Informational Video

February 29th, 1990

> *"Guys, do you hear this?...Guys? Guys? George?"*
> -An ASYNC cameraman on an expedition
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***Backrooms - Informational Video*** is the fifth video in Kane Parsons's Backrooms series. It is presented as an informational video on ASYNC's Project KV31 and as a video captured by an ASYNC exploratory team cameraman.

## Synopsis

ASYNC presents an informational video providing basic information to new members of the Project KV31 team, including what the project is and rules and regulations. Meanwhile, a cameraman on an expedition into the Backrooms gets separated from his group due to them appearing to disappear.

## Full Analysis

The video can be divided into two parts: the first is an informational video on the Backrooms, and the second is a recording done by an ASYNC expedition cameraman.

### Part 1: ASYNC Informational Video

The video begins with text reading "FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY" before showing an informational video on Project KV31 created by ASYNC. The video says:

"WELCOME TO THE PROJECT KV31 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM

"In this short informative video, you will be briefed on the required protocol in regard to project KV31, as well as receive an overview of future development plans.

*"What is Project KV31?*

"Project KV31 pertains to the study and development of the Async Low-Proximity Magnetic Distortion System. *(model VI)"*

A distorted picture of the Threshold (the portal to the Backrooms) is then shown, along with the caption "KV31 'THRESHOLD'". The video continues:

"For the sake of convenience, you may hear your peers refer to the project under any of the following titles:

* *The Machine*
* *The Door*
* *The Back Rooms*
* *The Complex*
* *Hallways*

"Unauthorized usage of these terms outside of the Async research facility is strictly prohib-"

The video then suddenly cuts out. Before it cuts out, pictures of the Threshold and of some blueprints/diagrams are shown.

Before the video resumes, what appears to be a simple map of part of the Backrooms and a blue screen with illegible text flashes. The video then resumes:

"**Never** approach the threshold without guided supervision."

"Regulation #5

"Never enter The Complex alone. You must always travel in groups of no less than three individuals."

The video then ends.

### Part 2: ASYNC expedition

The second part of the video begins with text showing the date and time: "02/29/1990 11:36 AM." Note that February 29, 1990 did not exist - 1990 was not a leap year.

The video starts with a cameraman crossing the Threshold, which appears to have been upgraded, into the Backrooms. The expedition, consisting of four men in hazmat suits and gas masks (including a cameraman) then starts traversing the Backrooms, carrying with them two suitcases and a piece of red tape to allow them to find their way back.

At one point, the cameraman begins hearing strange sounds (which are recorded by the camera), and asks if the other members hear them, getting no response. He goes through a passageway, and sees nothing strange. However, as he turns around, seeing the other three expedition members passing the passageway, the camera cuts out. When the camera comes back on, the three men are gone.

The cameraman begins to become extremely freaked out, as the rest of the expedition is nowhere to be seen, despite passing the passageway he was in seconds ago. He starts running through the Backrooms, trying to find them.

Eventually, he reaches a three-way junction. Looking down one of the passages, he sees a strange object on the ground and a different part of the Backrooms. Going to investigate, he discovers a large room, with what appear to be small and low bleachers in the background. On the ground are small objects, possibly pieces of clothing. The camera then cuts out.

When the footage resumes (at least, the part that we are seeing), the cameraman is in a long hall, with a black part of the wall at the end. After going to investigate, he realizes that it is an entrance to a darkened "room" in the Backrooms, with no light getting in. He enters, using a flashlight for light. He discovers a strange area unlike any other part of the Backrooms - with wooden flooring, forest wallpaper, and objects along the ground. He finds a farming tool up against the wall, and three wheelbarrows, one of which is greatly distorted. The area where the wheelbarrows are has different wallpaper then the rest of the area, and next to it is a small house with the top cut off, apparently to fit the height of the room. The house appears to be within the room.

The cameraman soon leaves the area, and returns to the regular Backrooms, he wanders through them for a long time before reaching an ASYNC room that was built within the Backrooms. However, when he enters using his card, the lights are off and the room looks abandoned. When he loudly says, "Hello?", alarms go off.

The footage then stops completely, and blueprints/sketches of what look like the Threshold, and what appears to be a room built within the Backrooms next to the Threshold. The blueprints suggest that, despite the discovery of a corpse and the disappearance of a cameraman, ASYNC is still going ahead with plans to develop and build in the Backrooms.

## Within the series

While only part of the video is an informational video, the whole video can be thought of as an informational video on the Backrooms and their danger. Though ASYNC likely does not know of what happened to the cameraman, it is obvious that something happened to him - from the perspective of his expedition, he likely simply disappeared. The adventures also provide information to the audience - ASYNC does not know everything about the Backrooms, and the Backrooms are not just endless yellow office rooms with florescent lights and carpet. In addition, there is something happening that ASYNC does not understand - the fact that a person on an expedition vanished completely shows this.

The cameraman himself is later shown to have traveled forwards in time by three months, being caught on camera on May 8, 1990. As a result, it appears that some sort of time travel is possible within the Backrooms - although it does not appear to be controllable.

One other note of interest is that February 29, 1990 - the date the video was recorded - never existed. 1990 was not a leap year, as a result, February ended on February 28th. As a result, something strange happened. It is likely not just within the Backrooms - the video says recording started on February 29th, 1990 at 11:36 AM, suggesting something strange happening.