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ULTIMATE SURVIVAL
Ultimate Survival is a 6 part documentary series that recreates doomsday disasterscenarios and examines the strategies and skills needed to increase the odds ofsurvivingArmageddon
OneLiner:
“UltimateSurvival”isa6partdocumentaryseriesthatrecreatesdoomsdaydisasterscenarios and examines the strategies and skills needed to increase the odds ofsurvivingArmageddon.
Synopsis:
OnDecember21,2012,at11:11GMT, theCenterof theMilkyWayGalaxyalignedwiththesunforthefirsttimein26,000years.ThisGalacticalignmentcoincidedwiththeenddateoftheMayancalendar.Somebelievedthatthismeantthathumanswouldundergoaspiritualtransformationmarkingthecommencementofanewera.OthersproposedthattheMayasactuallyanticipatedthattheworld,asweknowit,wasgoingtocometoanend.
Formato
Seriedocumental Género
Supervivencia-Catastrofes
6episodiosx60’
3temporadas
TheworlddidnotendonDecember21,2012.Butarewereallyoffthehook?Severalprophecies, including some by the Hopi Indians, the Hindi, the I Ching and evenNostradamus,stillforetelltheoccurrenceofcatastrophiceventsthatwillplungetheworld into chaos: global flooding, megatsunamis, earth crust displacement,hurricanes, tornados, fire storms, super volcanoeruptions, polar shifts, solar flarebombardment and gamma radiation, global economic collapse, extreme cold/heatandanasteroidimpactamongmanyothernaturaldisasters.Mythornot,scientiststodaybelieve thatmanyof thesescenariosare increasinglyprobable.Ourmodernsocietyhasalreadydetonatedthesixthmassextinction;globalwarmingismeltingthe polar ice caps at an alarming rate and religious confrontation shakes thefoundations ofmodern society. Shouldwe havewell founded reasons to fear theoccurrenceofamajordevastatingcataclysmiceven?Whatiftheearthdoessufferasudden change?Arewe ready? Is there anythingwe can do to prepare to outlivethroughdoomsdayand“theendoftheworld”?
Using a multidisciplinary approach that includes geologists, meteorologists,physicists,biologists,medicaldoctors,astronomersandsurvivalexperts,“UltimateSurvival”willrecreateandanalyzeeachoftheprophesizeddoomsdaydisasterevents.Fromstateof theartmilitaryspecial forcessurvivalmethodsto the latestbroadscaledisastermitigationstrategiesdesignedbygovernmentagencies;andfromthemostbasicpreparation in shelterbuilding, first aid,water collection and foodstorage, to the development of the skills necessary to increase long term survivalabilityunderplanetarydevastationcircumstances,eachepisodewillrevealhowtodramaticallyimprovesurvivaloddsinanyofthepredicteddisasterscenarios..
In a highly engaging, entertaining manner, “Ultimate Survival” will usedramatizations, evocations, archival footage and the latest 3D CGI technology torecreateeachoftheprophesizeddisasterscenarios.Interviewswithexpertswillhelptoscientificallyconstructandexamineeachscenario.Throughdramatizations,eachepisode will show how the series’ presenter is challenged to survive through adevastating calamity. As we follow his/her struggle to survive, interviews withsurvivalexpertswillacquainttheviewerwiththenecessaryskillsandstrategiestosurvivethedisastereventevoked.
Episode1,UltimateSurvival101,focusesonthebasics:shelter,firstaid,foodandwater.Itshowstheaudiencehowtoprepareforanymajornaturaldisasterwithits
subsequentcivilrevoltduetoineffectivelawenforcement.Theremaining5episodesUltimateFlood(dramaticriseinsealevel,polarmeltdown)UltimateBlast(nuclearand radioactive attacks),UltimateWinter,Ultimate Drought, Ultimate Impact(meteorites, asteroids and comets) and Ultimate Rage (solar storms, Gammaradiation,coronalmassejections,electromagneticpulse,communicationshutdown,electricshortage),areeventspecific:eachepisodeisfocusedononedisasterscenarioandthesurvivaltechniquesandstrategiesrequiredtooutliveit.
Ultimate Survivaldrawson the general public’s interest ondisaster films. It alsoavailsfromthecurrentsuccessofsurvivalseriestomergethetwogenresintoonepowerfulformatthatexamineshowtoenduredifferentmegadisasterscenarios.Eachofits6episodesiscenteredaroundrealisticsituationsbasedonscientificanalysis,survival expertise and experience gained fromon the ground case studies of pastcatastrophes.Throughcompellingstorytelling,UltimateSurvivaltakesthesurvivalgenretotheedgeandconfrontsviewerswithonequestion:areyoureadyfor“thebigone”?