I decided to tackle the final video project on my own. I plan to focus the video on Brandon Hurd, the student manager of Cal Poly’s Experimental Farm. He joined the Environmental Sciences and Management Masters Program this year, and is developing an agroforestry plot that mimics our local oak savannah ecosystem. He’s interested in learning about how to use oak trees as a food crop, while building a plot that’s drought resistant and able to adapt to climate change.
I want to start the video with Brandon explaining what his plot looks like. He can walk us through what trees and plants he’s growing and why they’re appropriate to grow in a drought-prone area. Then it would be ideal to interview a student assistant about their experience working on the project. I’d also like to talk with Nick Babin, the professor advising the project, about how we could apply lessons from the plot to commercial agriculture.
I plan to gather B-roll of the plot, hopefully taking video of him walking through the trees, pruning the trees, and capturing close-up shots of the plants and trees he’s growing. It would be ideal to get B-roll on a day where he’s doing substantial work on the plot, such as planting the trees.
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