Thread: Prison Theme: need graphics

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Dollar Tree has lots of roaches in bags and they are very realistic and creepy.

Thanks for the info Maxiboots -- should provide some fun inspiration.

I've had another idea that I could use some help finding some source material on. In our living room, we've got a large TV that's too much effort to move, so in years past, I've just looped old silent horror films on it all night as a background prop. To tie in with the prison idea, I had the idea of creating a CCTV Security Reel, with various static shots shots of prison zones, splicing in "wtf was that?" frames and clips every now and then -- weird pictures and overlays, clips from "The Ring" video, etc. I feel confident enough building the final product in Adobe Premiere, but I've been having some trouble actually finding raw footage, or even still photos of empty cell blocks taken from a high enough angle to look like they're security cameras. Short of scouring YouTube and Google's Video search, does anyone have any sources on stuff like this?

Prisons and jails are extremely cautious about allowing photographs or filming inside their facilities. CCDC did allow filmmakers inside the jail in the 90's to film Primal Fear. There are some scenes actually filmed in one of the maximum security divisions there. I don't remember the camera angle, but there is a scene with Edward Norton sitting on the bed in a real cell.