Derren Brown - The Heist

[lwatcay]

What actually happens on Derren Brown - The Heist? I saw the start and end of it tonight and have heard bits about it, but I don't really understand how it works e.g why did they have a gun?

[JackDanielsU]

The gun was given to them at the hotel

They were told it was to help in their roleplay as thought criminals or something like that.

More info on the prog here

http://www.derrenbrown.co.uk/news/heist

[zipadeedodah]

Although they were given the gun at the orginal seminar, they were carrying the gun at the time they walked down that street because they were asked to take it to the meeting with Derren Brown they were on their way to.

At the seminar Derren Brown uses quite subtle methods of persuasion to make a few of the people capable of doing the armed robbery. The whole theme of the seminar was 'green' - the colour of the security van. There was also a picture of a security van in a street up on a wall. The fake member of hotel staff there wore a uniform the same colour and same logo as the security man at the end, and purposely aggravated the people taking part in order for them in their mind to have something against him. Another important aspect was the music, the 'Can You Feel It' music was used in the seminar whilst Derren was getting them into a state where they were highly motivated to do something. All these things were intended to trigger off in the peoples' mind when they were walking down that street at the end.

After watching it I wasn't sure if it was real or not, and I expect many people would say it was not, but I think the thinking behind it was clever.

[PrettyAna80]

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