1. Treatment
Format: Film Title: The Arrangement Running Time: 2 minutes
Beginning
It begins with a girl reading a horror story based on a teacher who murders her
students. Through her stereotypical blonde image we establish she lacks intelligence
and therefore believes that the book is the story of her life. Because she has spent so
much time reading the book, she is late handing in her homework, and when giving
into the teacher late and the teacher re-acts badly, her suspicions become stronger.
She then gets a group of characters (who are stereotypically found in a comedy
based in a school) to work together to sabotage the teacher’s “plan”.
Middle
After planning for months the gang decides that their efforts to sabotage the teacher
is affecting their studies. They gradually all drop out when realizing that Sophie was
just being selfish by getting them involved. Sophie is left alone with her paranoia
and begins to doubt herself. At this point the audience sees a change in her
character, as she is no longer getting her way. The characters fall back into their
normal school lives, as if they had never been a part of the team in the first place.
Resolution
After all being put into detention for failing their classes, they admit to each other
that they have all still been individually trying to find out information about the
teacher. They decide to all become a team again and discover a way to hack into the
teacher’s emails, where they find an email between the teacher and Sophie’s dad.
They all realize that the teacher’s hatred towards Sophie was due to jealousy
because Sophie was closer to her dad than she ever was.
Ending
Miss Graham privately tutors Sophie to help her catch up on her work. Sophie is
now able to form a real friendship with the others, is passing her exams, and
spending time with her half-sister Miss Graham. This new arrangement also benefits
Miss Graham as it allows her to spend time with her father.
Main Character Profile
Sophie
Physical image: Blonde hair connotes unintelligence, naivety and innocence.
Personality traits and background: Bratty and ditsy. She lives in a perfect world
and is loved by everyone, which explains her paranoia when MS Graham is harsh on
her. Her parents are divorced so both spoil her therefore she is used to getting her

2. way.
Lola
Physical image: She wears glasses, stereotypically suggesting that she is studious
and cares more about her grades than she does her social life. She always wears her
hair tied back to illustrate that she doesn't like to break the rules of the science lab,
where she spends most of her time.
Personality traits and background: Lola and Sophie have been in the same class
since reception but Sophie had never paid any attention to her. She has never been
bullied but has never had any real friends, except for her imaginary friend Ella who
she occasionally talks to and sits next to in every class. Her parents and teachers
Carla don't pay her much attention because they know what a good student she is,
but really underestimate just how much she can do with chemicals.
Physical Traits: Carla always looks angry. She has a scary image and her fists are
always clenched, representing that she is the school bully. When she walks she
moves side to side, knocking everyone out of her way.
Personality traits and background: She often snarls are people when she doesn't
want to talk to them, mainly because she doesn't know how to hold a proper
conversation. Carla has grown up with three brothers so has learnt to be tough and
unemotional when hurt. She used to have a best friend in year 5 but ended up
accidentally putting her in hospital when she landed on her on the trampoline in her
back garden. Since then Carla has kept her distance from girls and the only people
she speaks to are the boys on the rugby team. She bully's younger years to hide the
fact that she is lonely and desperately wants friends.
Joe
Physical Traits: He has brown hair and is very big headed, however lacks
intelligence. All the girls fancy him and all the boys suck up to him. He always wears
a football top to represent that he is sporty... and a winner
Personality traits and background:
He looks down on everyone as he comes from a very wealthy family and like Sophie
always receives what he wishes for. He has been dating Sophie for a few months,
however is known for being a bit of a player and changes his girlfriend’s frequently.

