This essay, based on Season 2, Episode 1 of Black Mirror shows how technology and social media can distort a persons true character, and turn them into a soulless being. This episode almost payed homage to Frankenstein in the way the protagonist tries to cheat death, as well as sharing some similar imagery with Frankenstein.
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Loosely based on Tinders application description, this article describes the Rating App that Season 3, Episode 1 hinges on. The app is a glorified version of Yelp, but for people. Throughout the episode, the protagonist, Lacie, with a Score of 4.2 out of 5, has a bad night and loses control of things, and within that short period of time, her score plummets down into the 2's. The episode shows how social media controls our society, and highlights our cultures impossible struggle to reach perfection.
I attempted to take a simplistic route on the comic strip, being very sparse with the dialogue and illustrations. The comic illustrates the main character in Black Mirrors' Season 3 Episode 2, Playtest. The episode portrays him going through a trial of games, all of which take place in the characters mind and end with horrific, grotesque results. The comic strip has the CEO of the company and inventor of the game speaking to the protagonist about how video games interact and utilize fear.
This article is derived from Season 3 Episode 5 of Black Mirror. I imagined the essay from the point of view of someone writing many years after the episodes whole endeavor has taken place. I thought the episode was very current, and almost paralleled the massacring of Native Americans.
This Informational Brochure is based on Black Mirrors Season 2 Episode 2, White Bear. Victoria Skillane videotapes the murder of a 9-year-old girl. The brochure explains how the park guests videotape Skillane, convincing her they are under the spell of a transmitted signal. This is how they use technology to create a post-apocalyptic scenario.
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