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Diphon -> RE: sleep deprivation? (10/3/2008 8:51:27 PM)
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Being a visual effects artist 24-36 hours is nothing for me. We kind of train ourselves to go without sleep under intense pressure and mental work load; sometimes it's just not an option because of deadlines. You learn this weird energy management thing. Hell, there are times I just forget to go to sleep for a day or two. My record is six days on a few cat naps. Let me tell you what... world was a different place after being awake that long. So depending on the subject's tolerance 24 may not be enough.
To make it hard for the subject to fall asleep I would suggest adding a decent amount of physical and mental stress, the use of loud discordant music like power noise, some old Einsturzend Neubauten works great or anything that uses a lot of high pitch grinding sounds. Making the subject hold an uncomfortable position for a long period of time, such as standing holding an encyclopedia volume in each hand while keeping the arms strait out to the sides. Keeping them fairly cold, making them do repetitive tasks requiring lots of concentration and so on. Add all those together and you have a recipe for misery.
On the other hand, putting them in a warm, quiet, softly lit room in a comfortable position and keeping them awake, say with a properly applied electrical source, can be even more wicked.
Oh and as mentioned before. Soft white noise makes it easier to fall asleep. However very loud bursts of white noise applied at random intervals so you don't know when to expect it will send someone’s stress level through the roof.
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