Idea:
What if Jordi begins to regain her trust this way:
1. We establish that The Powers That Be are using the public to help them find Jordi; They're using traditional media - tv and radio and print - in a massive effort to track her down. We see that they've established a massive reward for her apprehension, and that that reward, coupled with a trumped up list of charges, make Jordi seem like the biggest threat to freedom since the Nazis. At first, it works, and it seems to Jordi that everyone in America is out to get her. I can see Jordi attempting to somehow help someone (maybe a kindly old lady or a lost little girl), and finding out, almost too late, that it was a setup designed to catch her.
2. Eventually, though, and perhaps through an effort started by Ambitious Military Guy, (maybe as the first step in his penance) the tide starts to turn. Word of Jordi's innocence begins to spread through the New Media - The Viral Media - and we see youtube videos, and text messages, and even old-fashioned person to person conversations all geared to the idea that maybe things aren't exactly as they appear.
3. And as opinion begins to change, the campaign of misinformation continues - Hell, it steps up - and we begin to see that division isn't just between the old and new medias, but that it's also between the old and the young, the status-qo and the search for change.
4. Maybe Jordi's first inclination that this battle is occurring around her happens when she's caught as she breaks into a store for batteries or something. Maybe the store owner (and I don't know why - maybe I've been overly influence by tv cop shows - but I'm picturing an Asian person here) is an older person who's been following the story on tv, and even has a "Wanted" poster of Jordi in the window. I see a perfect opportunity for a little speech here by the owner's child about blind obedience, and about giving up freedoms in exchange for the illusion of security. And I see the store owner changing his mind and letting Jordi go, tearing the poster out of the window as she leaves.
5. It's at that moment that the cynic in Jordi dies a little bit, and she starts to realize that she's not entirely alone.
6. I can also see an opportunity for what could be a cool set piece here:
Jordi's in the street, alone, cornered, either by a couple of bounty hunters or by or two boots-on-the-ground bad guys. She's surrounded a crowd of people ready to cash in on her, and she knows there's no help there. She's exhausted. She's out of money, she's out of batteries, and worst of all, she's out of ideas. It's pretty much clear that the end is at hand, when a kid, probably a little younger than Jordi, steps out of the crowd and in front of her. The kid's cellphone illuminates his/her face as she sends a text, and we can hear/see the musical tone of a text being received. Then another kid steps from the crowd. And another. And another. And pretty soon Jordi's in the middle of a flash mob, from where she uses the ensuing confusion to escape.
Oh - Still thinking about global conglomerate's name. Why didn't we write it down? Or, more accurately, why didn't you write it down?Labels: NYPD Blue, The Powers That Be, Traditional Media, Viral Media
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