Why "Reset Code"?

The film's would-be narrative is all about hacking espionage; Miles's skills lead him into dangerous places, places where knowledge is power.






I thought the main protagonist's skills in the field of programming and hacking could be conveyed through the title. The obvious choice was to feature "Code" somewhere in there. Initially I struggled in creating a name that could factor this in somehow without being too blunt. This was before I began to develop the thriller's narrative, and after doing so I decided to take an aspect of the story and use it in the title.

As the story goes, after being captured by the government for the recent hacking of a top-secret "Project Upsilon", Miles is interrogated and made to realize the consequences of his actions; a terrorist organisation has the data he stole, and could use this data to blackmail several countries ten-times over. Being the most talented hacker they have ever known, the government decides to use Miles: "Work with us, or disappear off of the face of the earth. Your choice."

Discovering that "Project Upsilon" is scattered throughout different locations that can only be hacked on site, Miles must seek out the data, whilst juggling with various attackers in a constant battle for survival.

When he does reach each data location, Miles must implement a "Reset Code", both wiping the data on site, destroying firewalls with a virus of his own design, while also pulling the data onto a memory stick in his possession.

Miles's "Reset Code" is key to his survival and the continuation of his mission. It was for this reason that I decided upon the title of my thriller being "Reset Code" as the virus plays such a vital role in, what would have been, the full-length film.