This document outlines a crime drama film treatment involving four teenage boys who rob houses to make money. The group is led by Jamie, and also includes the reckless Bradley, responsible Samuel, and skilled thief Joshua. The 7-15 minute film would follow their typical robbery process, until Jamie's girlfriend discovers his illegal activities and he plots to steal money from the others. Tensions rise as Jamie breaks into their homes, only to be confronted by Joshua in a fight. Meanwhile, the others raid Jamie's house with help from his girlfriend. The film explores themes of friendship, risk-taking, and consequences.

1. Treatment
Idea 2
Title: Petty The
Film run time: 7-15 minutes
Crime Drama
Key Characters
Jamie (Fraser) - The leader of the group, he comes up with the plans. He is also
the mostgrown up one.
Bradley (Dylan) – The stupid one of the group, he makes the mostmistakes.
Samuel (Samuel) – The expert at robbing people, the other responsibleone.
Joshua (Max) – He is good at stealing as well however usually tries to steal too
much.
Target Audience
The target audience for this film would be a majority of teenagers/ young
adults due to the nature of the storyline. The four main characters arealso
around the ages of 17/18, thereforepeople of the same age will find it easier
to relate and would understand the humour of the film more so than an adult.
The age rangewould be from13-25, thereisn’tgoing to be anything too
violent or rude in the film therefore you justhave the aspect of crime that
shouldn’tbe shown to young children.
On the NRS scale the main audience would be D/E due to the fact the audience
I’mtargeting are students that could be unemployed. Other audiences will also
enjoy the film however D/E would relate with the film the most. On the 4c’s
scale the mostlikely audience to watch it would be either the mainstreamer or
the explorer. This is becausethe mainstream will be a primary audience for
when it’s on YouTube, and the explorer will enjoy it as it’s an interesting idea,
and as an explorer they would want to watch something new.

2. Form and Style
I will be shooting this film on a DSLRCanon 200D equipment like tripods,
Steadicam and lights will also be used as this will help the films overall quality. I
will be aiming for the film to look like a professionalshortfilm like, Shiro’s
Story Parts 1-3.
Marketplace
This film would only be a standaloneas it’s justfor a projecthowever could be
written to have multiple parts. This film will be uploaded to YouTube meaning
that it doesn’thave a set market, it would fit in well with stereotypical short
films on YouTube as it fits the same kind of time frame.
ACT 1
The film starts as the group are satin a car getting ready to rob some houses,
they talk about the plan and makesure everyoneis okay with everything. They
then move towards the houses that they are going to rob. When they get there
they chat for a minute until they realise Bradley fell asleep and doesn’t really
know the plan. Without really thinking about it they justget on like normal.
They exit the car and get out into the road, they gear up so that they are ready
to rob a houseeach then they will move to a separate neighbourhood and
repeat it all again a few times. They never take a lot of money or items they
justtake a little so that it doesn’tinstantly scream theft. They’vebeen working
like this for at least 5 month now so they know whatthey are doing. They give
themselves 10 minutes to get in the house take somemoney and get back to
the car, if they’vebeen gone for 11 minutes then everyoneat the car gets in
and they driveto the meeting point, they wait for at least 20 minutes, until
they decide to track them down. This has never happened before. The scene
will then cut out before they rob any houses. Wethen get a scene of the same
friends with an extra person (James) they are justtalking and playing Xbox in a
living room. We then learn the origin of why they started to rob houses, it
wasn’tcomplicated they all wanted more money, apart from Bradley who just
happy to do it. We then see this extra person agreeto it as well. We then get a
scene wherethey plan how they will actually rob the houses without getting
caught, they came up with the idea of no taking anything obvious, and doing it
very quickly. They came up with a 20 minute window to get in the houseand
take a little bit of money like £20-£30ata time, then leave the houseand meet
up.

