I’m looking for short movie/TV scenes that demonstrate “thinking outside of the box.”
Do you have any suggestions?
I’ll use them to put together a “The Best…” list and, of course, will give credit to people making suggestions.
Thanks!
Help Me Find Move/TV Scenes Showing “Thinking Outside Of The Box”
January 6, 2013 | 9 Comments
January 6, 2013 at 3:54 pm
Scene from Apollo 13:
[Several technicians dump boxes containing the same equipment and tools that the astronauts have with them onto a table]
Technician: We’ve got to find a way to make this
[square CSM LiOH canister]
Technician: fit into the hole for this
[round LEM canister]
Technician: … using nothing but that.
The whole film demonstrates solutions “out of the box” in unknown territory; using convention tools to design unconventional solutions
January 6, 2013 at 3:56 pm
It is not a commercial video but the anecdote in the Save The Shoes TED talk makes a point about thinking of things differently and I think it is only 5 or so mins.
http://www.ted.com/talks/mark_bezos_a_life_lesson_from_a_volunteer_firefighter.html
January 6, 2013 at 4:02 pm
The engineering scene from Apollo 13 will do….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3csfLkMJT4
January 6, 2013 at 4:13 pm
How about Home Alone. A young boy thinking outside the box to protect his house.
January 6, 2013 at 8:16 pm
Caine’s Arcade
January 6, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Also, I have a bunch of videos collected here: http://pinterest.com/terrieichholz/inspirational-videos-for-teachers/
and here: http://pinterest.com/terrieichholz/inspirational-videos-for-students/
January 7, 2013 at 12:01 am
How about some MacGyver clips? (haven’t thought about that show in a while…)
January 7, 2013 at 12:31 pm
My class and I had quite an interesting discussion after watching this video a friend sent me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9Ig19gYP9o. Its a little tricky because it is in Chinese. Fortunately he also gave me a translation and I’ll be glad to forward that to anyone who’s interested (though honestly you can figure it out without the translation).
January 10, 2013 at 11:26 am
The Sandlot when they try all the different ways to get the baseball out of the backyard. I believe there is a montage, and it also shows them making mistakes and how they learn from those.