Research

After researching into women within the media who have played cyborgs i came across an article about business people within the city. The main idea of the article was about how people who work in the city walk around ignoring the outside world like they are in their own little bubble just going from a to b like they have been programmed to ignore everything else and to get to their destination with no distractions.

This really interested me as our previous brief was on the city so i  have recently spent a lot of time in the city people watching and find this is very true.

At one of the feedback sessions i heard someone talking about a series on channel 4 called 'The black mirror series' especially the episode 15 million merits. I decided to watch this episode as i thought it may relate to my topic of business people in the city. This particular episode is explained as 'a satire of entertainment shows and our insatiable thirst for distraction set in a sarcastic version of a future reality. In this world everyone is confined to a life of strange physical drudgery.

After watching 15 million merits i realised what the link was between this and my idea. Business people within the city spend all day everyday staring at computer screens or surrounded by technology, just like the people in the episode, that they come unaware of whats going on around them and they block out everything apart from their daily routine.

This has given me a lot of inspiration and a wealth of ideas to do further research on...