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”?