Strange Days

Plot summary found on IMDB

Lenny Nero deals in dreams. Formerly an LAPD vice cop, he now deals in illegal 'squid' recordings - recordings made directly from the cerebral cortex of the participant, which allow the viewer to feel and experience everything the participant experiences as if they were there. One of life's perpetual losers, he ekes out a lonely, miserable existence at the end of the millennium, still pathetically yearning for his beautiful ex-girlfriend Faith, a beautiful singer, and is dependent on his friend Macey, who both loves him unquestioningly and despairs for him completely, in equal measure. But Lenny's life is about to be shattered; when he is anonymously sent the recording of the brutal rape and murder of a prostitute he is acquainted with, he and Macey soon find themselves reluctantly embroiled in a dark web of murder, blackmail and intrigue amid the civil unrest surrounding the suspicious death of an influential, politically active rap singer. Lenny and Macey are soon running from Faith's brutal manager, Philo Gant, and a pair of menacing police officers, as they try to uncover the connection between the two and stay alive long enough to see in the millennium.

Strange days is the film in which we took inspiration from for our plot. A man (Lenny) now deals these recordings which allow a person to experience other peoples experiences. This is the basis for the beginning of our film, where our main character, Vera, deals these tapes to different clients so they can experience whatever they want. The trailer briefly explains what these recordings are going to do to the client in less than a minute, which is what we aim to do within out film.

Strange Days also includes many handheld shots, particularly when an individual is experiencing the recordings. We will use this within our own films when the viewers are experiencing the playback tapes.