TREATMENT
The White Room [Working title]
Executive summary:
For this project I will create the trailer for a short
Sci/fi / thriller film which will show a protagonist walking through the
streets at night after a night drinking with his friends when he becomes aware
of someone following him. The protagonist becomes aware of this person
following them and decides to try and get away from the by walking more quickly
which eventually escalates to them running. This doesn’t work however as that
we soon see them tackled and knocked out by the person who was following them.
The last shot of the trailer would be a close up of a phone placed beside them
while someone at the other end states “We have been watching you for a very
long time”
I would likely film most of the scenes in this film in small
alleys in Sheffield city centre as well as a small concrete room which will
most likely be the one located under UTC in town.
I want the target audience for my trailer to be 16 to 35
year old people of all genders. This is because the trailer will likely feature
bloody violence and foul language which would earn it a BBFC 16 rating.
Statement of
Need:
The purpose of a trailer is to both convey the build an
ambiguous idea of the narrative to the audience but also to establish its tone
so that the audience understands what type of film it will be. This means that
when creating a trailer it is important to include shots that fit with the tone
of film that is to be created.
If the audience understands the type of film that is coming
out as well as being pleased visually by some of the shots featured then they
will be far more likely to pay to see the full feature than if there was no
trailer available.
In short a trailer makes it far more likely for a target
audience to pay to see the full product.
Product
Description:
The trailer I will create for this project will open with a
series of cross cutting shots showing two men seemingly both getting ready to
go out at night however as the scene progresses one becomes more sinister as
they put on mostly black clothing and wrap a scarf around their face put black
gloves on.
This will then transition to a shot of the protagonist
walking down an alley when he turns and sees the other man behind him. This
quickly escalates to the point where the protagonist is running from the other
man (as the situation escalates so odes the editing with more frantic cross
cutting between the two men.) eventually The second man catches the first which
prompts the screen to go black and the only sound that can be heard is fast
breathing.
After this the protagonist will be seen alone in a room
which is completely empty with a phone next to him and a muffled voice at the
other end states “We have been watching you for a very long time”.
In terms of equipment there will not be very much required
other than a camera, tripod and slider for capturing the film itself aside from
lighting equipment all of which will be available to me through collage. The
locations I will film in will all be as listed below:
·
3x Sheffield city centre alleys
·
2x Bedrooms with mirrors for shots of characters
getting ready
·
1x empty room for ending seen
·
1x pub/ bar for a shot to establish where the
lead character has spent their night before the main chase scene.
The main milestones of the project will be firstly finding
locations to film legally, finding actors to star in the film, getting the
footage and finally the end of the editing process of the trailer. The exact deadlines for these are difficult
to predict I would personally say that it would be fair to have 2 months (from
such a time that the project is given a go ahead from the client) to find
actors and locations, another month to gain the footage and 3/4 months in
postproduction to make sure that everything is done to the best possible
quality.
Legal and ethical
considerations:
There are several issues that I must ensure that I have
taken into consideration before making a product such as this one. Firstly
Copyright must be gained for the music I plan to use in the trailer so that it
is not stolen from the company which initially produced it. As well as this I
must make sure to product the identities of people who are in the project by
coincidence (members of the public etc) meaning that I cannot include their
names or any other identifying features they possess. Lastly it is important.
I also want to make sure that my film is diverse in terms of
gender and ethnicity which means that I will make sure to include people from
several ethnicities and all genders. I have already stated that I want to make
this film rated 16 which means that I don’t need to worry about including
violence however I should be careful in terms of encouraging alcoholism as it
is one of the main themes of the trailer.
Budget:
I will have to keep expenditure to a minimum when creating
this project due to the fact that I have practically no money dedicated to it.
This will mean that I will have to ask people I know to be in it and to help
with production rather than paying them. I will also have to film in locations
that will be free for me to use.
I will also have to make sure that everyone who is working
on the project has enough money to afford their own food and travel between
filming locations.
Crew:
The main roles that must be fulfilled here are camera
operator and several people in charge of lighting. As that I am creating this
film independently I am limited to only a few people who understand how to
operate any of the equipment necessary. This means that I will likely only have
the help of around two other people when creating this project. As that I
already know people who are able to do this I will not need to look for people
however if I did I would likely use a service such as a social network to find
people who will be available and are experienced in creating such a product.
I will personally handle:
·
Script writing
·
storyboarding
·
Directing
·
Filming
·
Editing
·
Lighting
However I will likely need assistance with lighting more
than anything else as that this equipment requires operation while filming is
in progress.
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