Chemische producten in ons leven

Title: Value of Chemicals

Duration: 1:40 minutes

Description:

A short Shell video about how chemicals make our world.

Value of Chemicals Transcript

[Background music plays]

Upbeat music

[Text displays] [Voiceover]

IN 1838, A FRENCH CHEMIST LEFT A BEAKER IN THE SUN

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Animated representation of the narrative. Light grey background with picture of a male chemist sat on a chair centre-screen. Top right, a yellow sun. Left, two light blue coloured circles, one with a yellow atom inside and the other a yellow chemical strand. A yellow thread interacts across the screen and continues to do so throughout the video. Change to animation of a beaker filled with yellow liquid set in a light blue circle which appears on-screen underneath the sun. 

[Text displays] [Voiceover]

AND ACCIDENTALLY CREATED A NEW POLYMER

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Thread interacts with animation of the sun in a light blue circle. Next to it, the liquid in the beaker changes form and becomes a rectangle.

[Video footage]

Change to video footage of yellow thread flying over a densely built up city at the foot of a mountain range, Shell pecten logo centre-screen.

[Voiceover]

Today, this and other chemical building blocks have transformed our modern world.

[Video footage]

Thread moves through a busy pedestrian crossing in a modern city. Change to footage of a couple unwrapping plastic from a sofa as the thread wraps around it.

[Voiceover]

They help make our homes more comfortable.

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Close-up of a hand caressing fabric. Change to footage of thread interacting with two young boys having a pillow fight on a bed.

[Voiceover]

They give us the clothes we wear.

[Video footage]

Thread interacts with a woman zipping up a child’s jacket. Change to close-up of a bobbing head with headphones listening to music as thread wraps around it.

[Voiceover]

And the gadgets we enjoy.

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Thread interacts with a family sat on the floor in front of a TV screen, playing PlayStation.

[Voiceover]

Products like refrigerators and packaging.

[Video footage]

Thread flies past a woman opening a refrigerator, then wraps around close-up of a hand opening plastic packaging containing cherry tomatoes.

[Voiceover]

That help keep food fresh for longer.

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Thread interacts with a hand taking a sandwich out of a plastic Tupperware box. Change to close-up of a pair of soapy hands as thread wraps around them.

[Voiceover]

Even the bubbles that do the dishes.

[Video footage]

Thread interacts with an adult and child washing dishes. Change to footage of thread flying past a woman drinking from a cup by a window. Change to footage of a group of joggers in a park, the thread flying in between them.

[Voiceover]

And it’s not just in our homes.

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Aerial footage of a garden with children playing as the thread interacts.

[Voiceover]

Products made with chemicals can care for us.

[Video footage]

Thread interacts with close-up of an adult applying a plaster to a child’s knee.

[Voiceover]

They help us see better.

[Video footage]

Thread flies past an optician fitting a pair of glasses on a young child.

[Voiceover]

And hear better.

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Thread interacts with a doctor fitting a hearing aid on a young woman. Change to footage of thread wrapping around hands underneath a soap dispenser.

[Voiceover]

Improving hygiene in all kinds of ways.

[Video footage]

Close-up of hand sinister being rubbed on hands. Change to footage of a medical practitioner performing an ultrasound for a couple who watch the images on a monitor. The thread wraps around the monitor.

[Voiceover]

With their help, we can make amazing machines.

[Video footage]

Thread interacts with surgeons in an operating theatre. Change to view of the earth from space as thread circles an orbiting satellite.

[Voiceover]

These building blocks don’t just care for us, they keep us connected too.

[Video footage]

Close-up of a row of connected ethernet cables as thread zooms past them. Change to footage of a man at a desk having a video call. The thread wraps around his computer and flies off.

[Voiceover]

Bringing us closer together.

[Video footage]

Thread interacts with an African woman speaking on a mobile phone in a rural location, then an Asian woman speaking on a mobile phone.

[Voiceover]

Not just virtually.

[Video footage]

Thread interacts with a couple on a video call showing their wedding rings.

[Voiceover]

But physically as well.

[Video footage]

Thread wraps around an airplane flying overhead. Change to footage of thread interacting with a woman and a child sat on her lap looking through an airplane window.

[Voiceover]

Helping society be more mobile.

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Thread interacts with a woman driving a scooter, then flies past a modern train going through a rural landscape.

[Voiceover]

With lighter materials that save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.

[Voiceover]

Aerial footage of a white car driving on a road lined with trees as thread circles it. Change to footage of thread wrapping around detergent a woman is preparing to put into a washing machine. Close-up of finger pressing the temperature button on a washing machine.

[Voiceover]

Inside our homes, too.

[Video footage]

Close-up of thread interacting with a pair of gloved hands applying insulation inside a home.

[Voiceover]

They even give us the key components that make renewable energy possible.

[Video footage]

Drone footage of a wind turbine at sea, the thread flying around the spinning blades. Change to slow-motion footage of an African woman walking past solar panels, the thread zipping by. Thread flies over solar panels atop a roof in a night-time city. Aerial shot of the thread shooting through a modern city.

[Voiceover]

All these products made from chemicals.

[Video footage]

Close-up of hands tying shoelaces on a pair of red running shoes as thread interacts.

[Voiceover]

Now manufactured more sustainably.

[Video footage]

Thread interacts with a football being kicked across a pitch in slow motion. Change to footage of thread zooming through a server room as ceiling lights turn on.

[Voiceover]

Help make our modern world better.

[Video footage]

Thread flies past a classroom where young kids raise their hands to a question asked by their teacher. Change to footage of a group posing for a photograph as the thread circles around the hand of the individual holding the phone. Change to light grey background with four pictures in a circular pattern representing the themes of the story as the thread moves through them and on-screen text in the centre as displayed below.

[Text displays]

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HOW CHEMICALS MAKE YOUR WORLD

[Video footage]

Thread moves centre-screen, up into the camera, filling the screen with yellow.

[Audio]

Shell jingle

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred on a light grey background with text as displayed below.

[Text displays]

shell.com/madebychemicals

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