Small Footprint | Documentary

By 2050, seven in ten people will live in a city. Will they be happy?

Funded by Screen Australia & Google through the Skip Ahead program, this 6 episode documentary series for YouTube channel Never Too Small explores how small footprint thinking & design could make our cities happier, healthier places to live.

An extension of Never Too Small’s existing content, I ran this project from pitch to release on the channel including after release marketing and support. Writing the series narrative structure and VO alongside associate producer Elizabeth Price and director Colin Chee.

Produced in the ever changing landscape of the COVID pandemic, filming itself was not without challenges.

Synopsis:

Cities. Overcrowded concrete jungles, damaging to us and to our planet. By 2050, seven in ten people will live in a city, but will they be happy? Innovators, architects, urban planners, and designers believe they can be. They see urban life as an asset, a chance for community and wellbeing driven by smart design. At the forefront in Australia, architects Nicholas Gurney and Brad Swartz are rewriting the rules for an ideal home by repurposing existing small homes and apartments. Planners and academics Rob Adams and Jefa Greenaway fight to change the face of our cities for the better. All in support of a unique idea, that our cities can be the happiest, healthiest places on earth.