1 two three my name is Andre kman and I am Cal Gabriel and we are the army of [Music] two [Applause] yeah oh [Music] sh hello and welcome to the zero Day Ice video you probably already know what an iceberg chart is and you probably also know about zero day and have watched it I don't want to waste time so I'll briefly explain both an iceberg chart is a sort of tier list the more well-known topics being near the top and more obscure topics going towards the bottom zero day is a 2003 film based off of the Coline Massacre I don't want to waste any more time so let's just get into the first tier [Music] directed by Ben kochio the movie Zero day was directed by Ben coio in Indie filmmaker came up with the idea for zero day while watching a report on the day of the Coline high school massacre in 1999 I'll touch more on this later as there's another entry that has more to do with this released alongside elephant elephant was another movie partly based off of the Coline Massacre as far as I know the movies have no actual connection besides releasing the same year and both being based off with mind Massacre I'm insecure and I need attention this line is probably the most iconic among Zer fans from the whole movie I'm insecure and I need attention why is it popular you may ask I don't know um Everyone likes Cal which is the character who says that characters have the same names as the actors playing them originally in the script the main characters names were Avery and Thomas Avery being Andre and Thomas being Cal Ben had actually always planned to use the actor's real names instead of Avery and Thomas saying that it would feel more authentic film is based on Coline so as I stated before Bon came up with the idea for this movie while watching a report on the Coline Massacre and he wanted to tell this kind of story from his perspective wanting it to be different and not exploitative he also found it interesting how Dylan and Eric had planned the attack out contiguously unlike most other crimes which were done in passion somewhat randomly Coo's theory on School shooters is that their actions don't necessarily have anything to do with them being bullied but with the fact that they feel Superior to others but this opinion is not validated by others kre kre is the ship name of Andre and Cal I will touch more on this later but some fans believe that Andre and Cal were lovers in some kind of way even though it isn't technically shown this way in the movie and yes there is zero Day [Music] fanfiction this is for the making of in the making of footage of zero day Cal repeats this is for the making of multiple times I'm taping this for the making of zero day video for the making of let me get all this damage you know what's funny when when when they actually see this making of that we make we're going to be talking about is this for the making of you know when we we actually put the making of zero day it's going to be just like a lot of things that we do and then somebody say that would be good in the making of brace scene was not scripted Cal coincidentally just happened to have an appointment to get his braces taken off so Ben films him and pretends to be a distant relative filming it for memories Ben does this a few times with Cal actually in the New Year scene and the family vacation scene however in both of these scenes Ben is not present he just sent Cal to do these on his own he does this to show time passing and to make the characters more relatable and realistic no professional cameras actually used obviously zero days of found footage film making the filming style Andre ke States in a YouTube video that they essentially just went to Best Buy and got some cameras and it was a unique concept at the time because it wasn't necessarily easy to just go and make your own movie in the post viewing commentary Ben and Andre talk about having to go through all the physical tapes Ben says that editing was actually quite fun for him Andre is Jewish I couldn't find one solid answer on this but I have a few answers the first reason is that apparently the actor for Andre is part Jewish himself I couldn't find a source on that so take it with a grain of salt the other reason is that Andre says excluding Jewish holidays but discussing what date they should set for zero Day official website and Fs police report report there was a zero day website that gives a bit more information about the characters in the incident and it is written up as if it's a police report this was probably just done as a cool promotion for the movie you can't just go and view it now but you can technically see most of the pages using the Wayback machine I'll leave a link to it in the description he's a natural natural selection to explain this I'll have to give a bit of context in the movie Andre asked his brother if he and Cal can go out and just shoot fruits and stuff toys unb noted to his brother Andre is just asking this because he wants him and Cal to get some experience in shooting before zero day during this scene while Cal makes a good shot his brother calls c a natural in response Andre says natural selection he's a natural natural selection this might be a reference to Eric Harris who wore a shirt bearing this quote this line is also used to show how Andre and Cal have alterior motives in wanting to go on this trip whereas his brother is just wanting to bond Andre is meant to be Eric Cal is meant to be Dylan Theory I'm going to be honest here and say that I don't really know that much about Coline but this is what I got from researching a little bit among people who extensively researched the Coline massacre in Dylan and Eric there's a comment theory that Eric was a type of violent leader and Dylan was a more chill follower obviously with zero day being inspired by the Coline masacre people are going to make comparisons Cal is a more chill guy he shown to have a friend that isn't Andre and even go to prom Andre however seems to be more of a leader and he seems to be more confrontational and violent it's worth noting that people do this with pretty much any Duo that commits a crime together so this conversation often times is pointless and attracts the more important topics in my [Music] opinion allegedly Inspired Real shootings afterwards this is probably not directly true and just a true crime urban legend of sorts I research a lot of shootings and crimes like Zero's release and they don't get mentioned there obviously this movie is popular among the True Crime community and sometimes people in this community can go out and commit crimes themselves which might be where this is coming from but I highly doubt this movie actually inspired anyone creek mean a Gabriel last name symbolism unfortunately I couldn't find out what the last name Gabriel can mean but Creek in German Means War at least that's what Google translate says character in limosine later killed by Cal there's a character in The limosine who is in the shooting scene and Cal kills him Ben talks about this in the post viewing commentary meaning behind Cal's poem Ben states that Cal's poem doesn't necessarily have a meaning and it's just something an edgy teenager would come up with that ultimately needs nothing the gun may be the perfect weapon he said