Summary: Exploring an array of culinary skills, this video enables viewers to create dishes for a fully catered meal. Grounding students in the elements of plate composition-color, texture, height, and balance-the program demonstrates entree and dessert presentation with elegant examples of smoked salmon, roast turkey, blue-eye fillet, and lemon tart. Detailed instruction is also given in basic and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Until the 17th century, the building blocks of the natural world were a mystery. Of elements there were believed to be four - air, earth, fire, and water - and the science of chemistry had yet to be born. This program identifies some of the first chemical elements to be discovered by spotlighting the work of Hennig Brandt, Robert Boyle, Henry Cavendish, Joseph Priestly, Antoine Lavoisier, and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: At the beginning of the 19th century, 55 elements had been discovered, and although scientists had no idea how many more they might yet find, they already had a suspicion that there was some sort of unifying pattern behind them all. This program charts the quest for order among the chemical elements by examining the contributions of Dmitri Mendeleev, creator of the Periodic Table of Elements,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Use this video to introduce your students to the elements of design: color, line, shape, form, pattern, and texture. In addition to the customary design disciplines-interior, clothing, landscape, and architecture-the video also features more unusual venues like the family dog, kids, and professional models. Called "a good introduction to the basic elements of design" by Instructional Video....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Earth, air, fire, and water: according to some ancient theories, these four elements made up the cosmos. Beginning with the work of the Greek philosopher Democritus, this Science Screen Report describes how an accurate atomic theory developed and led to awareness of a wide variety of elements. Specific examples showing different configurations of these basic units of matter-including graphite...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Elements and compounds, accuracy and precision, liters and moles and joules-what does it all mean? After introducing the states, properties, and types of matter, this program proceeds to the periodic table of elements and the qualities of atoms, compounds, and molecules. An investigation of the metric system, SI units, uncertainty in measurement, and dimensional analysis wrap up this engaging...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Corporate innovation begins and ends with people who have the vision and courage to push creative boundaries. But in today's global marketplace, it's no easy task to engage and motivate a workforce. This program explores ways for organizations to harness diversity and original thinking, unlocking the innovator in every employee or team member. Expert guests include GE's former CEO Jack Welch,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: This dynamic program takes an in-depth look at the structure and components of narrative writing. Viewers learn that narratives must include characterization, plot structure, tone, mood and setting, stylistic techniques, diction, and themes, and that these elements are brought to life through the careful choices of the author. The video also defines key concepts: character perspective,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This volume concentrates on successful storytelling. In a talk called "Scene, Summary, Silence," writer/educator Al Young tells how to engage readers and keep a story moving by creating believable narrative and maintaining a balance between scene and summary. A panel discussion moderated by Mark Childress follows, in which authors Olga Carlisle, James Brown, Lynn Freed, and Al Young examine the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Pleasing the eye is important, but a skilled designer also pays attention to the consumer's mind, emotions, and needs. This program explores the basic elements of design and how they can be manipulated to create powerful visual and interactive experiences. Detailing the properties of line, shape, tone, point, texture, color, and letterform-and how designers organize these elements through...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The principles of design are visible almost anywhere, but too often they are explained in an abstract, intellectualized way. This hands-on video presents the basic elements of design and their importance in a wide variety of fields and professions-architecture, landscaping, fashion, furniture design, the culinary arts, information technology, and other disciplines. Studying balance, contrast,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Once scientists succeeded in identifying and organizing the 92 naturally occurring chemical elements, the challenge then became how to manipulate them into amazing new configurations - and how to tap their essentially limitless energy. A tale of struggle meeting serendipity and of accident meeting design, this program focuses on element-related flashpoints in modern science history: the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: By building roads, watering crops, and grazing cattle, we are constantly changing the climate. We may also modify the weather by cloud seeding, though there is no scientifically accepted proof that rain or snow would not have occurred naturally in cases where seeding appears to have been successful. This program shows how migration in the Sahel has altered regional climate; examines the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This video examines THC and the cannabinoids marijuana, hashish, and hash oil. Expert commentary is presented by former NFL player Charles Hunt, a pharmacist, a police officer, addiction counselors, a historian, a pastor, recovering addicts, and others. Together, they explain the history and biological effects of THC, investigating its use, abuse, and hazards, and its reputation as a gateway drug.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: A magnet for tourists, investors, and Fortune 500 companies, the United Arab Emirates is an oasis of economic success-but the wealth is not shared equally among its sheikdoms. In the emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al-Qasimi has a plan to attract more business to his oil-poor realm: a new capital city designed to become the region's center of trade, industry, and tourism. But...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: In the wilderness after a dramatic escape from Egypt, the story of the Hebrew people reaches a pivotal moment - one in which uncertainty and desperation threaten to derail the dream of a Promised Land. This program features author Bruce Feiler’s re-creation of that ancient, 40-year struggle for survival. Reflecting on places where God is said to have provided food and water for the Israelites,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: As controversy swirls around the issue of same-sex marriage, gay and lesbian couples in North America and abroad are speaking out for the right to marry. Filmed in British Columbia after the legalization of same-sex unions, this program introduces the victorious litigants, who share their views on marriage, religious and political opposition, child adoption, and, most of all, love. Interviews...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Although the foreground subject in a moving image is, by definition, the focus of attention, the importance of the background elements can't be overstated. This program provides detailed lighting demonstrations that reveal the importance of background illumination and how to manipulate it. From low-key scenes shot in a living room to the flashy environment of a broadcast newsroom, the program...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: An elephant and a racing car don't have much in common-except for the remarkable fact that they're made of similar fundamental building blocks. This program takes a simulated subatomic look at a glass of water to better understand the nature of matter, a minuscule world of molecules, atoms, and elementary particles. The behavior of matter under the effects of gravity, electromagnetism, and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The accelerating rate of technological innovation is rapidly changing the workplace. This program offers several interpretations of work environments by leading contemporary designers, such as the "virtual" office by Gaetano Pesce, the modular office by Ross Lovegrove, the "Less" office by Jean Nouvel, the mobile office by Antonio Citterio, and the office of the future by Michele de Lucchi....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program profiles Stanley Kunitz, one of America's leading poets. Kunitz reads his poetry and discusses his work in extensive interviews. "You don't choose the subject [of your poetry]," says Kunitz, "it chooses you. He asserts that poets must aim simply to "be as true as we can to the grain of life. Kunitz also stresses the importance of reading poetry aloud: "It is important to test your...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: No matter how photogenic the subject, a close-up shot must be properly lit if it's going to launch a thousand ships. This program presents a comprehensive look at the art and science of lighting people. It teaches viewers the importance of adjusting the size, distance, and position of a light source; how to control contrast by manipulating hard and soft light; and how to make use of the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This beautifully filmed program by Richard L. Harrison explores the work, creative process, and philosophical perspective of award-winning ceramist Paul Mathieu, whose multilayered works in porcelain defy conventional boundaries of craft, sculpture, and representation. Different stages of the ceramics-making process are spotlighted as Mathieu creates an intricate stacking dinner service called...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: A pioneer in sea exploration, David Gallo was one of the first oceanographers to use a combination of submarines and robots to map the deep. He is also an enthusiastic ambassador between the ocean world and those of us on dry land. In a TEDTalk brimming with vibrant video captured by submarines, Gallo takes viewers to some of Earth's most violent, toxic, and beautiful habitats - the valleys and...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008