From SpainfulFilms
Timeline of Significant Events
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1310
Spainful Films first registered as British company.
1949
14th March A strange object appears in a church. It speaks to the congregation and the Church of Pain is born.
1966
The 30 day war with United Federation of Europe ends the Laws of Media are introduced to prevent foreign powers misunderstanding British society.
1970
The Non Human Rights Movement is started as the number of Betas deaths and disapearnces escalate to massive scale. Their first success is to pursude goverment to make a cenus and that all Betas need to regeistered making it easier to track their number.
1971
Simon Test is born. Nicolas Macaroni VII is born
1973
Sandy Borehole and Fashion are born. They would meet in 6 years at when they both attend the same school.
1976
Arnold Huxley, the head of the Church of Pain dies of a heart attack. His death is the result of his decadent and hedonistic lifestyle.
1980
Both now seven years old, Sandy and Fashion discover a 'nest' of Betas. In there they witness the birth of Alpha, triggered by their intrusion. The nest is opened and a canister is found.
1981
Sandy Borehole is expelled from school and subsequently moves to London where he is tutored by Candle Mason. Beta Payback form as a vigilante group. They murder a number of Scientists and clerics before being denounced by the Non Human Rights Movement.
1983
Audrey Pain is arrested for making a film about Beta Payback; this leads to the Beta amendment to the Laws of Media.
1987
Arnold Huxley is resurrected as a Sash he later changes his name to Sigma and becomes one of the Founders of Spainful Films
1989 -1991
Four disparate people (The Founders), acquire a film called Introducing (S)Pain. It is a film that unites them but none of them agree as to it's meaning. By itself it seems abstract and yet powerfully controversial and dangerous.
They decide to document their Creed to explain the meaning of the film as each of them has extra information from various sources that they believe is connected. After months of discussions no one can agree to which of the other works are canon. They decide to make the film public hoping others would come forward to provide extra clues they form Spainful Films as a distribution company. The film draws the attention of many religious extremists from the Church of Pain who believe it is a piece of representational art made by God.
Like the Founders before it, the world again cannot agree as to it's meaning but more artifacts are aquired by Spainful Films. The film also attracts the attention of many betas who believe it contains a message for them. The film is used by the Non Human Rights Movement to succesfully overturn the ban on Betas from appearing in media. A new wave of anti-beta paranoia begins.
The founders who had quickly become rich as a result of the film and with a reputation for being Beta friendly move towards making and distributing films that include a Beta element and they also employ several Beta staff. One of the founders (Alpha) is outed as being a beta.
The Church of Pain become enraged at how what they see as holy scripture being turned into left wing political propaganda. They boycott Spainful Films and instigate a series of dirty tricks which quickly escalates ultimately culminating in the murder of Sigma, one of the founders and former COP Chief Minister.
The remaining founders and the staff of Spainful Films become increasingly secretive and highly security aware and commit to the gathering of intelligence both to avoid further trouble on order that they could uncover a true meaning to Introducing Spain in order to finish their Creed.
1991
The three remaining Founders nominate ten of their staff to join them as the Board of Directors. Spainful Films also begins collating all of the information an dartifacts they had aquired since they began and. The Xchange is started as a paper based filing system for all staff to share their knowledge.
December
The Red Man begins his investigation of the assasination of Sigma and his link to Spainful Films which is valued by the FTSE at £51m
Millions of Betas flea London in an unexplained exodus. [[Sandy Borehole uses his gallery The Art Hole as safe haven, transporting them to Beau Visage on Christmas Day.
1992
Sandy Borehole realising the new potential of allowing Betas to appear in the media open his Factory, a workshop/commune for Betas to create and sell Beta Art. Purely driven by commercial intentions Sandy is delighted to discover that his idea is celebrated as bold move towards equality and also raises his profile in the art world. The factories output would later include film, resulting in Sandy's eventual reunion with Fashion upon joining Spainful Films.
1993
Fashion moves to America to make films. He quickly becomes friends with a number of famous and powerful American film makers but doing low cost detective work for them. He makes three films but by the third decides that the industry is too big for him and he prefers to live more modestly.
1994
New Bio-Computer Technology™ is aquired as the Red Man joins the Spainful Films Board of Directors. (Omicron) The machinery is configured for Bad Media causing a lot of initial disruption. The Xchange is the first system to be converted to BCT. Production and post production would follow within five years.