standing you rock in the hard place but a gun is nothing without a bullet I I am my bullet I live my life along perfect parabolic arch of of purpose meaning and then there was that time that you stepped on the land mine and I never forgave you and you can feel the entire rising fall of the third r at your feet it's a Wast goodby thank [Applause] you phone yeah I know what it was but tell me why you did it what were you thinking what the [ __ ] some fans have other theories though one of them being that this poem was a warning to people to see if anyone would intervene real childhood home movies used in film at the beginning of the movie two home movies are shown of K and Andre when they were younger these were actual video and Ben even states that he liked the video he used for Cal because he looks a little bit Evil movie mistaken for actual footage people have genuinely thought that the shooting scene in the movie was real or was footed from Coline and both of these observations are obviously incorrect Ben cooch's girlfriend wrote the note Andre gets in eighth grade in the post viewing commentary Ben coio talks about how during the bonfire scene Andre goes to burn a note given to him by a girl in e8th grade the note was inspired by a real note that Ben received himself at this age but he couldn't find it so he had his girlfriend [Music] recreated book Cal references in behind the seen footage is lost media in the behind the scenes footage there is a clip where CS explaining to Andre a book he read this is like that part in that that alien book where uh the uh the aliens abduct the uh soldiers and and they take them to this place and so they think it's heaven cuz it's all their like these houses and they resemble it to be like Earth and they go in and they find like their families in there they're like oh damn it we must have died and we're all in heaven now and then they end up all eating them I have never heard of that ever our first watch is just funny and weird but whenever this clip is posted people cannot figure out what book Kyle is talking about leading people to believe it is a lost media happy face self harm scar in a certain scene of the movie fans have pointed out a smiley face on Cal's hand leading some people to believe it was self-inflicted others think it might have been done with the red pen my question is what do you think he did clear relationship purposefully left up to interpretation in a newspaper article Ben talks about how he might have given K Andre implied tension and romantic attraction but he decided to leave it out because the movie might have taken an entirely different path and could have failed at accomplishing its goal test screening footage there's some test screening footage on YouTube from this movie in this footage Andre and Cal are acting on a scene they would later re-record while iclude a little clip from it here I used to go to school and they would make fun of me because my shirt was from [ __ ] JC Penney because it wasn't the most stylish shirt they call me a [ __ ] because I got my shirt JC Penney was it my fault was my mom's fault that I didn't get the most stylish shirt no they still they still be fun me it's just a [ __ ] shirt swas took a symble burning and the pipe bom making scene Andre and Cal are burning up a type of gunpowder and Ben directed them to put the gunpowder in a swastic symbol and burn it Andre was a guest doing this because he thought it was too random and too weird to just include randomly but Ben thought it should be included because teenagers often mess around with offensive symbols Z eliminated Jun by Sonic Youth used this song was used in the intro of zero [Music] day I also used it in the intro of this video if you noticed iqua High School real location in the movie the name of the high school is said to bequa High School for the exterior they shot at New Milford High School in Connecticut they weren't technically allowed to film there because they were denied permission but they decided to go and do it anyway and it was actually one of the last scenes filmed for the movie for the interior they shot at the State University of New York at purchas in purchas New [Music] York explicit fanfiction as I stated before there is zero Day fanfiction mainly on website A3 I don't think I should go in depth on this gain popularity on TCC Tumblr in the 2010s this movie is popular amongst the True Crime community and a game to boost a popularity in the 2010s mostly seemed to be people siming for Andre and Cal but I wouldn't know cuz I wasn't fair making of the Cross footage Ben made the crosses himself and threw them away after filming except for the name plates on Kyle and Andre's crosses which he kept post viewing commentary Ben had applied for multiple film festivals and at one he was given the chance to make a few DVDs of the movie for free this meant he also got to include the making of footage and the post viewing commentary which is where I got a lot of this information from definitely give it in the making of footage a watch they're both on YouTube movie takes place over 10 months but only filmed for one summer the filming of zero day took place between July and September but in the movie it takes place between September to May movie specifically made to not take place after 911 honestly I couldn't find anything on this um I don't even really know what the reason could be so I couldn't even give you an answer but if I find out I'll probably like put it up on the screen and if not then uh [Music] sorry there are two topics in tier six that I have no idea about which are Lord of the Flies book being burned is symbolic in victims in the movie Loosely based off of real victims I contacted the maker of this Iceberg so maybe if they respond I'll actually talk about it but uh I don't know sorry unseen 48 Hours of footage there was a lot of footage from zero day we never saw and probably will never get to see doesn't necessarily bake it lost media I would assume Ben has it it might be worthwhile to ask him if he upload some of this footage but he's not active on Twitter and I don't really know any other way to contact him Ben actually talks about some of the scenes that were never shown in the post viewing commentary there's also a photo of Cal that is likely from one of these unseen videos which I will put up for your viewing pleasure tributes probably another True Crime Community urban legend I have not actually heard of a single case of someone doing this and I doubt it actually happened maybe just an edgy teenager rambling on after watching the movie Once if I'm wrong I'm probably going to sound extremely insensitive but like can you blame me it sounds kind of ridiculous wow you got through the whole video I'm so proud of you besides that I want to say first that if I miss anything or you want to add on to anything I said feel free to comment I will be reading the comments also thank you for watching this is one of my first proper YouTube videos so it might be a bit rough around the edges but I hope you enjoyed it nonetheless if you want me to do a video on any other topic then feel free to comment I'd be down to research something else okay I think that's it stay safe and drink water or else I'll come come find you