3. ACT 2
We get a scene of the whole group meeting up including James Get into the
same car from the earlier shots. As they all get in James lets everyone else get
in first then falls into the car. We get a few shots from inside the car showing
how nervous everyone is. When they arrive they are all in hoodies, they put
their hoods on and tap the roof of the car, they say 20 minutes be back here.
We then start following Jamie towards his first house, he stops before he gets
to the house and takes a breath then continues. We get shots of everyone
getting into a different house then the last shot is James, he’s running towards
something then the shot widens and we see the car, he gets in the car without
robbing a house. We get a few more shots of the rest of them robbing the
houses and getting out, they then slowly start getting back to the car. Last to
arrive after 23 minutes is Bradley, he couldn’t remember where the car was
parked. When they all got back to Jamie’s house they showed what they
managed to steal. Jamie Puts down about £50, Samuel throws down £40,
Joshua drops £70, Bradley then put down £5 and James doesn’t put down
anything. They ask him what happened and he told them he couldn’t do it and
he was just doing it because they are all his friends, he didn’t want to steal. He
tries to convince them too stop doing it but they ended up having a huge
argument and James left.
5 months later
We then get a shot of Jamie and his girlfriend arguing in another room, there
isn’t any sound. Jamie comes out and phones Joshua. Shot changes to a scene
at Joshua’s house. Jamie starts telling him that his girlfriend found out about
how he gets his money and wants him to get out. Joshua defends the crime but
he knows Jamie has already made up his mind. They talk for some more time
then Jamie leaves. It cuts to a scene of Jamie and his girlfriend, they are talking
about taking all the money the group made and moving somewhere else.
Jamie comes up with a plan to try and steal all the money. He would rob
houses in a close proximity to his friends’ houses and sneak into their house
and steal their money.

4. ACT 3
This scene is the same as the firstone, the whole scene plays through and then
carries on pastthe point it stopped before, while everyoneelse is robbing
houses Jamie goes to Bradley’s housefirst, he breaks in and finds no money,
he looks for a while but couldn’t find anything. He makes his way back to the
car, he takes some money out of his wallet and tells everyonethat he only got
£20 fromthat house as he waves around his own money. They get into the car
and everyoneseems a lot more serious and quite than usual, they get to the
next stop and this time Jamie goes to Samuel’s house, the samething happens,
there isn’t any money to be seen only £5. When Jamie gets back to the car
everyoneis waiting for him they all have a normal amount of money but Jamie
justshows the£5, Samuel walks up to Jamie and snatches the £5 out his hand
looks at it and then gives it back and says heshould have found more. Finally
they make the last stop and Jamie goes towards Joshua’s house, helooks at
the houseand the back door is left a little bit open, Jamie walks in and gets
attacked fromthe side. He falls to the floor and struggles againstthe attacker
then we get a shotof the attacker and its Joshua, he punches Jamie a few
more times, they fight for a minute then both get up a bit dazed Joshua tells
him that while they’vebeen fighting Bradley and Samuel have gone to Jamie’s
houseto steal everything he’s saved, We then get a shot of Jamie running out
of his house towards the car, the car is gone. He runs all the way back home,
he gets back and his car is on the drivewith the doors open and engine still
running, he runs inside and his househas been turned upsidedown. His phone
then goes off and it’s his girlfriend, sheexplains that shetold the others what
Jamie was planning.
Audio track that could fit well at the end or even throughoutthe film:
https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/tomorrow

5. Draft Script
Ext.
(The Scene opens with a car parked up with the driver’s window down, the
camera creeps closer to the car and then we see that there are 4 people in
this small car.)
Int.
(Camera moves into the car, Jamie is the driver with Samuel sat in the
passenger and Joshua and Bradley sat in the back.)
JAMIE
Right okay, this is the meeting point
SAMUEL
How far are the houses?
JAMIE
Just round the corner, it's not far
JOSHUA
Good because I swear if I ever have to
Ran as far as I do last time I'll kill one of you
SAMUEL
Well don't try steal someone's phone again.
JAMIE
Alright just remember this place okay?
Ext.
(The camera is left in the road as the car drives on towards the houses.)
JOSHUA
That is a nice house
JAMIE
That's why we aren't going there
(The car drives on some more then stops in a dark area)
JAMIE
It’s these four here
Int.

6. (Jamie turns around to get recognition for what he said and sees Bradley
asleep in the backseat.)
JAMIE
Are you taking the piss?
SAMUEL
What?
JAMIE
He's actually fallen asleep again
SAMUEL
Wake him up then
(Joshua hits Bradley on the leg and he springs to life)
BRADLEY
Huh?
JAMIE
Do you remember the meeting point?
BRADLEY
Oh, are we already here?
SAMUEL
Someone needs to keep an eye on him at all times
Ext.
(They all get out of the car and put on gloves, then they all put something
over their face's and then they all tap the top of the car with their hand
and walk off.)
JAMIE
10 minutes
JOSHUA
Same as always