1. Treatment
Idea 1
Title: The Gone
Film run time: 7-15 minutes
Drama/Murder Mystery
Key Characters
• Oscar (main) - Oscar is the lead in this film and has been put in the
middle of a missing person case, however the missing person is his sister
Julie.
• Julie (Oscar’s sister) Juliehas gone missing and no one knows where
she’s gone, whether sheran off or was taken.
• Mum- Oscar and Julie’s mum is devastated by the disappearanceof her
daughter.
• Oscars Friend (name?)- Oneof Oscars closes friends that helps him
through this hard time.
• Julie’s Friend (name?)- Julie’s best friend that knows something very
interesting.
• Step Father (to Julie and Oscar) - After their Mum and dad split up Gary
and her wereintroduced and sincethey met 5 years ago she has re-
married.
• Brad (Julie’s Boyfriend) - Brad is Julies girlfriend who seems to be a very
nice guy on the surface.
2. Target Audience
My target audience is the younger generation from the ages of 13-28,
this is becauseI feel I can relate to them the most as I am in that age
range. I will achieve this as most of the main characters in my film are
the sameage as me therefore will be easy for similar demographic to
relate to the characters.
Itwill be staring both male and female characters making it more
accessible for everyone.
Looking at the NRS scale the audience m film is s aimed at covers all
of them, although the characters might find enjoymentout of this
film. The main focus would have to middle class however as they will
be able to relate to the characters the most as they are in similar
situations.
In the 4’s model the primary audience would be the mainstreamer,
this is the most common out of all the audiences and due to how my
film is recorded and distributed (YouTube) the mainstreamer will fit
into the target audience.
Form and Style
This film will be shoton a DSLR Canon 200D I will useother equipment like a
tripod, Steadicam and I will also try to use somelights so that the film looks
more professional. I willbe aiming for the film to look like a professionalshort
film like, Deep it or Shiro’s Story.
Marketplace
This film would be a standalonemeaning no prequel or sequel. The story
doesn’treally leave anything up in the air. Being a shortfilm I feel the most
success willcome frombeing on YouTube rather than anything else.
3. ACT 1
The Film opens with a scene inside a forest. The shot follows a girl walking
alongside a river. After a few seconds we hear someone shout“Julie”. The
camera spins till we see who shouted then it cuts.
Next scene Oscar’s with a friend when he finds out his sister hasn’tcome
home. Oscar goes back home to see if everything is okay. His mums is getting
worried that’s she’s missing. Step Dad comes home after work and runs over to
mum to comforther.
3 days later: It’s been confirmed that she's gone missing, family and friends are
out looking for her. Oscars mum is struggling with the concept that shemight
not come back. Oscar runs into Brad, who is Julie’s boyfriend, Brad asked Oscar
if there was any improvementon the search. He then helps Oscar search for a
while, they get talking and Brad mentions the last time he spoketo her was
when she came to the forest. Oscar get mad at Brad for not saying anything
sooner. Brad says that he’s pretty sureshe got home after that.
ACT 2
Brad and Oscar are searching the forestbut Brad was being very weird the
whole time. He then suddenly says hehas to go and leaves quickly. Oscar goes
home and messages oneof Julie’s friends, he asks if they might know anything.
They end up meeting up while searching for Julie in the car park. She tells
Oscar that Julie told her that Brad hit her. Oscar doesn’ttake this well and goes
to confrontBrad, he goes to Brads house, when he knocks he sees the curtain
open slightly then a few seconds later the door opens. Oscar asked if he could
come inside and brad lets him. They sit down and chat for a while then Oscar
brings it up, Brad denies it at firstthen admits to it, then realises he looks very
suspicious. Hetries to tell Oscar that he doesn’t know wheresheis but Oscar
justgets angrier, Brad then says that he thought he saw her step dad’s car
there so assumed shegot home okay. Oscar shrugs this off at firstbut then
realises it’s not likely to be Brad, although he's still mad that he hit his sister he
needs his help.
4. ACT 3
Oscar gets home and waits for his step dad to get back. When he arrives Oscar
goes to the front door and waits for him, when he walks in Oscar immediately
tells him that Brad saw his car in the car park of the forest that night. He denies
being there and says that it could have been any car. He then questions why
Brad was there that night anyway and starts to blame it all on Brad, he then
gets mad and picks up his car keys, Oscar says he’s coming with him and then
they drive to Brads house. When they get there Brad opens the door as Oscar
warned him they were coming, Brad steps outside as they approach then Brad
says he knows about the Step Dad cheating on Oscars Mum, Oscar thinks for a
second and realises it makes sense, Julie met with Brad to tell him and Gary
(Step Dad) found out and went to stop her, when he got to her she had already
told Brad so he got angry and accidently killed her. Oscar punches him and calls
the police. The film ends when the phone picks up and Oscar says “police”.
Audio piece for this film:
https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/ofelias-dream
