Poster Ideas.

Initial ideas for the movie poster.

 

As a requirement for the course we need to do a movie poster. Looking at films similar to ours such as Grave Encounters, Rec and Paranormal Activity. The main convention for a poster for these types of hand held films is to have one of the protagonists, in the shot with a camera or camera effect also to represent the type of film it is. Also the main supernatural being will be in the shot reflecting Strausse's binary opposition with the representation of good vs evil.

Many of our ideas comprise of all three of these factors and use our excellent location to represent the isolation of our characters.
Some of our ideas.

Rough idea #1

Rough idea #2 inspired by TFL adverts

 

Initial Ideas- Bloggers/ Forums

Blog/Forum Research

 

Whilst looking for locations film our teaser trailer on, we stumbled across Forums online where people could discuss abandoned buildings, their location and pictures of the buildings to other users. People who venture into these builders are called Urban Explorers. This gave us an idea of what our teaser trailer could be about, possibly basing it on the idea of some of these Explorers going into the factory and disturbing something or someone leading to horrific events.

 

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• These specific blogs are quite close knit, with members meeting up to go on visits. Its taken very seriously and there seems to be a code of conduct that isnt formal.
• Urban Explorers hate vandalism of these buildings and prefer to leave them as they are and find the unique qualities in each.
• The photos are also prided on as art and documention, they believe they are preserving england so bits won't be forgotten:

Also, I looked into video blogs (vlogs) of Urban Exploration. They were difficult to come but but there were a few found on youtube. The common denominatioj between them all was, it wasnt about the explorers it was about showing the site to everyone. Each video contained no speaking, just a video of the site edited with music. For example...

 

 

Some have permant names and groups on youtube such as URBEX who also try to give a documented history to the buildings they record. For example...

 

 



Deindividuation

Derren Brown- Deindividuation

TV Show

As part of our initial idea research relating to terrorism and anonymity we watched Derren Brown's series called The Experiments, specifically and an episode called the Gameshow where a crowd wore masks and could have a positive or negative impact on one man's life. It was to highlight deindivuation:

• In trying to explain the behaviour of crowds, contemporary social psychologists refer to deindividuation. Members of crowds feel anonymous and anonymity leads to a decrease in responsibility and loss of inhibitions.
• The phenomenon of deindividuation has been used to explain all kinds of anti-social behaviour, from the lynching carried out by the Ku Klux Klan to the genocide and torture that take place during war. It might also explain how cults operate and why people are prone to extreme behaviour on the internet that is at odds with their offline personality.
  

  

  KKK at an anti-immigration rally.

It happens when people become anonymous members of a crowd, they behave in a way that goes against their morale code and create a mob mentality For example, the KKK could wear hoods and cloaks to disguise their identity and there lose their inhibitions and fear of being identified.

Being part of a crowd, wearing a mask or being in a group can change the way people behave to a massve effect, this could be an important idea to our teaser trailer.



Initial Ideas- Chemical Leaks

Initial Ideas

Linked to the idea of Chemical Warfare we also researched Chemical leaks,possibly going with the idea that there had been a leak in the Klinger Factory leading to strange people and deformed people. We researched recent Chemical leaks and effects they've had and how common they are.

One of the worst Chemical leaks in the world:

• The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a gas leak incident in India, one of the world's worst industrial disasters. It occurred on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
• A leak of methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals from the plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of thousands of people. The toxic substance made its way in and around the shantytowns located near the plant. Estimates vary on the death toll.
• The official immediate death toll was 2,259 and the government of Madhya Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787 deaths related to the gas release. Others estimate 8,000 died within two weeks and another 8,000 or more have since died from gas-related diseases. A government affidavit in 2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries including 38,478 temporary partial and approximately 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries.

Leak in the UK- Jan 2012

Leak in the UK- June 2012

China Leak- 2011

Initial Idea Research- Chemical Warfare

Once we found a possible location (the Klinger Factory) we started working on our storyline. Since we were considering using a factory we decided to look into Chemical warfare to see if it was still relevant today and look into the idea that dangerous chemical were made in the factory.

