2. TREATMENT
The Affected
Writer’s – Rakha, Hafsah and Ladan
Contact Details – year12@lordswoodtrust.co.uk
Key character:
Rakha Tewany – this character will be the one who wants to commit suicide.
Hafsah Zaman – this character has a eating disorder due to her past.
Zeba Zaman – this character is getting bullied.
Ac t 1 - T h e p l o t f o r t h e f i lm i s 3 c h a r ac t er s a r e a l l g o i n g t h r oug h a s t r es s ful t ime i n t h e i r l i f e , a n d
a r e f e e l i n g r e a l l y d own. T h e y a r e a l l g o i n g t h r ough h a r d t ime s wh i c h n o o n e k n ows a b o ut , t h e y a r e
s c a r ed t o t e l l a n y o n e h ow t h e y a r e f e e l i n g .
Ac t 2 -On e c h a r ac t er i s g o i n g t h r ough a h a r d t ime a s t h e y a r e b e i ng b u l l i ed, t h e y a r e g e t t i ng b u l l i ed
b e c aus e t h e y a r e d i f f e r ent f r om t h e o t h er , t h e c h a r ac t er i s d i f f er e nt f r om o t h e r s b e c aus e o f h e r
c o l o ur , s h e i s As i a n wh e r e as e v e r y on e e l s e i s wh i t e o r b l a c k. T h e c h a r ac t er d o e s n o t k n ow wh a t t o d o
b e c aus e h e r p a r ent s r e a l l y l i k e l i v i n g i n t h e a r e a h owe ver t h e y a r e n o t awa r e t h a t t h e i r d a u ght e r i s
g e t t i ng b u l l i ed. S o t h e p a r ent s a r e l i v i n g a h a p py l i f e wh e r e as t h e d a ug ht er i s l i v i n g a n u n h a ppy l i f e .
T h e o t h er c h a r ac t er i s g o i n g t h r o u gh a n e a t i ng d i s o r d er , t h i s i s b e c au s e o f b o d y c o n f i d e nc e , f ami l y
p r obl ems , s u ch a s p a r e nt s s p l i t t in g u p . T h e c h a r a c te r wa s f a i r l y c l o s e wi t h b o t h p a r ent s t h a t ' s wh y i t
i s s o h a r d f o r h e r t o g e t o v e r i t , wh i c h i s ma k i n g h e r d e pr es s ed b e c aus e s h e i s u n abl e t o s e e h e r
f a t h er a s s h e l i v e s wi t h h e r mo t h er a n d h e r mo t h e r d o e s n o t wa n t h e r b y h im a t t h e mome n t d u e t o
t h e b r e ak u p . T h e f i n a l c h a r a c t er i s g o i n g t h r oug h a h a r d t ime a s h e r g r a n dma h a s p a s s ed, a n d s h e
wa s i n c a r e mo s t o f h e r u n t i l h e r g r a ndma s t e pped i n a n d a s s o o n a s t h e y g o t c l o s e t o o n e a n o t h er
s h e p a s s ed awa y . T h e c h a r ac t er g o t t o o k i n t o c a r e b e c aus e o n e t h e p a r ent s p a s s ed awa y , t h e f a t h e r .
T h e n a f t e r t h i s l o s s t h e mo t h e r wa s u n s tabl e s o i t l e d t o t h e d a u ght er b e i ng l o n e l y wh i c h wa s u n f a i r ,
s o t h e mo t h er t o o k h e r i n t o c a r e . Howeve r o n c e t h e mo t h er g o t o v e r t h e h u sba nds d e a th s h e mo v e d
o n t o a n o t h er ma n , wh i c h l e d t o h e r h a v i n g a n o t he r c h i l d wh i c h wa s a b o y . T h e n t h e mo t h er r a n awa y
a n d l e f t t h e b o y wi t h t h e g r a n dma wh i c h t h e n t h e g r a ndma d e c ided t o r e un i t e t h e s i b l i ng s .
Ac t 3 - Al l t h e c h a r ac t er s a r e g o i n g t h r oug h a r o ug h p a t ch i n t h e i r l i v e s , h owe v er i n t h e e n d t h e y
b e c ome b e t t er i n t h ems el v es f r om g e t t in g h e l p f r om p r o f es s i o na l s . T h e y g o t t h r oug h t h e s e n a s t y
p a t che s i n t h e i r l i f e b e c aus e t h e y we n t t o a t h e rapy g r o up wh i c h wa s c a l l ed ' Th e Af f e c t ed' wh i c h i s
a l s o t h e t i t l e o f t h e f i lm. T h e y a l l s h a r ed t h e i r s t o r i es wi t h o n e a n o t her , a n d o v e r come t h e i r f e a r s
a n d h u r t s .
3. CREDITS
Colours – White or Grey.
Style – Bold, large.
Font –Urban fonts
Personnel – Rakha, Hafsah, Harv, Zeba and Ladan.
Organisation – The main character wi l l get top bi l ling, and the
rest wi l l fol low in order of impor tance in the movie.
4. SOUND
Music – sad background music, non-diegetic
Sound ef fects – Typing of the keyboard(volume going to be
louder when editing), tapping on the shoulder, messages
coming through on the laptop, someone throwing up.
5. LOCATIONS
Scene 1 (bul lying) – in a house, within the bedroom.
Scene 2 (suicide) – l ibrary
Scene 3 (Eating disorder) – in school , within a classroom,
canteen and bathroom.
6. EQUIPMENT
Costumes – teenagers so general clothing
Logistics – Who is going to organise the equipment(Hafsah) ,
Where we are fi lming( in school and a house), When we are
fi lming(26&27th Nov) (rakha) and Risk assessment( ladan)
Props – 2 laptops, toi let, sandwich, plate
Camera equipment – a video camera, tripod
Lighting – natural l ighting.
7. SHOOTING SCHEDULE
Fi lming – has to be done over 2 weeks. (17-28th Nov)
Editing – done over the next 2 weeks. (1-12th Dec)
8. SKILLS PRACTICE
We have had ski l l practice within fi lming, as we have
completed the prel iminary task which we had to focus on
dif ferent camera shots such as match on action, shot reverse
shot and 180 degree rule. These shots helped us with practice
on using a camera because the fi lming was based on cer tain
shots.
We also had ski l l practice, as we had to take sti l l shots and
turn al l the pictures into a shor t cl ip, known as animatic. This
gave us ski l l practice as we had to edit it once it was an
animatic. We were told what we had to take pictures of, so it
was a set story.
