TECNOLOGY IN OUR LIVES

Science fiction or reality? By Dayana & Eduardo

OUTLINE

1. General introduction

2. Background information

3. Brief summary about the video

4. Vocabulary

5. Activity (fill gap)

6. VIDEO: High Maintenance by Philip Van

7. Discussion

8. Conclusions

General introduction

Technology in the history.

The positive and negative relations between society and technology.

What will the future of those relations be?

Director: Philip Van Writer: Scot Simon BiggsStars: Nicolette Krebitz, Wanja Mues and Judith Rohde

This film was made through the Berlin International Film Festival. This festival called the Berlin Talent Campus is celebrated every year and it lasts one week.

The film was shot completely in two days. However the entire film was made, with breaks, in about eight days (considering the shot, the edition, the sound, etc).

Background information

High Maintenance by Philip Van (2006) (US/Germany) (9m)

In the near-future, a woman unhappy with a product she bought which doesn’t reach her standards, decides to change it for another version which has higher standards. But is this the best decision?

Brief Summary

High Maintenance by Philip Van (2006)

It is a science-fiction short film about our future, in which satisfaction is guaranteed and upgrades are always available

Vocabulary

Maintenance: the process of conserving something.

Stilted: unnatural, something that requires an extra effort to be made.

Everlasting: condition of enduring forever or over a long period of time.

Upgraded: raise to a higher standard or version

Masseur: a person who provides massage professionally.

Treat: provide someone with food, drink, or entertainment.

Activity

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl0cvyy9Sek&feature=BFa&list=PL79B00F556680F7FB

High Maintenance by Philip

Questions

Do you think that technology is positive in our lives?

Do you believe the technology improves human relationships? Why?

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Conclusions

The increasing dependence of men on technology is very worrying. Thus, people prefer to interact with friends or other people by internet and not face to face, although they live in the same place.

We are not aware of the technological impact in our life and our relationships. We just accept the technology that the capitalism imposes without reflecting it.

This video shows a cold and awful relationship. In the future our relations could be like this if we let technology dominated our life.

Thanks for your kind attention!