GREAT BARRIER REEF STORY: AN ANIMATION OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF CREATION STORY

2021

Bringing the Yirrganydji Creation Story to Life

We partnered with The Southern Cross School of Distance Education to animate the Yirrganydji Creation Story, blending Dreamtime storytelling with contemporary science. Through elegant visuals, this animation connects culture, landscape, and learning for school-aged audiences.

Project Details

Project Overview

  • Organisation: Southern Cross School of Distance Education

  • Target Audience: School Children

  • Platforms: School Website

The animation developed for the Yirrganydji Creation Story focused on bringing the Dreamtime story to life. Every frame of the animation is illustrated to embody the power of the creation story and link it to contemporary science and landscape geology.

Binkyfilms were engaged by The Southern Cross School of Distance Education to develop an animation that would bring the dreaming story to life and engage the school-aged audience. The visuals are designed to reflect the natural flora and fauna of the area through simple and elegant flat illustration style graphics. The aim was to link the creation story to modern science through topographical maps and climatic graphs. The animation forms a key component of the cultural history of the Heron Island Virtual Excursion.