This document outlines a film noir opening sequence set in 1940s/1950s Los Angeles. It follows a corrupt police detective who investigates a murder scene but steals from the victim. As he faces increasing scrutiny from his supervisor, the ending implies his secretive behavior may be exposed. The treatment sheet provides details on the story, cast, technical aspects, costumes, props, and filming locations needed to bring this sequence to life.

1. 47th Street
A Film Noir Opening Sequence
Treatment Sheet2013
By Mark O’Neill, Josh Newton,
Richard Parker& Adam Dixon

2. Contents
Overview of Story.……………………………………………………………3
Story Outline.…………………..…………………………………………...3/4
Cast list.……………………………………………………………………………4
Technical Information………………………………………………………4
Synopsis…………………………………………………………………………..4
Costumes……………………………………………………………………….5
Props ………………………………………………………………………………5
Locations…………………………………………………………………………5

3. Overview of Story
In a world where corrupt cops are as much of a problem as
the criminals that they attempt to catch the police struggle
to keep the city of Los Angeles safe and peaceful. The story
begins with police investigating a murder scene, a common
place at the time, where a mysterious detective enters the
scene. Through
Story Outline
Beginning – tilt down from lamppost to phone box. Medium
to long shot of the phone box with central character inside.
Match on action shot of the character walking out. Close up
of face and turning character as he walks away. Elliptical
editing and transitions will be used to show a jump cut will
be used as the character walks to the crime scene. The feet
will be filmed to show that the character is staying on the
same road (at this time the group will move to a new
location while keeping the setting the same). There will be
ambient sounds with a slight hint of a jazz soundtrack. The
lamppost will provide adequate lighting at night.
Middle–The detective continues along the road towards the
crime scene along the sea front where elliptical editing will
be used. The jazz that was previously used will be
incorporated in this piece along side the ambient sounds of
the coast in order to form a sound bridge. At one point the
detective stops in order to have a cigarette on the coast, this
shows his darker side. As the detective approaches the crime
scene there will be police tape and the light and diegetic
asynchronous sirens of a police car.
End – As the police detective investigates the crime scene he
sees a knife nearby and a dead body on the floor. When
checking the crime scene we see the detective take the
corpses wallet and remove the money from it without doing
the stereotypical police thing to do, which is to check the ID,
this will be done through the use of adjusting the focus. After

4. this the supervisor for his inappropriate behavior will
discipline the main character. At which point the detective
will walk away and light a second cigarette after throwing
his police badge into the nearby water.
Cast list
Dead body -
Detective –
Chief of Police –
Extras (background) -
Technical Information
Set – 1940’s/50’s
Location – Los Angeles, USA
Rating – 18
Running Time –2 minutes maximum
Synopsis
The main character, a corrupt and nameless detective has
become accustomed to using his police authority in order to
get what he wants, whether it be legal or not. However over
the last few months the supervisor has been getting more
and more suspicious about what the detective is willing to
do to get results and how he has been tampering with or
even taking items from crime scenes.
Will the supervisor confront the detective or allow his
behavior to continue because of his impeccable results?
What will the rest of the L.A. police force do if/when they
find out? At what cost will the detective be willing to keep
his secret?

5. Costumes
Due to the period attire it would be likely that the standard
attire for the majority of the cast will be wearing suits and
fedora hats.
Props Needed
Wallet
Murder weapon (knife)
Cigarette
Police badge
American Currency
Locations
The main location will in a secluded section of the town
where the appearance of the outsides of some of the houses
appears to be appropriate for the period. The area has high
buildings to make shadows and aesthetically appropriate
streetlights to provide adequate lighting.
(Northgate Sea front (Town wall), Hartlepool)
We may also look at the nearby dockside that is roughly half
a mile away. There is also a phone box at Seaton Carew that
will be utilized. (The Green, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool).