The real scale
of rough sleeping.
It was brought to public attention that the UK Government’s official rough sleeping statistics had been misleading the public into thinking it was a less severe issue than in reality. The task was to create a 2 - 5 minute explainer video on this socio-political topic as the problem continues to progress without being adequately addressed.
Student Project
Rigging Boris
A Boris Johnson character was designed and animated to respond to the public’s criticism once it was discovered that the official government numbers undermine the actual severity of rough sleeping in the UK.
Sources
Article 1 - Government pledges £236m to help rough sleepers.
Article 2 - Homelessness: Rough sleeping five times higher than official figure
Article 3 - Official Statistics: Rough sleeping snapshot in England: autumn 2019
Article 4 - Office for National Statistics: Earnings by Place of Residence, Borough