POWER Episode 5: Meltdown
Description
In this 360/VR video, Motherboard explores what would happen in the event of a nuclear catastrophe in Ontario, where millions of people live within an hour’s drive of a nuclear plant. After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, residents within 10 kilometres of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Facility received anti-radiation pills to protect them in the event of a nuclear accident. We take you inside the emergency tents where gear is stashed to prepare for any possibility, and ask operators of these plants how likely it is we could see a nuclear meltdown in Ontario.
What Works Well
This video uses a narrative arc about a hypothetical catastrophe to help guide the viewer through a series of spaces and interviews related to ensuring the safe operation of nuclear facilities.
Discipline
- Computer & Information Systems
- Engineering
Keywords
careers, control room, engineering, meltdown, nuclear, ontario, physics, power plant, toronto
Source
Motherboard
Level of Guidance
What does this mean?
The Level of Guidance indicates how much the creator has imbued the video with a sense of at what the viewer should be looking.
For instance, a Level 1 video would mean that the camera has been left in place while life happens around it, allowing you, as the viewer, to simply observe. A Level 2 video might incorporate subtle visual, textual or audible hints or simple transitions. A Level 3 video would rely on a handful of hints and transition. A Level 4 video would employ multiple hints and dialogue. And a Level 5 video would rely on all of the above as well as a narrative arc that pushes the viewer forward.
Another way of looking at this would be how much production went into the video if you are considering making one of your own like it.
Location
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