Title:Shell Make the Future SG_160816_Social
Duration: 1:47 minutes
Description:
We believe the answers to tomorrow’s energy challenges lie in the power of people’s ingenuity, and that together we can #makethefuture today.
Shell Make the Future SG_160816_Social Film Transcript
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Upbeat electronic music
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Every bright idea starts with a question
Because it’s those who question the world that end up changing it
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Old black-and-white footage of a very early wood-framed twin-propeller aircraft. The pilot stands behind the engine while two men simultaneously give each propeller a spin to start the motor.
A still portrait-style photograph of Albert Einstein.
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That’s why we’ve created
Make the Future Singapore
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Time-lapse footage of a green square within Singapore. People stroll along a central footpath as the camera slowly approaches an attractive single-storey building at the head of the path.
Time-lapse footage of a river spanned by a road bridge which runs alongside the Helix Bridge in Singapore. The cityscape and visible buildings look futuristic in style.
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A festival of ideas and innovation for Asia
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Time-lapse footage of a busy inner-city intersection of freeways and offramps in Singapore. City lights come on as the light fades.
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So bright young minds from around the region...
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A small group of young people working on a small experimental type vehicle.
A small group of grinning young people stand behind the vehicle.
A small group of young men lower the canopy onto the experimental type vehicle. The driver has to adopt an almost supine position inside it.
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...can come together...
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Close-up of a grinning teenager. She is spinning a wheel on a display in front of her to create a vortex of water within a large glass tube.
Close-up of a teenager wearing virtual reality goggles. She turns to face the camera so that we can see that the words Virtual Reality Experience and the Shell emblem on the device.
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...to ask the questions...
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Three teenagers gathered around a 3D human anatomy model. They are placing the model’s internal organs back in the abdominal cavity.
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...that really matter
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Four teenagers standing in front of a large touchscreen display. Two of the girls reach forward to touch the screen.
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By 2060 Shell estimates energy demand could rise by 2/3 from its level today
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Time-lapse footage showing a slowly revolving earth. The sun illuminates more and more of the earth’s surface as it appears to rise from behind it.
Time-lapse aerial footage of night-time Singapore. River traffic speeds along between the brightly and colourfully lit city.
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So how can the world generate more energy whilst producing less CO2?
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Time-lapse footage of night-time Singapore. Traffic speeds along between the brightly-lit buildings.
Time-lapse footage of the intersection of a busy multi-level freeway.
Congested commuter traffic – three-wheeler taxis and scooters – zip close by to the camera vantage point.
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Together the world must meet this challenge
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A young girl stands in front of a digital interactive display. The display of a swirling green vortex responds as she waves her raised arms above her head.
A young boy stands in front of a digital interactive display. The display of floating geometric shapes respond as he waves his raised arms in front of him.
Close-up of a group of young people poring over a display in front of them.
Close-up of the screen. It asks: How would you make air travel more efficient?, and lists several ideas for doing so.
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Through collaboration...
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Three young men working together carefully slide a large black box through the open door of a pod-like structure or vehicle in front of them.
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...innovation...
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Two young men and a woman in a lab setting. They are examining a test-tube of golden liquid which one of the men holds up for a closer look.
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...and partners...
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A group of young people holding aloft the national flag of Singapore cheer and celebrate around a small experimental-type vehicle.
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...and partnership
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Camera zooms into a group of cheering young people. They are holding the national flag of Singapore in front of them.
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And it’s already happening
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People milling about in a darkened room. A screen against the far wall shows a video of a large spinning fan. Superimposed against it is a grid divided into quadrants, marked A, B, C and D. A countdown from 10 is in the centre of the grid.
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For 30 years...
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A series of extreme close-ups of a mechanic working on a vehicle’s engine.
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...students have been coming up with bright energy ideas
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A race-track: two people carrying a small vehicle canopy.
Overhead shot of the race-track, showing people milling about, some gathered around several small vehicle canopies.
Close-up of students in a lecture room.
Extreme close-up of a mechanical contraption featuring a bicycle wheel and wires.
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And next year at the festival...
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Cars on a race-track whizz by the camera.
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...you can experience the ultimate energy-efficient challenge at Shell Eco-marathon Asia
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Cars on a race-track speed towards the camera as they pass the finish line.
Close-up of a hand spinning a gear or dynamo on the side of a small experimental-type vehicle.
A driver seated in what appears to be a modified wheelchair. A man adjusts a control or steering mechanism in the driver’s lap.
Small experimental-type vehicles on the race-track speed towards the camera.
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Nearly 1,000 students...
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A crowd of cheering students and race-car teams gathered on the race-track. They are all facing the camera.
Close-up of a small experimental vehicle on the race-track zips by the camera.
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...from over 15 countries...
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A crowd of cheering students and race-car teams gathered on the race-track. They are all facing the camera.
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...are coming to Singapore...
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Time-lapse footage of the Merlion Statue at Merlion Park waterfront in Singapore. Clouds scud overhead and pedestrians move about the waterfront.
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...to share their innovations
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Close-up of a young woman kneeling alongside the wheel of one of the small experimental vehicles. She is grinning up at an unseen person and then at the camera.
Close-up of people making adjustments to the wiring in an engine.
Extreme close-up of hands lifting a cellphone and pen off a hand-drawn series of diagrams and calculations.
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See Shell Eco-marathon Asia...
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Several close-ups of a few of the small experimental vehicles on the race-track.
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...at Make the Future Singapore
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Time-lapse night-time footage of a brightly illuminated Singapore skyline.
Time-lapse night-time footage of busy freeways flowing through the city centre.
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Experience bright energy ideas in action...
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Two men standing in front of a large interactive digital display. They move their arms slowly to get the image to respond to them.
Close-up of a young man inside a large plastic bubble bristling with what looks like suckers. He uses his body weight to move the bubble.
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...test them...
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Lateral view of the hands of a row of people. Each person is paying attention to the console in front of him or her.
Lateral view of the row of young people standing in front of the consoles. Each one is looking down at the console in front of him or her.
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...contribute your own...
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Close-up of a cluster of white and yellow Post-It notes on which have been drawn concept vehicles of all descriptions.
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...and explore the journey to a low carbon future
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People milling about in a darkened exhibition area. Three of the giant plastic bubbles can be seen on the far side of the room.
A group of young children dancing on an LED dance floor in the exhibition area.
Time-lapse footage of people in the exhibition area. A huge interactive globe of the world is located centrally.
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Shell logo: Pecten
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Make the Future Singapore
Changi Exhibition Centre
Singapore
March 16-19, 2017
Hashtag, makethefuture
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Shell logo : Pecten
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Copyright, Shell International Limited 2016
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