Black Mirror (Fifteen Million Merits)

Now for a while I've been told that I should watch black mirror that is something that everyone should go to see but could give me a reason why to watch it always stating 'It's something you have to see to talk about'. So it really fell under the radar for me because I couldn't get a straight answer about what it was about.
Well I think it's easier to say that is a collection of experimental short films about topics that are plaguing our world of current.

Fifteen Million Merits tackle two key themes in my opinion being how technology is controlling and isolation our lives and how people change to accept their new found fame.
Now narratively the piece shows how people change due to fame, but more interestingly is how it conveys how technology is controlling us.

Start of the piece we see our main character awaken to a bright screen with a rooster on it, proceeding to open an advert along with him going about his daily business using a currency to do nearly anything. But more interestingly is when he arrives at his work and sets up on a bike using a wide shot to establish how many people are in the room, but because it uses such a shallow depth of field on the character to show that he is isolated from the room being locked on to the screen. This is applies to nearly all of the characters, the person next to him being obnoxiously loud with everyone around him paying no attention to him whatsoever. Followed by the elevator scene where its a high angle shot being very claustrophobic with all of the characters on shot being packed into a tight room not interacting with anyone one.
Another way they show isolation is the bedroom shots only really being two camera angles. The general one is the wide shot of the small room showing the general activities he does in the small space, and the other shot being a high angle when he closes his eyes on an advert blaring out a high pitched noise with a bright flashing red screen. Showing the audience how much it controls us.

Also there's a lot of foreshadowing in this, starting with the music and advert that plays at the start which starts a storyline when the main character meets his love interest. Followed by the adult advert that plays when he finally talks to her foreshadowing her joining the adult show later on down the line.

This piece was extremely exciting in my opinion and I can't wait to see the others.