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Volume 12, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 2042-7824
  • E-ISSN: 2042-7832

Abstract

This article is an investigation into how short film ideas are conceived. It examines as a case study of inspiration based in bio-art, the Australian bushfires of 2020 and critical plant studies. The is set in an apocalyptic near future, in a burnt environment. The Guardian seeking to regenerate near-extinct species summons her brethren to deliver rare plants to her at the Greenhouse. A young woman hears the call and sets off on an arduous journey to deliver the key to a conserved plant kingdom – symbiotic Ant Plant.1

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