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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Large parts of the Isle Montserrat have been destroyed by volcanic activity in 1995. Since this day the people here have learned to live with the continuing eruptions: There are projects which help to improve biodiversity, strategies for disaster response have been developed and tourists visit the island.
Der Vater des neunjährigen Abel hat Mexiko verlassen, um in den USA sein Glück zu machen. Zunächst verstummt der Junge, doch als er merkt, dass der Familie das männliche Oberhaupt fehlt, versucht er diese Rolle so gut wie möglich auszufüllen. Als der Vater eines Tages zurückkehrt, sorgt das für Chaos.
In der Zona Sur in La Paz lebt die aristokratische bolivianische Oberschicht. Zu ihr zählt die kontrollsüchtige alleinerziehende Mutter Carola, deren Macht allmählich schwindet. Der Film spielt virtuos mit den Gegensätzen der langsam zerfallenden Aristokratie und der Schicht der Aymara-Ureinwohner.
Es ist eine Zeit des Umbruchs, wenn die Kinder flügge werden und das Nest verlassen: Die Eltern, die lange Zeit darauf verwendet haben, sich um ihren Nachwuchs zu kümmern, sind wieder auf sich allein zurückgeworfen. Wie finden sie eine neue Identität? Die Antwort bietet diese subtile argentinische Komödie.
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.
Jerzy Grotowski was one of the most famous theatre practitioners of the last century. The medium traces both his life and his enormous influence on contemporary theatre. It shows how Grotowski's visionary ideas have been and can be used to create successful and powerful performances.
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.
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.
This medium contains footage from a two-day workshop including methods, ideas and games which help students overcome their inhibitions, improve their communication and build trust. Some of the world's leading theatre practitioners speak about their work and give helpful and practical examples.
The understanding of waves helped to develop the plate tectonic theory and made the study of earthquakes easier for seismic survey teams. This medium shows the strong connection between these topics and explains the key terminology of wavelength, amplitude, period and frequency using exciting footage.
The distribution of electricity from power station to consumers is the topic of this medium. It gives a short outline of the entire distribution network and explains the function of step up and step down transformers. Other safety features like insulators, circuit breakers and earth rods are introduced.
This medium explains the principles that allow us to produce and to distribute electrical energy on a large scale. It includes footage and explanations of the motor effect, electromagnets, magnetic as well as electric fields and EM induction, the latter concentrating on Tesla coils and transformers.
In the postmodern era there has been a cornucopia of designs, ideas and innovations in the design houses of Milan. The medium shows footage from the Alessi factory and museum among others and lets leading postmodern designers like Mendini, Alberto Alessi and George Sowden talk about their profession.
This medium gives a practical example for product design by showing the processing of a children's pull along suitcase step by step: How is anthropometric and ergonomic data used, and which role plays market research for the concept development? Additionally, injection and rotational moulding are compared.
If a specific plastic should be reused to design a product, it has to be recycled, regenerated and tested for it has to meet special properties. This medium gives practical examples which explain how these steps of procedure can be sustainable: Can you turn Sony PlayStations cases into school chairs?
Industry needs to rethink manufacturing methods to be more sustainable. By the example of Volvo this medium shows the ethical, moral and social implications a company has to take into consideration. The reduction of waste and energy consumption and the elimination of emissions are further topics.
Packaging should have low production costs, protect the product, be eco-friendly and attractive for customers all at once. This medium gives an insight into designers' decisions for more recycled materials or a reduced packaging. In some cases it is also necessary to revise the complete product's design
People in the graphic products' industry use different smart materials nowadays. This medium introduces fluorescent and phosphorescent paints, thermo chromic inks and photochromic dyes with their particular characteristics and properties. Furthermore, it explains the applications they can be used for.
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.
Der junge Ernesto möchte La Habana so schnell wie möglich verlassen und hat daher nur seine wichtigsten Besitztümer dabei. Als er Ana trifft und sich verliebt, geraten seine Pläne ins Wanken: Die junge Frau ist nach der Flucht ihres Vaters auf Kuba geblieben und möchte am liebsten für immer hierbleiben.