3. Certification
We are going to use 15 certification as there is mention of murder therefore it could
be upsetting to children, meaning they should have a parent or guardian in their
presence. Also there will be minor sexual references but will not be inappropriate
for children aged 15 and over. Our certification is a 15 because we will have mild
language in it, this will be when the group are together and are failing to find out
information about Ms Graham.
Audience
We are targeting our film at teenagers of both genders, but mostly females due to
the primary character being female as they will be able to relate to the character. As
our certification is 12, the age group we are aiming our film at are twelve to twentyfive year olds. Teenagers will be able to relate to the main characters as they are
also teenagers and the twenty-five year olds and below may be able to relate to the
teachers as they are of similar ages.
Target audience
Our teenage target audience will be attracted to watch our film because they will be
able to identify with the characters (uses and gratification theory). For example, our
teenage target audience of females will be attracted to watch our film as they will
want to identify with Sophie, the protagonist, because of the clothes she wears. Our
teenage target audience will be able to socially interact with their other teenage
friends about our film (uses and gratification theory), this will result in our film
having a mass target audience of teenagers. Our teenage target audience will be
attracted to watch our film as the female audience will enjoy the chick flick genre of
it, due to it being stereotypically popular amongst girls. The comedy genre of our
film will appeal to the male target audience because it will offer them entertainment
(uses and gratification theory). A male target audience is known to stereotypically
enjoy watching films from the comedy genre therefore, they will be attracted to
watch our film. A teenage target audience will stereotypically enjoy listening to pop
music as it has connotations of youth, because of this, we will be including pop
music in our opening titles.
Key scene breakdown
Scene 1: Sophie's Room
This scene is set in Sophie's bedroom. It has no dialogue but introduces the girly
nature of the character (as the room is covered in pink, girly items). There is an
extreme close-up shot of the clock which reads 19:00. Another close-up shot of a
page titled “English Homework”; from this blank page the audience understands
that Sophie hasn't done her homework. A wide shot then shows Sophie is sitting up
in bed reading a book called “Troublesome Teacher”. Then a close up of the book;
this is the book about a teacher who kills his students and as Sophie continues to

4. read she becomes more and more scared. There is then another extreme close up of
the clock which reads 21:30. There is then a wide shot of the bedroom as Sophie
turns the page. Cut back to the clock which now reads 00:00 and as it pans out into
an establishing shot of the room the audience see that it has become much darker
and Sophie is now quivering under her duvet. As the reads the last page there is an
extreme close up of her worried face and a disturbing sound effect of screams.
Scene 2: The school gates
It cuts to a p.o.v shot of someone coming through the school gates. There are clear
groups all standing outside school (and as the camera pans across each of them, the
shot pauses on one character of which will be a part of the team); the “geeks”
(pauses on Lola), the “jocks” (pauses on Joe) the Goths, the bully (pauses on Carla,
who is scaring away some year 7's) and then the “popular girls” (Sophie comes
running into shot looking stressed compared to her giggling friends. Sophie is
holding the book in one hand and her English homework in the other. One friend
says “Soph that was meant to be in like a whole 10 minutes and 6 seconds ago”.
Sophie replies saying “I know! I just got so carried away reading this book I had to
finish it this morning!” and then runs off in a panic to find her teacher.
Scene 3: The staffroom
Establishing shot of the staffroom in which there are four teachers sitting around,
one being MS Graham. They are discussing students when Sophie's name comes up.
MS Graham says that her grades are falling and she is keeping up with the work.
Another teacher suggests that MS Graham should be more harsh on Sophie and to
stop cutting her slack and allowing her excuses... when Sophie comes bursting in
(shown in a mid-shot). She hands her homework to MS Graham and says “sorry it's
late I had stuff to do? “And then continues towards the door. MS Graham stops
Sophie in her tracks saying “it better not be late next time!” In a p.o.v shot (from MS
Graham) Sophie slowly turns around. Cut to Sophie's p.o.v as MS Graham says “if
there is a next time”. At this point the lighting turns dark. Sophie's p.o.v is a low
angle shot making MS Graham look intimidating. Sophie runs out screaming.
Scene 4: The Cafeteria
Establishing shot of the empty cafeteria. As the camera pans round there is one table
full of people. On the table sits Lola, Joe, Carla (who all look un amused) and Sophie.
In a mid-shot, tight frame, Sophie explains that her teacher is trying to kill her and
after much persuasion gets them to agree to help her. This scene ends on a close up
shot of Sophie saying the lines “ok, so here's what we've got to do...”