Module 1: Introduction To Screen Media Practise #5 The Treatment
Rob Here,
I have completed the second draft of the treatment/ synopsis documents for both of my myth videos. I didn't feel that I wanted to upload the original version and the second draft is much more concise and the ideas in it have been developed further.
So here they are.
NARCISSUS
Tagline: Looks Can Kill.
Premise: A man with looks that can kill falls in love with himself. The film is a romantic drama film with a cartoonish tone.
Synopsis: Narcissus walks through the street where everyone thinks about how much they love him. Ameinias is in the crowd and she instantly falls in love with him. She follows him and gives him some flowers, which he snaps, some chocolates, which he drops and a card which he screws up and throws. He gets so fed up he presents her with a sword and she kills herself on his doorstep. Whilst falling into the underworld she prays that narcissus would one day know the pain of unrequited love. The next day narcissus walks by a pool, he sees his reflection in the pool and falls in love, he becomes so obsessed by his image he dives in to get it but drowns.
Notes:
Characters: Narcissus is a very good looking young man; he is very narcissistic and would react to situations in an egotistical and carefree way. Ameinias is an impressionable young lady; she is very dependant and has an addictive personality she becomes obsessed by Narcissus.
Visual Style: My film will be shot completely using silhouettes, this is so that the ‘beauty’ in the film need not be an issue with the audiences personal preferences, as they will be largely featureless, letting the audience imagine ‘good looks’ of their personal preference. The silhouette will be placed of an image of raging fire, which represents the love and emotions and also the typical Greek oracles that imagined images in fires to tell tales.
Sound Style: As the requirements for this video mean that I can only have 2 lines of dialogue, I want both of the characters to say ‘Must Have Him’. Ameinias when she first sees Narcissus and Narcissus at the end when he falls in love with himself. I will therefore also use text on screen to show their thoughts (not other speech). The sound will be used to create an atmosphere and large environments, with crowds of people and sprawling city as the actual images will be very limited.
Intended Audience: My intended audience would be for a largely mainstream audience, from age 16 to 40. Who have a specific interest in graphic novel films like ‘Sin City
and the Pandora one:
PANDORA
Tagline: Some boxes need to be opened.
Premise: A girl opens a box, releasing horrible things into the world. The film is a drama film with a very dark tone.
Synopsis: Pandora hands in a paper to her teacher in a silent classroom, all of her peers look at her as she stands up. She walks home along quiet streets. At home she sits alone and writes on paper and uses her generic laptop to research, although what she needs is blocked. Her father comes home with a large box, marked ‘Contraband’. He hands it to her, it is full of her clothes from the laundrette. She tips the contents out on her bed and a black box falls out, left in there from the contraband items. She places it on her desk where she leaves it for days, but it edges closer and closer to her every day, down the desk. One day she tried to open, it she pushes it, pulls it and pokes it, but nothing happens. Then she slams it one the desk, it begins to solve itself- until a blue square appears in the middle at the top. Out of it rises a small USB drive, she places it in her PC and apocalyptic images flash on screen. She pulls it out, taps all of the buttons and even cut the power lead, but the horrible images are uploaded for everyone to see.
Notes:
Characters: Pandora is the only human in the world; she reacts to situations in a nervous way because of the control in her society. Libertans are everyone else on the planet, they react to situations in a very controlled submissive way.
Visual Style: My film will be based around the dark film noir style, but with shades of blue. Using high contrast and glow effects to extenuate bright areas. With the dark gritty style similar to that in the Saw films and darker modern blockbusters. The city location will be very white and plain, the Libertans keep everything clean and straightforward.
Sound Style: The sound will feature a primary voiceover commentating on the action in a documentary style. The sound will be exaggerated diegetic sound, either recorded on set or dubbed over. I will also use other sounds to add disorientation such as layers of static and other eerie noises. Using such modern common sounds like the click of an ipod, at various speeds so that the younger audience can begin to hear the sound differently in this situation.
Intended Audience: My intended audience would be for a largely mainstream audience, made up of teenagers and young adults who have a specific interest in films like ‘Equilibrium’ and darker Hollywood films.
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