The blue movie

Sparking creative, innovative ideas

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  • Overview

    The aim

    To provide individuals with the right frame of mind for generating new and workable ideas.


    About the programme

    This complementary programme to Mark Brown's Ideas into action focuses on the idea-generating phase of the creative-thinking process. Versatile, inspiring and highly watchable, it mixes animation with live action to highlight the largely self-imposed limitations of our thinking and shows how to overcome them.

    The key messages it demonstrates will enable viewers to create a frame of mind conducive to innovative thinking, and to know when to use one- two- and three-dimensional thinking.

    This creative resource can be used to develop an open-minded, motivated atmosphere at the start of any session where people are trying to think up innovative, effective ideas; to boost courses on creative thinking and problem solving; and to run an idea-generating workshop, prompted in the accompanying guide.


    The key outcomes

    -Overcome self-imposed limitations
    -Think more creatively and innovatively in the workplace


    Includes electronic training resources:

    Video (12 mins)
    Guide


    Information:

    A Melrose production. Release date: 1994

    The blue movie has won the following awards:

    • US International Film and Video Festival – Certificate for creative excellence
    • Intercom Awards – Editing, Gold
    • Mercury Awards – Gold
  • Learning chapters

    1. Entertain the impossible http://eww.videoarts.com/product/BLUE1 L01/Entertain-the-impossible http://eww.videoarts.com/images/products/BLUE1 L01.jpg
      The challenge is to make four equal-sided triangles using six matches, where each side of each triangle is the length of match. How do we limit our creativity and innovative thinking?... (read more)
    2. 1 dimensional thinking http://eww.videoarts.com/product/BLUE1 L02/1-dimensional-thinking http://eww.videoarts.com/images/products/BLUE1 L02.jpg
      Thinking can be one, two or three dimensional. One-dimensional thinking is what we use for deeply embedded routines, often things so automatic we hardly ever notice them: like putting one foot in front of the other to walk. This kind of thinking is fine for many routine actions.... (read more)
    3. 2 dimensional thinking http://eww.videoarts.com/product/BLUE1 L03/2-dimensional-thinking http://eww.videoarts.com/images/products/BLUE1 L03.jpg
      What is 2D thinking? When starting to develop new ideas, it may help to ask yourself, 'What other problems are like this?' (Image of child trying to put the right shaped blocks into shaped holes). Then use their solutions and adapt them to your new problem. e.g. You know how to fix a bike motor. (visual example of man fixing motorbike) You need to fix a boat motor. You adapt you... (read more)
    4. 3 dimensional thinking http://eww.videoarts.com/product/BLUE1 L04/3-dimensional-thinking http://eww.videoarts.com/images/products/BLUE1 L04.jpg
      Many truly great ideas come from three dimensional (3D) thinking. With 3D thinking, you relate your problem or opportunity to other ones which, although on the face of things may not seem connected, but deep down share similar characteristics. George de Mestral noticed the way that burs stuck to his clothes, after riding in the country. When he looked at them under the... (read more)
    5. 2 and 3d thinking in practice http://eww.videoarts.com/product/BLUE1 L05/2-and-3d-thinking-in-practice http://eww.videoarts.com/images/products/BLUE1 L05.jpg
      What is the difference between 2D (two dimensional) and 3D (three dimensional) thinking? Example of the task 'improving customer service'. 2D thinking: simple, look at your competitors (benchmarking) and copy the good things they do, modifying them as necessary. If we want to come up with some ground breaking ideas, we need to shift into 3D thinking. 3D thinking involves questions lik... (read more)

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