FILM TREATMENT #1 - generating ideas

 FILM TREATMENT PLAN - generating ideas.

Themes

Love

Trust and betrayal

Resilience and redemption. 

Link to other short films

The arrival - the idea of contemplating something and having to make a decision - we are left with an open ending.

Over - audience have to piece it together for themselves

Ellington Kid - use of flashback. 

Characters

Louis

Ava

Brief plot summary

Act I

The film opens with a blurry camera that pans and tilts across the space. Although the screen in blurry, we can make out a silhouette of a male figure (Louis) walking down a pathway. The camera is positioned in wide shot and although it is moving, the male figure is kept as central as possible. As the camera shifts in an out of focus, we hear (as a voiceover), sounds of a couple fighting contrasted with laughter and happiness. Also, employ, a heart-beat like beat tos how panic. The use of sound intends to create binary opposition, setting up conflict, and making it clear that the male figure is in a state of inner conflict. We cut to a close up of Louis’ face: the background is blurry and his performance is emphasised. When we cut to close up, the sound completely cuts and it is silent. After a moment, there is a piercing but quiet ringing and we cut to an eye-level establishing shot. The camera is shaky as it moves with him. At this point, I will use mise-en-scene and establish recurring motifs of imagery 

“The road not taken” - Robert Frost

Act II

Act III

Cinematic Techniques and decisions:

Opening:

Voice over echos of the fights and good times as he walks- blurring camera - ringing 

Cut to close up of protagonists eyes. 

Acting is important - showing inner turmoil. 

Middle

During fight flashback:

- dark colour grading, 

-dynamic camera movements

-mise-en-scene: glass breaks, close up of the fragments

Shaky camera

During good times montage:

- saturated, otherworldly colour grading, soft lighting

-use of montage to show key milestones: 

-warm vibrant colours in mise-en-scene

-slightly over exposed.

Ending:

End on close up of reverse shot reverse of bf girlfriends looking at each other

Use of silence. 

Cut to black