treatment

1. Treatment
Idea 1 –
Title -the currenttitle of the film is ‘rites of passage’
Length- I am aiming to make the film between 5 and 10 minutes as I wantto
allow it to be long enough to tell the story however still fit with the time limit
in the brief
Longline -‘here's to teenage memories’
The characters - There is 3 main characters in the film, teenage girls aged 18
that are best friends
Harper – the lead character has always the ideal teenager, working hard at
schooland never getting in trouble with her parents, she realises she has never
done of the fun stereotypical teenage things and sheonly has one weekend
left with her friends beforethey all go away to university.
Grace & Ella – Harpers friends who aremore adventurous than her, they have
always told her to relax and have fun and make memories. They are dragged
along to help Harper do all the things she wants to in their last weekend
together.
Act one - starts with Harper in her roomin the evening, she is scrolling through
social media and sees a postfrom someone with highlights of all the fun things
they have done that summer, shelooks across to a scrapbook shewas given as
a present that is empty on the floor, inspiration strikes as she decides to make
a list of all the stereotypicalrites of passagewith the aim to fill her scrapbook
with memories to take to university with her. Shetalks her 2 friends into
coming with her who are more socialable and havealways been telling her
that she needs live more.
Act two - The next day Grace and Ella come to pick up Harper to starther
mission to make memories, they drive through the forest, get drive through
food and sing along loudly as they drive, they stop and get out as Harper takes
photos of the 3 of them for the scrapbook shehas broughtwith her, the sun
sets as they are still there and they come back and order pizza and watch films
as they havea sleepover, Harper continues to take photos. The next day they
are to go to the beach and are taking photos on the pier and on the sand. They

2. come back Harper is convinced to go to a house partying as there is a montage
of the girls getting ready followed.
Act three - After getting ready the girls turn up to the houseparty, Harper is
sceptical about being let in as she isn’tinvited however is reassured that
people crash parties all the time by Graceand Ella. To her surprisesheis let in
handed and drink and enjoys the night. The next morning shewakes up and is
scrolls through the camera roll on her phone to see all the photos from her
weekend. She walks into town to print them off and the final shotis her
sticking them into her scrapbook as shefeels satisfied that she has made
memories and gained experiences that she can take to university with her.
Target audience - The target audience for this film is likely to be a teenage to
young adult demographic ages between 13-25 as it will be similar ages t0 the
characters in the film and so they can relate to them and their feelings and
what they get up to during the film. The audience is also likely to be majority
female as it may appeal to them moreas they can relate to the dynamic
between the 3 girls in the friendship. On the 4Cs scale the audience can fit into
the explorer’s category as they have a need for discovery and adventurelike
the main character in the film and they are typically young in age. In the NRS
scale the audience can fit anywherebetween E to C1 as they may be students
or juststarting their career depending on their age.
Formand style - The film will look as aesthetically pleasing as possiblewith the
lighting, colouring, location and background of the shots to producea high
quality looking film. I also aim to edit screen recordings from a phone screen to
play on-top of footage to add to the story. I wantt0 add music to lots of the
shots wherethere is no or little dialogue to film the noise and set the tone of
the scene. There will also be smooth transitions through each scene as it will
make the overall film seem more consistentrather than jumpy and roughly
edited. A light for filming will be helpful to make surethat the scenes are lit
well especially for shots in the evening or at night.
In the market - I think that this film would do well if uploaded to YouTube and
other websites for films such as shortof the week as it would be able to reach
its audience on that platformeasily as it is aimed at teenagers and young
adults and therefore they could access it easily and for free allowing no
barriers to the film. The fact that it is easily accessibleand that it is an inclusive
film as it takes the audience on a journey with 3 friends making them feel part
of the group as well as the 3 main characters being strong female roles can

3. help it do well, also becauseit has a theme of memories and the importance of
them I think this will be appealing in the market.
Idea 2 –
Working title - The currenttitle of the film is ‘jealousy’
film length - The film will be between 8 and 10 minutes so that it is long
enough for the audience to connect with the characters
longline - ‘everyonehas something someone else wishes they had’
Characters -There are 2 main characters in the film, they are 17 year old girls
who are students.
Sophie – a girl who is shy, slightly socially awkward and doesn’thave a large
group of friends but shedoes have one close best friend who she has known all
the way through schooland sheshares everything with her.
Katie – a popular girl who is confident and is friends with everyonehowever
her friends are fakeand are friends for popularity not becausethey care
Act 1 - Starts in a classroomwith a teacher talking about how living in a world
with social media effects teenagers as they are constantly comparing and
finding themselves jealous of others. She sets the class a projectto work with
the partner they will be given to find something that they wish they had that
the other person does that isn’t posted all over social media. Sophie and Katie
are paired together. In the corridor Katie suggestto Sophie they should meet
at Katie’s houseto do the project.
Act 2 - Sophie walks up to Katie’s househesitantly, she knocks on the door and
is greeted by Katie, they go to her room to work. They ask each other
questions to find out about each other, Sophie admits sheis jealous of Katie's
confidence and Katie tells how she is jealous of Sophie’s relationship with her
friend. Sophie offer to be a close friend for Katie to talk to and Katie is going to
help build Sophie’s confidence. They stop working and sit talking for hours as
Katie sees what it’s like to have a close friend to open up to.
Act 3 - Sophie is at home and reives a text from Katie, she tells her she is
coming to pick her up and she is going to hang out with Katie’s large group of
friends as she is going to teach her confidence around lots of people. They
meet others at a blowing alley, they have fun and Sophie relaxes talking to

4. others in the group and going on things in the arcade. After they finish Sophie
hugs Katie and thanks her for teaching her it is fun to be round people and not
to always feels awkward. Thenext day back in the classroomSophieand Katie
walk in laughing together, they each put their work on to their teacher’s desk
as they havecompleted the project.
Target audience - As the film focuses on the friendship of 2 teenage girls it is
likely the audience will be mainly girls ages between 12-20 as they can relate
to the characters ad he environmentthey are in. it also means the audience
will be digital natives and so have grown up with social media and the
comparisons girls often make to unrealistic images posted on it. On the NRS
scale this mean they are likely to be E to C gradeas they are mostlikely to be
students and non-earners or in low skilled jobs. On the 4Cs scale they could be
aspirers as they care abouthow they appear to others through social media
and whatothers think which can be related to the theme of the film.
Formand style - As the film is about the friendship between 2 girls I will use
lots of over the shoulder and close up shots to make the audience feel like they
are with the characters to build up a relationship and make it feel personalthe
audience. I want to use lighting well by having harsher colder lighting during
the scenes at schoolwhen the characters don’t havea friendship and t become
warmer when they are opening up to each other and forming a bond.
In the market - I think the film can do well in the marketas it has quite a clear
audience and themes of strong female friendship and supporting each other
which is relevant in today’s society. Itcould be uploaded online to websites
such as shortof the week and YouTube as this is where the audience is not
likely to consumemostof their content and is most likely to come across it.