3. TREATMENT
RUNNING TIME - 7 Minutes
Genre – Horror/Drama
Why It Is Original Idea – UK teenagers dealing with hard ship and drama,
whilst mixed up in a horror story. Mix of styles to make it original.
4. TREATMENT
NARRATIVE OF THE MOVIE:
BEGINNING – Introduces the main characters of the the story and shows
their emotional state
MIDDLE – This where everything changes and the equilibrium is disrupted
by the news that one of the students has passed away
END – The end of the short film the main protagonist is faced with a fearful,
intense situation
The short film does not have a recognition or and equilibrium
at the end as the end of the short is left ambiguous for the
audience to wonder
5. TREATMENT
PURPOSE –Promote Myself, Skills, Show reel.
THEMATICS – The message that I am trying to convey to the audience is
that of what happens to teenagers within high school when they are faced
with a traumatic situation and how they deal with it and how they behave
6. CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
ADAM - The motivation this character has within in this short film is
understanding why his best friend died. He knows that something was wrong
about how he died. However, he is vital to the story for he film due to he being
the next person that the ghost girl goes for next.
7. CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
MARL - This friend that speaks to chad within class was also Chads friend but
not best friend. However, this character is another character that was involved
and apart of the bigger story so they are important to the story.
8. CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
AVA - She really doesn’t have a motivation. But when the teacher mentions and
explains what happens to Chad, she breaks down and starts crying. She is important to
the story because she will eventually be a person that dies later on within the story.
9. CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
ISABELLE - Again this is the best friend of chads girl best friend and the girlfriend to
the previous character. This is important as she plays a bigger role later in the story.
10. CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
MR. WALTERS - Within this part of the story the teacher plays a massive role as they
are the person that essentially delivers the news to everyone. Though the best friends
know, and people are talking, the teacher is the person that confirms the death of Chad
and realistically changes the atmosphere and mood of the scene and story.
18. POST-PREDUCTION
DEVELOPMENT – Feature film or even a TV series
SCREENING AND DISTRIBUTION - Online for personal use, Short film
award ceremonies, contests such as film festivals. Also on TV, during special
times on the horror channel and also on Channel 4 before the 7 p.m. news. If
released on DVD the BBFC would give it certification of 12 or 12A at max due
to low violence, mild cursing, no nudity or even criminal activity
19. POST-PRODCUTION
LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATION -
Direct Copy of others work, taking footage, music and also using named brands and
displaying products intentionally
Ethical consideration can be making sure that the film you have created isn’t
offensive to a specific race or religion. Making sure if racism is involved it is shown
why and its for a purpose or people can get offended. Ethical problems can be
anything offensive to anyone, which could also include sexism towards either
gender but predominantly women.
26. TARGET AUDIENCE
Second Target Audience – Adults, film producers, not gender specific,
socio economic group, A/B
First Target audience – Teenagers, no specific gender, socio economic
grouping, group C
