The Riverine Zone

Two animated explainer movies

These two animated explainer movies were made for the Office of Waste, Water, Energy and Air (AWEL) of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. They explain the dos, don’ts and hows around a new riverine zone that has to be defined for any water body. I created the map of a fictional village to explain how this riverine zone can be handled and what landowners can and can’t do in the zone. Several cross section views explain how the zone is measured. To lighten up this two quite technical explainer movies there are some more emotional scenes that show the benefits of the riverine zone for the community.

Date: November 2016 / Client: AWEL Kanton Zurich, Switzerland / Production: EBP Schweiz AG / Project Management: Katharina Weber / Script: Katharina Weber / Design and animation: Monika Rohner / Sound Design: Patrick Boehler / Language: German
Styleframe: River and people
↑ Styleframe
Character design for animated explainer video: Couple, swimmer
Character design for animated explainer video: builder, woman on cellphone, boy on kickboard
Character design for animated explainer video: single man, reading women
Character design for animated explainer video: Gardener, mother with child
↑ Characters
River Profile: River and riverine zone
River Profile: River and riverine zone
↑ River cross sections
Stillframe: Village Map from top
↑ Fictional village map
Storyboard "Wie breit ist der Gewässerraum"
↑ Storyboard for explainer 1
Storyboard "Was gilt im Gewässerraum"
↑ Storyboard for explainer 1