Ignite Productions
CURRENT PROJECTS
ARE WE BEING BRAINWASHED?
OR HAVE WE ALL JUST LOST OUR MINDS?
According to many authorities, since the late 1950's subliminal content has been tested and delivered through all forms of media, at an increasingly alarming rate. "PROGRAMMING THE NATION?" examines the purported uses, influences and potential subconscious side-effects of what's going on beneath the surface of advertising, film, music and political propaganda. Even the U.S. military has been accused of using this technology in their Psychological Operations Unit, (PSY OPS) campaign. This socially relevant documentary not only traces the history of this phenomenon, but seeks to determine the validity and potential threat that may or may not exist.
Our Film covers the first documented case of subliminal technology used in a New Jersey movie theater in 1957, to its recorded examples in advertising, self-help tapes, politics, film and music. "PROGRAMMING THE NATION?" illustrates reported cases ranging from imbedded sexual imagery in print advertising, to 1 and 2 frame inserts in television commercials and feature films, to backward masking in Rock & Roll; including that which led to the subliminal suicide trials of Ozzy Osbourne and Judas Priest in the 1980's an 90's.
Many differing facets and opinions will be explored through interviews with those in the field of advertising, psychology, mass-media, and scientific research. We'll also examine point of views from filmmakers, musicians, authors, politicians, media critics, and other exports. Distribution is focused on a theatrical release in 2008 following a successful festival circuit. Subsequent distribution will focus on DVD, cable, pay-per-view, multi-media, educational and other "ancillary" markets.