1995
Fashion, aged 22, joins Spainful Films having recently made Postcards from Spencer Chase & Fashion. His media is bought from him and he is employed by us as a transcipt writer. He also introduces Sandy Borehole to Spainful Films.
1997
Crystal of Industrial Desire is brought back from dream by British person holiday in Canada. The conflict of ownership results in a cold war between UK and Canada. Ticky Bone X becomes imaginary friends with Fashion
Sandy Borehole moves his Factory from London to Beau Visage.
1998
Private Detective Act (1998); the British Government test drives new legislation in town of Beau Visage. This allows private detectives to claim 75% of convicted criminals assets. Many detectives converge on the town and the BVDA is formed. One of these detectives is Fashion.
Alan Stratton dies and takes over the afterlife renaming it Temporal Phasing.
BVDA newsletter Detectives WOW (edited by Justin Topper) becomes so popular it's revenue exceeds that of the agency itself. Topper fabricates stories and is summoned to court to present the hero Detective Spain. Spain appears from no where to save the day.
1999
The Red Man leaves Spainful Films to become a private detective.
Fashion makes The Case of the Broken Bicycle.
Ticky Bone X joins Spainful Films as an assistant in the Department of Communication
2000
Detective Spain foils invasion of D37 Aliens by destroying CID at the cost of his own life and causality.
Spencer jailed
Sandy Borehole films pilot That's Reasonably Entertaining; Spencer released from jail.
2001
Many of the BVDA disappear or are found dead.
Detective Fashion allegedly nurses a clone of Spain back to health.
BVDA and all it's trademarks and media assets sold at auction to Spainful Films for £900,000. The lot includes a believed transcript of Unfinished, a film previously believed by many to be so controversial all evidence of it's existence had been destroyed.
2002
Spainful Films make WAR with the intention of it being a pro peace documentary series show both sides. After negotiations break down the footage is re-edited as a stand alone drama. Ticky Bone X is consequently transferred from Communication to the Department of Information.
2003
Spainful Films soundtrack department become record label. They release one track per month of what NME describes as "just noise". Many believe hidden messages are contained inside the recordings. One released recording is Wishing Bone Source and is belived to be made by the same entity that made Introducing (S)Pain. Spainful Films, not wanting to repeat their early mistake refuse to comment.
The Great Purge begins in which the souls in the lower levels of Temporal Phasing are sytematiclly removed from the system leaving barren wastelands where memories had once been.
Theodore Grey dies and becomes lost entering phase 2 by the back entrance. It remains unclear if he becomes an early victim of the The Great Purge.
2004
Tremolo Allegro jailed.
Vincent Harmony joins Spainful Films as assistant commissioning editor.
2005
Spainful Films invent podcasting and sell the idea/technology to Adam Curry on the condition they can produce their own show. They nickname him Podfather and buy him a yellow helicopter.
2006
Jan
Sandy Borehole and Detective Fashion given their own Video Podcast by Spainful Films
Mar
D37 Alien sighted by Detective Fashion in Sherwood forest
April
Justin Topper Interviewed by Sandy, goes on to print expose
(S)Painful invades Temporal Phasing and resurrects Alan Stratton
August
Sandy Borehole killed in suspicious circumstances.
Fashion and Reg are arrested for Sandy's assassination.
Fashion's clone, Detective Fiction believing Jeremy to be responsible for the murder kills the Canadian spy Jeremy.
Vincent Harmony discovers that Sandy was a Sash and removes the SBC killing Sandy.
Simon Test sacked from Spainful Films
September
Ticky Bone X takes over as commissioning editor of Spainful Films from Vincent Harmony.
2007
Fashion is put on trial for the murder of Sandy. He is found guilty and supposedly executed; his defence hinges on the existence of Detective Fiction who failed to appear. After Fashion's death Fiction comes forward, abandons his sash and decides to call himself Fashion. Vincent Harmony leaves Spainful Films.
2008
Spainful Films closes down; it's Beau Visage head quarters is evacuated. All the staff that did not decide to leave disappear without trace.
Alan Stratton is resurrected as Sash.
Vincent Harmony becomes managing director of the BVDB.
Fiction (now calling himself Fashion) Function and Vincent Harmony work together to uncover the conspiracy (and avenge) that resulted in the death of Sandy and Fashion.
2009
Fashion begins studies his studies to become and Inspector.
2010
Fashion discovers that Spainful Films has been hidden in 1310. Sandy Borehole returns. Hosting a chat show from the afterlife.
See also Chronology of Media
