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The climax of this course is a design project of a very open ended nature. To help students decide in what area to work, and in particular what problem to tackle, this garce was devised by Robin Ja...cques and Reg Talbot of UMIST. Trying to loosen up prejudice and inhibition, the programme is a metaphor, in which the spirit of the game is personified by a Pig with wings. He guides two OU students. Lou and Louise through their three principle areas of study, Food, Shelter and Work. On this journey they encounter a new problem, symbolised by a noisy, air-polluting road-hog. Pig, teacher, friend and philosopher, suggests methods of tackling the project, following the guide lines in the printed manual, "to change your attitude, and so change your behaviour". The treatment deliberately refers to children's entertainments, stories, comic strips, cut-out theatre games, and so on, in an attempt to nudge old memories and dormant ideas. The dialogue was performed by professional actors recorded in a Broadcasting House Drama Studio, and used as foldback for the television recording. Puppets were specially designed, and the whole scenario was played out by miming against specially drawn backgrounds and animations using Colour Separation Overlay. The result is fascinating and enjoyable at a superficial level, but the dialogue may be obscure to a casual viewer.
The climax of this course is a design project of a very open ended nature. To help students decide in what area to work, and in particular what problem to tackle, this garce was devised by Robin Ja...cques and Reg Talbot of UMIST. Trying to loosen up prejudice and inhibition, the programme is a metaphor, in which the spirit of the game is personified by a Pig with wings. He guides two OU students. Lou and Louise through their three principle areas of study, Food, Shelter and Work. On this journey they encounter a new problem, symbolised by a noisy, air-polluting road-hog. Pig, teacher, friend and philosopher, suggests methods of tackling the project, following the guide lines in the printed manual, "to change your attitude, and so change your behaviour". The treatment deliberately refers to children's entertainments, stories, comic strips, cut-out theatre games, and so on, in an attempt to nudge old memories and dormant ideas. The dialogue was performed by professional actors recorded in a Broadcasting House Drama Studio, and used as foldback for the television recording. Puppets were specially designed, and the whole scenario was played out by miming against specially drawn backgrounds and animations using Colour Separation Overlay. The result is fascinating and enjoyable at a superficial level, but the dialogue may be obscure to a casual viewer.
| Module code and title: | T262, Man-made futures: design and technology |
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| Item code: | T262; 02; 1979 |
| First transmission date: | 24-03-1979 |
| Published: | 1979 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:23:27 |
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| Producer: | Colin Robinson |
| Contributors: | Frank Duncan; Richard Hurndall; Malcolm Knight; Penelope Lee; Geoffrey A.(Geoffrey Alan) Matthews; Kenneth Shanley; PIayboard Puppet Theatre; John Thirtle; Ian Thorn; John Westbrook |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Attitude; Behaviour; Colour separation; Divergence/convergence; Foldback; Puppets; Radio drama; VT sound dub |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/73099 |
| Production number: | 00525_5351 |
| Videofinder number: | 2680 |
| Available to public: | no |
