi-layered...the list goes on.
I love it <3
36. Genius
Its catchy, innovative, simple, multi-layered...the list goes on.
Love it <3
37. ...
Love it. But think of the positive: Your house in downtown Dhaka will be beachside property, and the rest of you can emigrate to Amreka and become economics professors.
38. Going Under
love it!
39. A very imaginative and
A very imaginative and artistic way to bring forward a serious issue. Inspired.
40. I love the voices!
Oh my god! I love the voices! You guys did a really really great job!
41. Well done!
I love this!! What a creative and entertaining way to bring attention to a very serious consequence of global warming!