Encouraging water management in local communities through Living Weir 3D animations

Abstract

This paper presents the process of developing Living Weir 3D animations used for supporting water appreciation and management in local communities. The living weir is an innovative water management system that allows people in the communities to contribute and take responsibility in maintaining and organizing their living weirs and water supply. In addition, the animations have been published on YouTube where they can be easily accessed and shared. The main idea of the Living Weir 3D animations is enhancing the understanding about living weirs and encouraging water management for sustainable use. The animation production starts with data collection that is accomplished by gathering information such as daily routine related to water consumption, ecosystem and the built living weirs from people who live in the community. The next step is analyzing data and storyboarding where the collected data is transformed into stories, scripts and storyboards. The final step is creating 3D aminations from the designed storyboards.