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Free Range Studios
Free Range is an innovation and storytelling company based in San Francisco, California and Boston, MA. Founded in 1999, Free Range is a collective of entrepreneurs, designers, academics and researchers combining a disciplined approach to unlocking innovation with the principles of creative storytelling. Its clients range from for-profit, NGO, and government sectors around the globe. Films The firm produced the award-winning 2003 animated short film '' The Meatrix'', an animal-rights parody of the 1999 film ''The Matrix''. It and its two short 2006 sequels, ''The Meatrix II: Revolting'' and ''The Meatrix II 1/2'', were set in factory farms Intensive animal farming or industrial livestock production, also known by its opponents as factory farming and macro-farms, is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production, while ... and a slaughterhouse, and were a commissioned project for the GRACE Communications Foundation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah Sachs
Jonah Sachs (born May 19, 1975) is an American storyteller, author, designer and entrepreneur. He is the author of ''Winning the Story Wars: Why Those Who Tell—and Live—the Best Stories Will Rule the Future'' (2012) and ''Unsafe Thinking: How to Be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most''. Sachs is the co-founder and former CEO of Free Range Studios, a brand-consulting agency for social brands and causes with campaigns based on storytelling. Early life Sachs was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Nancy Kantor and Allan Sachs. He has two siblings, Emily and Zoe. Sachs attended Wesleyan University, where he served as editor-in-chief of the school’s newspaper for two semesters. In that role, he wrote about campus politics and social justice issues. He graduated from Wesleyan in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in American Studies. Career After graduation, Sachs moved to Washington, D.C., where he reconnected with his childhood friend Louis Fox, and the two decided to form Free Range ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Meatrix
''The Meatrix'' is a short flash animation critical of factory farming and industrial agricultural practices. It has been translated into more than 30 languages and watched by more than 30 million people. A parody of ''The Matrix'' series by Warner Bros. Entertainment, it was made by the green messaging firm Free Range Studios in 2003 as a commissioned project for Grace Communications Foundation. Two sequels were released in 2006, ''The Meatrix II: Revolting'', and ''The Meatrix II ½''. Plot In a dark satire of the 1999 film ''The Matrix'', Leo, a pig on a seemingly bucolic family farm, is approached by Moopheus, an anthropomorphic bull. Moopheus shows Leo that the farm he has known is an illusion, and that he is really trapped in a horrific factory farm. Leo and Moopheus then work to break out of the Meatrix and help others do the same, with some help from a third character, Chickity. The animated short aims to encourage consumers to purchase organic food products and free-r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Matrix
''The Matrix'' is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It is the first installment in ''The Matrix'' film series, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano, and depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside the Matrix, a simulated reality that intelligent machines have created to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. When computer programmer Thomas Anderson, under the hacker alias "Neo", uncovers the truth, he joins a rebellion against the machines along with other people who have been freed from the Matrix. ''The Matrix'' is an example of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction. The Wachowskis' approach to action scenes was influenced by Japanese animation and martial arts films, and the film's use of fight choreographers and wire fu techniques from Hong Kong action cinema influenced subsequent Hollywood action film productions. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Factory Farms
Intensive animal farming or industrial livestock production, also known by its opponents as factory farming and macro-farms, is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production, while minimizing costs. To achieve this, agribusinesses keep livestock such as cattle, poultry, and fish at high stocking densities, at large scale, and using modern machinery, biotechnology, and global trade."EU tackles BSE crisis" BBC News, November 29, 2000. The main products of this industry are meat, and |
