Sunday, 28 November 2010

My Thriller Treatment


 

The first shot is a wide long shot of car traffic of which we intend to get about half an hours footage which we would then speed it up so you see the progression from day to night. The next couple of shots would be long shots to mid shots of some dark, urban areas around the city. We would then cut to a long shot going up a ramp of a multi-story car park which looks out on the sky. Our main character is situated on the top of the multi-story car park being beaten up by a gang which revolves around drugs. He owes this gang money because they had given him some drugs but he never actually payed them back, so they came looking for him. The next shot would be extreme close ups of the man who has just been beaten up. The victim owes money to the gang. After the gang leave there would be a birds eye view of the man leaning against the wall and on the other side of the wall there would be the night time city traffic. This shot would be good because it makes us feel that the man is separate from everyone else and that he is exposed to the night and that he is vulnerable and alone
You would hear the background music which would consist of atmospheric piano, this sets the scene because it creates an atmosphere which cannot be made by any other instrument. It relays a sense of mystery. There would be a conversation between the leader of the people that beat up the man and the man himself, they would be talking about what the man has to do in order to pay off the debt he owes them. Whilst they were talking there would only be extreme close ups of the mens faces in order to keep a sense of mystery and darkness. After-wards the gang would leave and then the only thing you would hear would be the man crying.  I will aim to use conventions of thrillers such as a spiral staircase i will use in one of the car parks.  Also chiaroscuro lighting and key lighting as the film is set in the evening, this will be essenitial in the creation of the atmosphere. This concept i have learnt about from 'The Third Man' which uses extreme lighting techniques throughout.  According to some research i have carried out, people of the target demographic I am aiming my film at prefer action films to thrillers and therefore in order to appeal more to my target daomgraphic I will aim to make my thriller relate more towards the sub-genre of Action Thrillers.



1 comment:

  1. Good Sam - there are some nice ideas and you have described what we can see and hear in the opening shots. Have a look at my guide for the treatment.

    You also need to comment on the conventions of the genre/sub genre and any texts that have inspired you. Also mise-en-scene and how you are going achieve the 'look' of the film. You also need to comment on target audience and how you will appeal to your audience.

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