Monday, 21 September 2009

specimen treatment

Program Title - 7 days

Duration - 3-5 minutes long, length of a short film

Audience - Aimed at a young audience between 15 and 40, mainly men who's
similar audience to programs such as

Showing - The film will be shown on film 4 as they commission short films, so this would be the best platform to show it on. It will also provide funding for the film to be developed. after its initial release it could also be released in cinemas and online.

Resume - Main idea - a man receives a letter from an anonymous stranger, over the next few days his life starts to spiral out of control. Each day he experiences more unlucky happenings, such as being fired and being dumped by his girlfriend, until the final day when he takes his own life. The letter is then retrieved and re delivered for another victim to experience the same fate, all by the same stranger who we never learn the identity off.

Suggested elements- Many scenes will be nearly identical in shots, they will be shot the same way but showing the effects of the previous days on the character
we will use quick shots of the characters grabbing items in rapid succession


Film days - it will be filmed over 15 days towards the end of October and the begining of November

2 comments:

  1. You have a good idea but you need to include more detail in your treatment and put more thought into it's presentation. Where are you going to show your finished film?

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  2. needs specific audience and where its going to be shown

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