A2 media treatment, beyond conscience

1. TREATMENT;
BEYOND
CONSCIENCE…
Alice, Gina, Liam + Sam

2. Film title
■ We chose the film title ‘Beyond Conscience’.Conscience is our own ability to judge
between the right and the wrong. It is an awareness of morality in regard to one's
behavior; a sense of right and wrong that urges one to act morally within our actions.
■ As our main theme is death and murder we chose this title as our killer has no
conscience.And cannot decipher between right and wrong. However it is beyond her
natural conscience as when she performs these acts she is not aware she is doing it.
■ The title as a whole re-enforces that Riley isn’t able to control her moral compass and
her actions are far beyond her conscience.

3. Length of our film
■ Our film is 5-6 minuets long.
■ Short films can be anywhere between 1 minute and 25 minutes. Short films are
normally quite indie and independent.
■ We felt like the time of 5 minutes was enough time to tell our story to the best of our
abilities. If it was any longer it may have been boring or any shorter and we may not
have been able to get the story across.

4. Target audience
■ Our target audience is aimed at mature teens, possibly people in their late 20’s and
early 30’s.These people must have a taste for independent films with a strong
message. Our film contains a strong message based on a young woman with mental
issues. If you were to show this film to someone who doesn’t understand the issues of
mental health they probably wouldn’t enjoy our film.We understand our film will
probably have a very unique target audience, however we are ok with that as we felt
like our film is an important film and portrays the key themes or friendship and death
as key aspects of life.

5. Certificate
■ We chose our film to be a 12A
■ The film will feature a freighting figure that could be threating to a younger audience and will display
behavior that could be seen a scary and upsetting. There will also be use of psychological threat as the
character will experience episodes within the film that could be seen as disturbing,. Why it is not a 15 is that
it won’t feature a huge amount of violence or threat that will be hugely unacceptable.
■ BBFC 12A definition: Films classified 12A and video works classified 12 contain material that is not generally
suitable for children aged under 12. No one younger than 12 may see a 12A film in a cinema unless
accompanied by an adult. Adults planning to take a child under 12 to view a 12A film should consider
whether the film is suitable for that child.To help them decide, we recommend that they check the
BBFCinsight for that film in advance. No one younger than 12 may rent or buy a 12 rated video work.
■ There may be moderate violence but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries
or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if justified by the context. Sexual violence may
only be implied or briefly and discreetly indicated, and its depiction must be justified by context.
■ There may be moderate physical and psychological threat and horror sequences. Although some scenes
may be disturbing, the overall tone should not be. Horror sequences should not be frequent or sustained.
■ No promotion of potentially dangerous behaviour which children are likely to copy. No glamorisation of
realistic or easily accessible weapons such as knives. No endorsement of anti-social behaviour.

6. Synopsis
With no memory of the previous day, Riley King must piece together her every step from morning till
night. She's faced this problem of recollection for five years now, her best friend Hayden Broomfield
leaving her notes on what she did throughout her day. For months now when Riley relays her days to
Hayden, he notices that there's always a few hours missing from her day. But when Hayden finally has the
chance to ask it's too late and once again Riley's memory is gone.Things take a turn when a murder takes
place in the area and the suspicion falls on Riley. In attempts to clear his best friends name Hayden spends
a whole 24 hours with Riley to prove her innocence; if he can.
■ BeginningThe story starts with the crime scene.There are flashes of the murder; the camera
covering everything aspect except the killer.The scene then cuts to Riley waking up in bed with her
usual note from Hayden. She reads over the day, not thinking anything of the missing hours. Riley
goes about her day while subtle radio voiceovers play in the background informing the public of the
murders.
■ Middle Finally remembering to confront Riley, Hayden comes over to ask her if she had any idea
where she could of gone.With no recollection whatsoever, Hayden plans to spend a whole 24 hours to
ease his mind that she had nothing to do with the murder.Throughout the film the radio voiceovers
get louder and louder.The audience sees snippets of their day up until 3pm when the final scene takes
place in the park.
■ EndAfter a long establishing shot Hayden and Riley at the park. Hayden gets a text from someone
wondering where he was; Riley seeing the text and realising that he was lying about his whereabouts
the day before. Hayden begins to panic, Riley getting even more suspicious.Then Riley starts to get
flashbacks from the day before; it turns out she was there to witness the murder.The audience then
from Riley's recollection will believe it was Hayden. She tries to leave but Hayden begs her to stay so
he can explain. He only manages to say 'it was an accident' to which Riley can't believe he's justifying
murder. Just as Riley's about to call the police, Hayden will reveal that it was actually Riley.

7. Suggested elements
■ Our film is set in 2 main places.One of which is a park, it is a tranquil and peaceful
park. However something bad happens there, creating a feeling opposite to the
peaceful park.
■ It uses Levi Strauss Binary opposite theory e.g. good vs bad, rich vs poor, demon vs
angel.Our main character Riley King represents the bad, where as her best friend
Hayden Broomfield represents the good.They may have similar personalities yet
represent the good and bad in people and society.
■ We want the audience to be encouraged to feel sympathetic toward Hayden as he has
to keep this secret, and view Riley in a way that make her unlikeable to people.