treatment idea 2

1. Treatment 2
Working title – the title for this second film idea is “Locked in”. I choseto call it
this becausethe girl locks herself in with the killer. However the title doesn’t
give too much away which will makepeople want to watch the film as they will
want to know whathappens in the film.
Lengthof film – my film is going to be a shortfilm so about 5-10 minutes. This
is so the viewers don’tget bored and will stay intrigued for the whole film.
Tagline - the tagline of my film will be “check the housebefore you lock the
door”. This will give people a bit more information aboutthe film as they can
guess that someone will lock themselves inside the housewith something
dangerous butit still won’tgive away everything.
Key characters –the main character is going to be the daughter who has been
left home alone by her parents. Her name is going to be ruby. Sheis going to
be a stereotypical teenager who is very into social media, stays in her roomshe
is quite moody and spends mostof the time on her phone.
The next main character is going to be Jim he is going to be the guy who is
coming to kill her he has had a crush on ruby for years butshe doesn’tnotice
him and keeps piing him off which makes him angry.
There is the dad who is called Nick. He is a business man which makes him
quite wealthy.
Lastly is the step mum who is called Jackie and she doesn’tget on well with
ruby at all. She is a stay at home mum and is much younger then Nick and
Ruby’s real mum.
Act 1 - the film starts off with ruby in her bedroom. She is watching YouTube
on her laptop and is snapchatting her friends on her phone. She then gets a
snapchatfromJim and there is a mask in the background butshedoesn’t
notice it and reads him off. She also gets a couple of snapchats from someof
her friends at the sametime. Nick then yells at her to go downstairs. Shegoes
down stairs and Nick says how heand Jackie are going out for a meal and she
will be left home alone. Ruby has a little bit of a rant about all he cares about is
her step mum and he never pays attention to her anymore then shegoes back
to her room and the dad and step mum go out.

2. Act 2 – ruby locks the front door and goes into the kitchen to get a drink and
some food and then she goes back up to her roombut her window is now
open but she puts it down to the wind blowing it open as it is very windy
outside. Shegoes to close the window and then sits on her bed and starts
watching YouTube again. She then starts getting texts from an unknown
number hinting to her that the person sending the messages is in her house.
Act 3 – Ruby runs downstairs and goes to unlock the door so she can get out
but the door is locked and the key is now missing. She runs into the kitchen to
grab a knife and then she calls her dad. She tells him everything and he says he
will hurry home. Shethen runs back upstairs to the toilet and locks herself in
there while still getting messages from the person in her house. The person
then messages her telling her they know she’s in the toilet so shethen runs
downstairs and shetrips on the way down and gets knocked out. She wakes up
and sheis in her lounge tied up and the person is stood there in front of her
with the samemask that was in the picture Jim sent. The person is talking to
her about how he is sick of popular girls not even noticing normal boys like
him. He takes his mask of and it is indeed Jim. She is now looking around and
notices a can of petrol in the corner and the petrol has been spilt all around
the living room. A car then pulls up outside and the door starts to be unlocked
so Jim pulls out a lighter and is about to drop it then the screen goes black.
Target audience – the target audience is going to be anyonewho like horror
films or shortfilms. Itis targeted mainly at teenagers as they will have less
money so they will be more interested in shortfilms on YouTube as they will
be free. This will also get my shortfilm more views overall.
Form and style – I am going to shootthis film in the evening so it is dark and it
will add to the suspenseof the film. As I have no money I am going to shoot on
a hand held camera but may usea tripod for some shots so it is steady. I am
going to add music for a creepy effect and quick editing to keep the viewers on
their toes.
Marketplace –I am going to postthis film on YouTube as I think that is where
it will do best as lots of teenagers and university students will be able to watch
it for free instead of having to go to pay in the cinema.