Treatment

Our Treatment for Party Off.

Initial Idea of Target Audience

We thought about our target audience but came to the conclusion we wanted something that we would enjoy going to see. Therefore we needed to be the target audience the same age as ourselves. 



Which would mean a target audience of 15-24 which we thought would be appropriate as we also know this is the age group that visits the cinema the most, and this would also be the age that our characters would be in our film as we would find it harder getting younger or older actors as we are a micro budget production company and would have to pay for older and potentially younger actors which is something we don't want to be doing the the expense isn't necessary. 


Our genre choice also is popular amongst teenagers so we feel this helps anchor our choice too. We have also chosen to set our film in a school so therefore trying to attract an audience that is not at school is silly therefore the 15-24 will incorporate students at school, sixth form, college or university which keeps many 'doors' open. At the end of the day everyone has been to school so will be able to relate to our film in some way. However we took ideas and inspiration from films we had looked at in detail. 

We thought it would be easier to base our target audience on films we had already seen as if we are taking inspiration from them we feel it must be important to carry on the same target audience as it must be the same or close to theirs. Therefore it was important to look at the films we had looked at in detail therefore we chose ones that we liked and enjoyed and all roughly targeted the same age range for audience. 

ASFF - Note Taking

York Visit to - Film Festival

Talk Given By Barry Ryan

12-13 people work for warp (small company) 

southcliff - released august 2013 

warp x - made short films of 1 minute and under using digital material.

short films are used to demonstrate to financial personnel their skills

famous people used in marketing to promote films

warp's first feature film was Dead Mans Shoes (Shane Meadows,2004) - had 4 weeks to make a film and made it in 22 days 

17 films 

1 world record - most zombies used 

7 tv shows 

7 baftas 

shane meadows - most prolific short film maker - stone roses documentary 2013 

plans for next year:

'71 (Yann Demange 2014)  about a soldier separated from unit in a riot

Jessy Armstrong - wrote 4 lions, tracy beaker, peep show

why?

showreel

practice - shane meadows made many shorts for this

is it a story that has to be told 

fun/experimental purposes 

social aspect

building a showreel - shows skills 

budget

schedule 

negotiating deals and contracts 

project , technical manger 

human resources 

health and safety 

cashflow 

tax credit 

legals for closing film and tv 

things not used in indie films 

high budgets - indie films are on a tight budget

no night shots - due to lighting needed - expensive - exterior and natural light used 

no film set used surroundings only 

Pitch

WORKING TITLE: The Lonely Obsession

SYNOPSIS: Rom-com: jealousy in a love triangle using an object of desire that being the guy that a girl falls in love with who her best friend steals from her.

COMPARABLE TO: Sliding Doors and Bridget Jones' Diary

• my ident will be shown 
• titles will be shown in a scrapbook theme including news paper articles, pictures, train tickets - shots of her best friend are defaced as she is flicking throughout but doesn't give the reason why until the end of the voice over
• with a monologue over the top - no emotion in voice and quite dry.
• the beginning will technically be the end of the film. using flashbacks and distorted music.
• there will also be a montage of her efforts - to try and win the guy - but she's shy - these are also shown as flashbacks - back to present day

NARRATIVE:

CHARACTERS:

As i am showing the characters in a love triangle binary opposites have to be introduced to signify why there is conflict. i am conveying the 2 female characters as being total opposites but before the guy came along becoming very good friends. this being something unusual in itself provides insight into their lives as to why they got on before and things they had in common. i have created the male character to be more likely to fit with hannah although it is olivias crush - we also learn from the film that she does like him just not as much as olivia and is just doing it out of spite and to show she could get him. 

COSTUMES:

Hannah who is perceived as the protagonist will be wearing slightly more fashionable clothing consisting of shorter slightly more revealing clothing signifying therefore that she is the prettier one and 'in' with the popular kids - her hair will be curled and will look almost perfect - her make up will be bold and will stand out.

her room will be messy and full of doodles with pictures around the room.

Olivia who is perceived as the antagonist will be modest clothing wearing girly pink colours preferably a floral dress with a cardigan over the top creating the stereotypical nerd glasses maybe added for extra emphasis but for me personally i dont see it as a necessity. she will be stereotypically be brunette her hair will be completed with clips or a headband or be tied back and make up will be very natural and minimalistic.

her room will be littered with science groups and textbooks to reinforce the 'nerd' factor this creates a binary opposite between the 2 female characters.

For the guy who is not named as i haven't searched for interest will be wearing fashionable clothing, will like sport and this will be shown through muscle if possible.. if not a reference can be exchanged.

 PROPS:

• scrapbook - titles - this is the beginning of the end of the film

• table - the scrapbook will be placed on here - homely - security - safe

• phone - will be used for messaging between the characters - maybe showing bitchy comments or remarks or maybe messages from the boyfriend to either one in the love triangle 

• messy room - stereotypical teenage - creating relatability 

• flashbacks  - this is then shown as a relection on the character creating tension and conveying different emotions

Podcast 2

This is our 2nd podcast

Idea2

Scrapbook Idea

For the opening scene I hope to change this from the original idea and have it more as an arty piece by converting the original idea from a photo album into a scrapbook idea, because this emphasises her arty and therefore nerdy side.

The scrapbook would still be filled with the same pictures but other things like train tickets and music festival wristband etc. 
As before the titles that will come up on screen fading in and out as this is one of the things we realised was popular with rom com films when conducting our research. 
From the photo album some of the images will seem to 'come alive' turning into flash backs of her efforts to get her love interest for the rest of the opening. As i hope to create a love triangle between 2 best friends and a guy. And then this to cause conflict therefore creating tension etc.

Genre Research: Trick Or Treat, 1986

Film Poster

Trick Or Treat 

Charles Martin Smith,1986

Production:De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)

Budget: $N/A; UK box office:£N/A

RottenTomatoes.com N/A; IMDB 5.6

Ideas That We Might Use:

Some of the scene ideas, and shot angles. 

We hope to use this kind of scene, with the protagonist waving but it being for someone behind them instead as we feel this looks and works really well, and also adds for a small amount of humiliation which in our rom com is something that is needed. We liked also the fact that it as set in a school and shows him at a locker getting books out with the busy corridor we thought it looked interesting and kept with the verisimilitude. we liked the approaching shot as it was a point of view shot which we thought worked really well. As we thought it the varied angles really worked well. 

We also hope to take inspiration from when she walks past as the camera tracks with a point of view shot. We thought it looked really good and adds to a shot variety so the audience doesn't become bored. 

Also for our other ideas we liked the humiliation in the canteen with the milk carton and milk being spilt out of the carton due to a hole in it. And with the shot after of students in the school the 'jocks' laughing at him 

We also liked this shot as it is a low angle showing his vulnerability against some of the 'cheerleader' types. with them looking down on him showing that they have more power and authority over him. this is added to the fact they are girls and he's a boy therefore also showing a binary opposition.