Chemical Warfare

Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons

Used in terrorism- Recent cases-

• Early 2007 multiple terrorist bombings were reported in Iraq using chlorine gas. The attacks wounded or sickened more than 350 people. Bombers linked to Al-Qaeda in Iraq and have used bombs of various sizes up to chlorine tanker trucks. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the attacks as, "clearly intended to cause panic and instability in the country."
• On October 26, 2002, Russian special forces used a chemical agent (presumably KOLOKOL-1, an aerosolized fentanyl derivative), as a precursor to an assault on Chechen terrorists, ending the Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis. All 42 of the terrorists and 120 of the hostages were killed during the raid; all but one hostage, who was killed, died from the effects of the agent.

Used in war.

• The Hague Declaration of 1899 and the Hague Convention of 1907 forbade the use of "poison or poisonous weapons" in warfare, but more than 124,000 tons of gas was produced by the end of World War I. The French were the first to use chemical weapons during the First World War, using tear gas. Chlorine gas was common. Official figures state about 1,176,500 non-fatal casualties and 85,000 fatalities directly caused by chemical warfare agents during the course of the war.
• After the war, most of the unused German chemical warfare agents were dumped into the Baltic Sea, a common disposal method among all the participants in several bodies of water. Over time, salt water causes the shell casings to corrode, and mustard gas occasionally leaks from these containers and washes onto shore as a wax-like solid resembling whale sick. Even in this solidified form, the agent is active enough to cause severe burns to anybody coming into contact with it

Syria threatens Chemical Warfare-2012

Mustard Gas used in WW1

Effects of Chemical Warfare

Chemical warfare agents can be classified by their effects on the body. These agents are

blood, choking, blister, and nerve.

• Blood agents interfere with the transfer of oxygen, suffocating the victim. Hydrogencyanide is a blood agent which kills quickly and dissipates quickly.
• Choking agents damage the lungs.
• Blister agents cause painful blisters on the skin and are especially damaging when inhaled.
• Nerve agents attack the nervous system, causing difficulty in breathing, nausea, dim vision, convulsions, and death.

Chemical Effects



Initial Teaser Trailer Ideas.

One of our initial ideas for our teaser trailer was to base it on terrorism which is theme still relevant today, to make it unique we looked at internet terrorism and therefore hacking groups. We researched different hacking groups Hacking Groups. It was interesting to see they started blogs and created logos and posters.

Hacking Groups

• Chaos Computer Club, is based in Germany and other German-speaking countries. Famous among older hackers. The CCC describes itself as "a galactic community of life forms, independent of age, sex, race or societal orientation, which strives across borders for freedom of information...." In general, the CCC advocates more transparency in government, freedom of information, and the human right to communication. Supporting the principles of the hacker ethic, the club also fights for free universal access to computers and technological infrastructure
• w00w00, is currently one of the largest non-profit security teams in the world with more than 30 active participants. (there are no "members"). created in 1998. Participants come from 5 continents, and 14 countries (Australia, Argentina, Canada, Japan, France,Finland, Russia, England, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Portugal, USA), as well as several U.S. states
• Cult of the Dead Cow, also known as cDc or cDc Communications, is a computer hacker and DIY media organisation founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas. The group maintains a weblog on its site, also titled "Cult of the Dead Cow". New media are released first through the blog, which also features thoughts and opinions of the group's members.To further the Cult's stated goal of "Global Domination Through Media Saturation," over the years cDc members have granted interviews to major newspapers, print magazines, online news sites, and international television news programs.  
• Anonymous, a group of hackers originating in 2003.An image commonly found on fliers associated with Anonymous. The "suit without a head" represents leaderless organization and anonymity. It strongly opposes Internet censorship and surveillance, and has hacked various government websites. It has also targeted major security corporations. Its members can be distinguished in public by the wearing of Guy Fawkes masks.

• Lulzsec, a group of hackers originating and disbanding in 2011 that claimed to hack "for the lulz". Currently broken up.
• goatse Security (GoatSec) is a loose-knit, nine-person grey hat hacker group that specializes in uncovering security flaws.
• globalUnion was a group of hackers, composed of about 60 individuals. The group disbanded in 1999, when 12 members were prosecuted for computer intrusion and 30 for lesser offences.
• Honker Union is a group known for hacktivism, mainly present in Mainland China, whose members launched a series of attacks on websites in the United States, mostly government-related sites.
• Level Seven was a hacking group during the mid to late 90's. Eventually dispersing in early 2000 when nominal head 'vent' was raided by the FBI on February 25, 2000.