A student film produced by four Scandinavian students about the University of Teesside and what it and Middlesbrough have to offer international students. The film looks at both academic and recreational activities the university and town have to offer as well as the types of accommodation that are available and good places to eat and drink. A hand turns a car ignition followed by it turning on the cars radio. Over Guns N’ Roses ‘Paradise City’ a phantom car ride onto and along the A66...

A student film produced by four Scandinavian students about the University of Teesside and what it and Middlesbrough have to offer international students. The film looks at both academic and recreational activities the university and town have to offer as well as the types of accommodation that are available and good places to eat and drink. A hand turns a car ignition followed by it turning on the cars radio. Over Guns N’ Roses ‘Paradise City’ a phantom car ride onto and along the A66 dual-carriageway out of Middlesbrough heading west towards Stockton-on-Tees. Title: Scandinavian Pictures proudly presents Title: University of Teesside… Title:… Probably the Best University in the World The car now rides along Linthorpe Road in Middlesbrough heading north towards the town centre passing Ayresome Gardens and the many shops that line the route. A sign points towards the car park and main entrance of the University if Teesside, in the background Middlesbrough Tower. A panoramic of the industrial skyline of Middlesbrough featuring the Riverside Stadium at Middlehaven and the Teesside steelworks near Redcar and cooling towers at the Wilton International site in the distance. Steam comes from one of two cooling towers and the exterior of a local chemical works. Around Central Square in Middlesbrough the Cleveland Business Centre and a fountain outside the Crown Court. University of Teesside is written in large letters across the top of Middlesbrough Tower changes to a campus map and the entrance into the School of Business and Management. The doors open and inside students and tutors going about their business or standing around chatting. In a room full of computers, a tutor hands out booklets to some of the students working there. Inside the Learning Resource Centre more students sitting at computers and shelves full of books and periodicals with students at nearby tables working. Nearby the new ‘School of Health’ building under construction. Outside the Learning Resource Centre students making their way into the building through a revolving door. Interview with Karen Greenwood, International student adviser on what the University of Teesside has to offer students. In the shade of a tree French student Cerich talks about his membership of Interlink and what benefits it gives international students at the University of Teesside. Once again a hand turns the ignition of a car changing to the phantom car ride along Linthrope road. Inside the university gym students working out on pieces of exercise equipment or lifting weights. Upstairs on a balcony a man on a rowing machine, beside him another man running on a treadmill. The Riverside Stadium, home of Middlesbrough Football Club changes to a clip from a sports programme in which Middlesbrough are playing and top player Juninho Paulista scoring a goal. The phantom car ride now travelling along Borough Road turning onto Hartington Road changes to exteriors of The Cleveland Centre on Linthorpe Road. The three other shopping centres in Middlesbrough follows beginning with Captain Cook Square, Dundas Arcade and the Hill Street Centre. Phantom car ride along Park Road North passing Albert Park changes to the exterior of The Purple Onion restaurant on Corporation Road. The exteriors of other ‘student’ eateries in the town begins with Pizza Hut then McDonalds, Burger King, the Star and Garter pub and finally Barnacle’s fish and chip shop on Linthorpe Road. Inside the Student’s Union back at the university four students sit around a table enjoying burgers and beer. The phantom car ride again along Park Road North changes to the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge at Port Clarence. A sign for Albert Park, the town’s municipal park and inside birds on the pond and green open spaces. Examples of student accommodation begins with Woodlands Hall followed by Parkside flats, King Edward’s Square and Linthorpe Halls. General views inside rooms and kitchen in each of these properties plus the price per week. In one of the kitchens a woman is cooking, she smiles at the camera. Once again the car driving along Park Road North changes to show exteriors of a number of public houses in Middlesbrough beginning with ‘The Shakespeare’ on Linthorpe Road followed by ‘Durty Nellys’ and ‘Flares’ 70’s nightclub both on Albert Road. The car drives past the ‘Millennium’ nightclub at nearby Teesside Park. The film ends as it began with a hand turning a car ignition and the vehicle driving onto the A66. A montage of images of both the university and town that featured in the film intercut with the car driving away along the A66. Title: A film made by Tobias Bergman, Robert Pettersson, Tuomas Tahtmen, Tomi Naarvala Special thanks to Sid and friends The hand adjusts the car radio and turns the car ignition. End title: “Don’t take life to seriously – you’ll never get out of it alive”