Film Treatment

Film Treatment
- Film treatment is similar to that of an often overview or synopsis of the film idea.
- What character might play the parts
- Are there any archetypes? e.g. Frankenstein or Dracula influences the characters to act the way they do.

The first shot of our film will contain a point of view shot of what the antagonist is looking at, a book that he has written called 'The Agenda'. While the villain is looking at the book he has written, there is a picture of a little girl, and a date being shown. The audience do not know who this girl is and what the date represents  but they get an idea that something wrong is going to happen. While the villain is looking at the book, the camera angle we will be using is a Bird's Eye View and a Point of View shot. We have replicated this idea from a film called 'The Lovely Bones'. 

The scene opens with a little girl wearing a bright dress walking to the park with her dad (protagonist) and the villain is seen to be looking at her. However the audience do not recognise the villain as his face is covered. The villain wears dark clothing, black trousers and a black hoodie. This is because villains are usually portrayed in the society in this manner. While the little girl is on the swings, her dad realises that he has misplaced his phone, so he goes to find it and tells the girl to stay there till he returns. When the dad is telling the little girl to stay where she is, we will be using the 180 Degree Angle. The audience get to know the setting through the camera movement. The setting is in the park. The villain is seen to be looking at the time as he realises that the little girl is now on her own, so he gets ready to make his move on kidnapping the little girl.