Notes the Film
- Narrated by Dr. Marvin Candle
- Created by the Hanso Foundation in 1980 as a part of Dharma Initiative
- Claims The Hatch is station 3 of 6 and was built in the 70's
- Station 3's code name is The Swan
- Claims the Dharma Initiative is the brainchild of Dr Gerald and Karen De Groote (two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan)
- Mentions B.F. Skinner
- Dharma Initiative was created to give scientists a place to study
- Meteorology
- Psychology
- Parapsychology
- Zoology
- Electromagnetism
- Utopian Social ? (the rest is cut off)
- The partners who work at the station are there for 540 day shifts, which is 5x108.
- Station 3 was originally created to study the unique magnetic characteristics of the part of the island that the hatch occupies.
- Claims there was an "incident".
- The workers enter a code into the computer terminal every 108 minutes as a matter of protocol since the incident.
- Until the partners' replacements arrive the future of the project is in their hands.
- Dr. Marvin Candle's left arm does not move throughout the entire film, suggesting he is an amputee.
- Mr. Eko found part that was cut out. It was glued together by John Locke. It contains strong warning that computer should not be used for anything else than entering a code, especially trying to contact with outside world.
Transcript
italicized items represent comments
bolded items represent on-screen items, not spoken text
* denotes a pop or possible splice in the film
(?) denotes interpreted garbled speech (it may be incorrect)
The Dharma Initiative
3 of 6
Orientation
screen transition fade
Dharma Logo showing the swan
Orientation - Station 3 - The Swan
screen transition to show a man in a lab coat
Welcome. I am Dr. Marvin Candle(?) and this is your orientation film for station 3 of the *Dharma* Initiative.
In a moment you will be given a simple set of instructions for how you and your partner will fulfill the responsibilities associated with the station. But first, a little history:
screen transition to show activity on a university campus
The Dharma Initiative was created in 1970, and is the brainchild of Gerald and Karen DeGroot(?), two doctoral candidates at the University of Michigan. Following in the footsteps of visionaries such as B.F. Skinner, imagined a large-scale communal research compound where scientists and free-thinkers from around the globe could pursue research in meteorology, psychology, parapsychology, zoology, electromagnetism, and utopian social... * ...clusive Danish industrialist and munitions magnate, Alvar Hanso, whose financial backing made their dream of a multi-purpose, social-science research facility a reality.
screen transition back to man in the lab coat
You and your partner are currently located in station three, or The Swan, and will be for the next 540 days. Now station 3 was originally constructed as a laboratory, where scientists could work to understand the unique electromagnetic fluctuations emanating from this sector of the island. Not long after the experiments began; however, there was... an 'incident'... and since that time, the following protocol has been observed:
That every 108 minutes, the button must be pushed. From the moment the alarm sounds, you will have 4 minutes to enter the code into the microcomputer processor(?)... * ...duction into the program. When the alarm sounds, either you or your partner must input the code. It is highly recommended that you and your partner take alternating shifts. In this manner you will both stay as fresh and alert... * ...most importance, that when the alarm sounds, the code be entered correctly and in a timely fashion.
Now do not attempt to use the computer... * ...for anything(?)... *
Congratulations! Until your replacements arrive, the future of the project is in your hands.
On behalf of the DeGroots(?), Alvar Hanso, and all of us at the Dharma Initiative, thank you, namaste, and... good luck.