1. TECNOLOGY IN OUR LIVES
Science fiction or reality?
By Dayana & Eduardo

2. 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

3. General introduction
 Technology in the history.
 The positive and negative relations between society
and technology.
 What will the future of those relations be?

4. Background information
High Maintenance by Philip Van (2006)
(US/Germany) (9m)
Director: Philip Van
Writer: Scot Simon Biggs
Stars: 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).

5. 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
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?

6. 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.

7. Activity

8. Video
High Maintenance by Philip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl0cvyy9Sek&fe
ature=BFa&list=PL79B00F556680F7FB

9. Questions
1 Do you think that technology is positive in our
lives?
2 Do you believe the technology improves human
relationships? Why?

10. 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.

11. Thanks for your kind
attention!