1. Film Treatment:By Hannah Ram, Arfa Shah, Leon Thomas, Jemima LuscombeMonday 8th 2010Rated “15” by the AuthorNEUROSIS: Psychological Thriller – Completed Treatment.Horatio Milton Baxter, a teenage genius who is isolated from his peers, has led a troubled life. Uprooted from his hometown in Essex, Horatio Milton Baxter soon develops a crush on a popular girl called Mia that spirals into an unsightly obsession. The dangerous path he takes and the facade that he becomes leads him into the heart of a love triangle, mental anguish and ultimately death.“N E U R O S I S” by Hannah Ram, Arfa Shah, Leon Thomas, Jemima LuscombeSynopsis and Treatment forA psychological thrillerFor film(Approximately 90-110 Minutes in Length)COPYRIGHTED © BY PHANTOM RSTL INCCAST OF CHARACTERSJemima LuscombeLeon ThomasTasnim RohalChelsea Osei-OwusuGeorge JesseSUPPORTING CASTSchool PupilsPolice OfficersTeachersCitizens of LondonMain Characters MotherSETTING OF STORY (suggested)Tooting, LondonTIME OF STORYPast and PresentSYNOPSIS OF STORYHoratio Milton Baxter, a teenage genius who is isolated from his peers, has led a troubled life. His parents spilt up leaving his mum heartbroken and contemplating suicide. When she is taken into a mental clinic for a nervous breakdown he is forced to live with his father in London whom abandoned him after the divorce causing him years of internal conflict and suffering. Uprooted from his hometown in Essex, Horatio soon develops a crush on a popular girl called Mia that spirals into an unsightly obsession. He joins his school newspaper, the Graveney Express, in the hopes of capturing her attention by writing an article on her, highlighting her academic achievements and social status. However, whilst writing the article he finds himself infatuated with her life, his emotions spiral out of control and is thrust into a world of bitter romance in which he is willing to do anything to attain her. His classmates soon begin to victimize him because of his academic achievements both inside and outside school. He tries out for the football team to try to win over peers and it is here that he sees Mia for the first time sitting in the stands cheering for her boyfriend, Noah. Noah, the captain of the football team, impedes him during the tryout, which leads Mia to ask him if he is okay. After talking to Mia for the first time Horatio develops a crush on her. Horatio Milton Baxter suffers from undiagnosed psychoneurosis, which is a functional disorder characterized by feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts and compulsive acts that dominate his personality. It is triggered by the rejection he faces from his peers, Mia and his parents and it acts a catalyst to his own self-destruction and the decomposition of other people’s lives. Despite Noah’s foul play Horatio gets into the football team. On a bleak rainy day after a match Noah and Horatio are the last ones left in the changing room, after scoring the winning goal Noah brags about Mia and being the best player on the team. The mention of Mia’s name triggers obsessive thoughts and believing that Noah is the only obstacle in the way of his and Mia’s love Horatio follows him into the showers and strangles him with rope, he then proceeds to tie the body to beam to make it seem like Noah had committed suicide. Before leaving Horatio steals Noah’s phone and texts Mia. In the text Horatio, whilst pretending to be Noah, creates a fictional affair between Mia’s best friend and Noah, claiming that the guilt that Noah faced everyday was too much to live with.After Noah’s death Mia turns to Horatio, after being told by the school guidance councilor about his mother’s attempted suicide and their similar circumstances. Mia and Horatio soon develop a friendship, as Mia abandoned her social group after the alleged betrayal of her best friend, Amy. Their friendship soon turns into romance. Whilst being at Horatio’s house she finds Noah’s phone and proceeds to interrogate Horatio about why he has it. The argument between the two quickly becomes a power struggle as Horatio believes that the only way to abstain from being thrown into prison is to kill the love of his life. However, Mia gains the upper hand and accidentally pushes Horatio out of his third story bedroom window and he falls to his death. Ultimately, the dangerous path he takes in order to attain her love leads him into the heart of a love triangle, mental anguish and ultimately death.