Thursday 9 November 2023

400 Million Viewers

so far!


screen shots Open Planet, we both love nature documentaries, these stills are from Open Planet, who recently released its first collection focused on India, and claim to have 400 million views, the full library is set to launch early next year,

the team at Open Planet wants to bring videos from around the world to you, a collaboration between Studio Silverback and Carnegie Mellon’s CREATE Lab, the new digital library contains a growing collection of climate and nature footage available for free use,

 Open Planet currently boasts some 4,500 clips that travel around the globe,

director Colin Butfield comments:
   
"As filmmakers, we know stories can be powerful agents of change, and with the window for action rapidly closing to address the planetary emergency, there’s never been a greater need for compelling, authentic storytelling. Open Planet will not only present the causes and impacts of climate change and nature loss but also the incredible ingenuity of those driving innovation to keep crucial sustainability targets within reach",

new footage is added daily. “Our immediate focus is to significantly grow the Open Planet footage library to cover a wider range of issues and regions globally so that more stories can be told to more audiences,” says Bethany Hutchings, who leads communications and content. “Crucially, our content needs to then reach changemakers around the world to deliver impact on a greater scale.” what an amazing goal to achieve.


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