Synopsis (Treatment)
Synopsis/
treatment
Working title:
Confess
Duration: 2
minutes
Target audience: 15-30 year olds – non gender specific. This is shown
from the results of my questionnaire. I will also be making the BBFC rating of
the film a 15.
Outline: A teen, Lucy, has had a miserable high
school life, being relentlessly targeted by bullies who physically, mentally
and cyberbullied her, and one eventing she can no longer cope with the
ill-nature of her situation and takes her life. These bullies finally begin to
see the cause of their actions but vow to never tell anybody they were the
reasoning for her suicide. One day, one of the bullies is going through her
attic and finds an Ouija board and calls her friends (the other bullies) over
to try it out. After a lot of scepticism, they attempt to communicate with
Lucy. ~They succeed and Lucy’s spirit begins tormenting the other bullies. One
by one, each member of the group is tortured by Lucy to get them to admit to
the cause of her death. By the end of the film (not shown in the trailer) one
of the members are left and inevitably tell Lucy the truth hoping it will seal
her fate and keep her alive.
Character breakdown:
Lucy:
16-18 y/o, female, student.
She is the girl who was bullied and
committed suicide – she is now as a spirit who is seeking vengeance and truth.
Main
Bully:
16-18 y/o, female, student.
She finds the board in her house and
is the last one left alive at the end.
Other
Bullies:
16-18 y/o, mixed gender,
students (3-4 members).
Take part in the bullying and
then the séance. They are all tortured or killed.
Visual elements:
Lighting:
Mostly dark for majority of scenes
will some candle lit shots, natural lighting will be used on the bully scenes.
Dark blue tones will be used for the suicide.
Camera:
Lots of extreme close ups for the
trailer. Handheld/ tracking shots will be used when going to Lucy’s room.
Editing:
Glitches will be used as transitions
for some shots.
Setting:
School
setting for the bullies, and their homes.
Actors:
Performing
arts students; Smilte, Alyssa, Faye, Moses, Georgie, Ketsia
Props:
Ouija
board, candles, fireplace, mirror, possibly knives (?)
Costumes:
Prosthetics used for gore; makeup
for bruising and cuts. The actors will wear ordinary, everyday casualwear.
Audio elements:
Music:
Free
non-copyrighted music.
Sound
effects:
Mostly
diegetic sounds. Glitch noises/ effects will need to be used.
Rationale: It will make a good project as it helps
to fit the criteria for what my target audience wants from a horror film. I
plan to use thus project to develop my editing skills in particular as, for
horror trailers, good editing is needed to distil the horror.
Constraints: There might be some difficulties with
filming with the fire as it could be hazardous; extra precautions will need to
be made and water will need to be nearby to put out any fires. There may also
be issues with finding time to film as all of the cast/crew is in school and
need to find time where everybody is free in order to film.
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