The Treatment

Title - The Untold

Genre - Thriller/Drama

Type - Short film

Target Audience - Our target audience would probably be young adults and up to the age of 30, I also think woman are more likely to watch it as both actors in the short film are women.

Duration - This short film will only last ten minutes as this was the time guide we were given by our lecturer.

Outline -

• Beginning; At the beginning the two girls come I from a night out ad one of them has blood on their hands, but they don't know how it got there, who's it is, or what they have done. This gets the audience asking questions.
• Middle; In the middle of the short film, there is a stranger that is blackmailing them for what they've done and is searching for them in the house, you never get to see the stranger until the end which makes the film more of a mystery.
• End; At the end the stranger has one of the girls and tension is running high as they try to get away from him, the end concludes in Maddie being unconscious on the floor and the stranger and Deanna are missing.

Character Breakdown -

Deanna
Name; Tori
Age; 21
Gender; Female
Race; White
Profession; Receptionist

Maddie
Name; Kiera
Age; 21
Gender; Female
Race; White
Profession; Receptionist

Stanger
Name; ?
Age; ?
Gender; Male
Race; ?
Profession; ?


Visual Elements -

• Lighting; Will be dark outside, house lights and torches available if needed.
• Camera Movement; Tripod and other accessories are sorted.
• Editing; Will be using Adobe After Effects and Final Cut Pro at college.
• Setting; Deannas house, location fits in well with the shots and drama.
• Actors; Deanna Ricketts, Madeleine Govier and Jordan Halliwell.
• Props; Fake blood and other props are already sorted,
• Costumes; Supplied with our own clothes for acting.

Audio Elements -

• Soundtrack; In working progress, developing with the film after filming.
• Effects; Effects will also be added in after the filming has taken place.
• Music; There will be quite a lot of music in the short film but this will be added in when we do the soundtrack.

Rationale - The reason for choosing this idea is because we both wanted to do a thriller because it has to be a drama and we wanted to do something a little different that relationship trouble and other usual dramas. I feel Dee and I have the skills and techniques to do this and we can help each other work, we also have very good equipment supplied by the college to help us with this single camera production.

Primary and Secondary Research - Primary Research is not needed as it is not a factual programme, although we have fund some secondary research for our production, the research includes similar films with a similar storyline, articles about home intrusion and articles about emotional blackmail, the research contributes to our single camera production and is also very helpful.

Requirements and resources -

• Cast and Crew; Madeleine Govier, Dee Ricketts, Brad Smith and Jordan Halliwell.
• Technical Equipment; Canon XHA1, Tripod, Digital Camera, Shot Gun, Boom Pole, Clip mics and Handycams.
• Locations; The only location we are using is Deanna Ricketts House. (why its suitable is on location reports )

Constraints and Contingency -

• Dead Battery; Have a spare battery.
• Power Cut; Have enough electricity.
• Noisy Neighbours; Tell them we are filming before we start to film so they are aware.
• Transport Delay; Leave earlier.
• Actors not turning up; have back up actors.
• Weather; Inside location.
• Forgetting Something; Always double check.
• Clip mics not working; Have a spare sound recording device.
• No tripod; Be very still and steady with the camera.
• Props; Make sure we have everything.
• Camera not working; have a spare camera.
• Legal Issues; Have release forms for everything.
• Location; Have back up.

Budget - Total £5.00

• Camera; £0.00
• Location; £0.00
• Props; £5.00
• Tripod; £0.00
• Clip Mics; £0.00
• Boom Pole; £0.00
• Shot Gun; £0.00
• Handy Cam; £0.00
• Hair and Makeup; £0.00
• Costumes; £0.00

Legal and Ethical Considerations - We have considered all legal considerations including Actors contracts, location release forms, risk assessment sheets and Recce Checklists and they have all been completed.

Proposed Schedule - The original schedule is on another document.

• Pre production; is to be completed by 16th May 2014
• Filming; is to be completed by 30th May 2014
• Editing; to be completed by 6th June 2014
• Finished; Hand in date to be in on 6th June 2014.

By Directors and Producers

Madeleine Govier and Deanna Ricketts.