FORMASETTE

“Sport Evolution” is a cultural-scientific documentary series that explains the history and evolution of different sports.
Nowadays the rapid technological and scientific development is recognizable in everything we use; even the smallest and most common object, comes from human research, discovery and knowledge.
The object of the whole series is to show the technological, scientific and historical development of different sports, such as skiing, riding, hunting, sailing, football, basketball, golf, baseball and tennis.
“Sport Evolution –Skiing” is the first episode of the series.
The first documentary aims to show the surprising technological evolution that has taken place within the ski world, and reveal what is hidden behind an exciting day spent skiing.
The history of skiing is a long one, made up of many challenges and hard work where progress and high technology have made skiing one of the most famous sports.  

FIRST EPISODE:
The documentary “Sport Evolution - skiing” intends to investigate and show the ski world at 360 degrees:

• The historical aspect of the documentary creates a link between the past and the present, showing the technological evolution of ski materials and equipment, but also highlighting how man developed his relationship with skiing.

• The landscape aspect is filmed in a contemporary setting and presents the beauty and main characteristics of the sport by following an ordinary skier for the day.

• The industrial aspect shows the manufacturing process of ski equipment, starting from the initial design process, and going right through, to the sale.

• The technical evolution of the ski world and the aspect of its scientific progress is highlighted through the explanation of how ski lifts work and are designed. The documentary also includes a part dedicated to the Ski World Cup, proof of how thanks to human research and technological development, ski athletes today are able to achieve previously unthinkable high performances.