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India's largest slum Dharavi is located in Mumbai. The people who live here struggle on a daily base with poverty: There is not enough living space, the Slum lacks clean water and sanitation as well as electricity. There are too less healthcare and educational institutes and jobs for all the residents.
There are many great examples for glaciated landscapes in the UK. This medium shows footage from Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and Snowdonia. The explanations and illustrations of the landforms are rich in detail and make it easy to understand the processes of erosion, deposition and transportation.
There are a lot of strategies that can be used to create comedy. This medium shows how comedy characters are developed, how timing, rhythm and surprises are used, how one works with crossed objectives and double acts and how ideas can be tested. It uses footage from workshops, performances and interviews.
Die römische Antike fasziniert die Menschen bis heute. Das Medium behandelt in Kurzfilmen die Hochphase der Republik sowie ihre Krise. Augustus und sein Prinzipat werden betrachtet und die römische Kaiserzeit zusammengefasst. Weitere Themen sind die Romanisierung, die Römer in Deutschland und der Limes.
Die Film Flat bietet über 8.000 rechtssichere Unterrichtsfilme für alle Schulformen, Fächer und Altersklassen. Das Angebot umfasst Lehrfilme, Dokumentationen und Spielfilme. Lehrkräfte können die Videos streamen, herunterladen und mit ihren Schülerinnen und Schülern teilen.
Das Leben auf dem Land und in der Stadt unterschied sich schon im Mittelalter stark. Diese Unterschiede werden in den kurzen Filmen verdeutlicht. Das Medium erklärt die Bedeutung von Architektur zu dieser Zeit und zeigt, was für die Erforschung und Erhaltung mittelalterlicher Gebäude getan wird.
The global textile industry has a huge impact on the environment. The medium shows how UK's companies use water recycling plants and also more of their waste streams. In the meantime poor people living in Bangladesh shortly downstream from the textile factories are adversely affected by the pollution.
Bangladesh's mangroves are a home to the endangered tigers and also a fascinating tourist attraction. But the mangrove forests are endangered themselves: The impacts of climate change as well as the ones of shrimp farming reduces them. The government tries to control resource exploitation in the area.
There are several ways to generate electricity from renewables: This medium explains how solar, tidal, wind, biomass HEP and geothermal power are used and which are the pros and cons of each of these sources. It is shown which framework conditions have to be in place and what kind of oppositions exist.
This medium explains how energy from gas, coal and uranium is used to generate electricity. It gives an overview over the particular pros and cons and touches the topic of nuclear safety. Carbon capture and storage as well as fracking are discussed to give a complete insight into the current energy debates.
Each new designed product should meet the needs of the users so this medium focuses on the investigation stage of product development which is not only practical, but can be fun, too. The footage shows designers working with anthropometric and ergonomic data and taking the demographic change into account.
Volvo's crash testing facility is the place where the footage on this medium has been filmed. It shows clearly which considerations industrial designers have to include in their projects. It is a helpful tool for students who develop their own designs and have to have them tested, evaluated and modified.
Whoever wants to design a product has to choose the material wisely: Should it be sustainable? What is the difference between recycled and renewable materials? What happens to the product when it's not used anymore? The medium contains also footage from the first zero carbon housing project in the US.
Modern textiles are able to meet the most different needs. This medium presents Kevlar, wearable electronics and conductive polymers and gives stunning examples for their use as clothing, ballet shoes, bags or tents. Smart and interactive textiles are a part of the new digital world and the internet of things.
Textiles which can be used in space, racing, transport, for medical assignments or as geotextile have to meet specific requirements. This medium explains their impressive functions, properties, structure and characteristics and gives an outlook to the technical and smart textiles that are yet to come.
The interest in recycled and sustainable Textiles is growing and designers have found some interesting ways to fulfil the needs. This medium shows bags that are made form airline seats, second hand shop textiles turned into high fashion, shoes made from seatbelts and tyres and textiles from jute sacks.
The global fashion industry comes at much too high of a cost: The footage of this medium is filmed in Bangladesh and shows the working conditions of the people here. It asks about the role of fair trade in times of globalization and shows how important a close meshed quality control in this industry is.
The eco-friendly surf-wear brand Finisterre explains its business philosophy: The goal is to reduce both the ethical and the environmental impact of their clothes everywhere the work is done. The HQ lies in Cornwall, suppliers sit in Japan and the manufacturing of the clothes takes place in Portugal.
The audience is introduced to Yahya who's nomadic family had to leave her land in the peripheral region of the Sahara: Desertification forced the people to find a new home. This medium shows the causes for this development and proposes different ways to meet this challenge environmentally acceptable.
The Sahara is one of the most inhospitable areas of the world: The lack of water, the extreme temperatures and the inaccessibility make it hostile for humans. But there are chances to take. This medium shows different interesting ways the desert can be used if people eventually overcome its challenges.
Mumbai is growing so fast that the urban planners have difficulties to keep up regarding the development of a fitting waste management: It has to meet whole new needs by now. More and more vehicles lead to traffic congestion, and the planners discuss whether a new metro system would solve this problem.
The conditions for the slum dwellers in Mumbai shall be improved, but without affecting their social communities. This is a difficult task for the urban planners who have to decide between different strategies to improve the lives of the poor. The medium takes a look at the pros and cons of these strategies.
Smart resistant materials allow designs which wouldn't have been possible just a short while ago. This medium explains their functions, characteristics and potential applications using the examples of thermochromatic plastics and inks, QTC and shape memory alloys. It provides valuable input for new ideas.
Die Wirtschaft ist ein komplexes Netz. Der Film erklärt, wie Staat und Unternehmen zusammenhängen, was Interessenvertretungen tun und was die Soziale Marktwirtschaft ist. Am Beispiel Österreichs wird die Sozialpartnerschaft erklärt und die Geschichte des Österreichischen Gewerkschaftsbundes erzählt.
This medium contains a guide made by designers for the development of a new product. It starts with the client's briefing, explains how research and prototyping are done, shows how you make moulds for mass production, touches branding and other points and ends with the product – all while working to a budget.
Resultant forces, inertia, momentum and energy combined have devastating consequences in a car crash testing: This medium uses extraordinary slow motion HD footage to show how energy is distributed in the blink of an eye. It illustrates the necessity of well-designed air bags, seats and crumple zones.
It is hard to create an outstanding application for a drama school. This medium contains interviews with experts from famous drama schools in which they give tips about how to avoid pitfalls and how to maximize the chances of success in auditions. It also shows how a future student can pick fitting courses.
This medium provides guidance for theatre companies who would like to work with Antonin Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty. Besides performance footage of professional companies, it includes practical exercises from leading Artaud practitioners and a comprehensive overview from Artaud's biographer Stephen Barber.
How can a group of students create a piece of drama? This medium includes interviews, ideas, rehearsal footage and clips of the performance outcome. It is shown how well-known creative devisers generate text and movement and how they define and structure their material in the conceptual process.
The medium contains methods and ideas for adding physical action to performance. It combines live footage, interviews and insights into workshops and give an overview over the history of physical action. Students benefit from the exercises which are vividly explained by professionals.