PLANNING | TREATMENT

10/9/14 | PLANNING | TREATMENT

Scene one of our film opening will include a man in his bedroom getting a parcel prepared by placing an object inside and wrapping it. However the audience will not be able to see the object placed inside but the idea would be that they can see something being put inside. We will achieve this by shooting him pulling an object out of a bag and then showing him wrapping the parcel. To add effect we want to include the crisp sound of duct tape being teared to conclude that he is wrapping up his parcel. The idea that the audience do not know what is inside this parcel creates suspense which draws the viewers in. This will all be shot from the rear/behind the man. We then want to include a mirror scene where you can see the tension, uncertainty and fear in the man’s face and how he quickly resolves this and recovers to put on a stress-free face.

We then see the subject placing the parcel in a pocket or a place of hiding and we watch as he pulls a jacket on to disguise the parcel. We will include a viewpoint shot where the camera will look down and see the parcel before it is briskly covered up and the jacket is smoothen down to ensure it is hidden.

The 3rd scene will include a date between the boy and his girlfriend. This scene will include a musical soundtrack and will not have any dialogue. We wish to just include the boy looking happy, relaxed and unworried amongst the presence of his girlfriend. We do not want to include any dialogue as we feel we can deliver our message of the scene through body language and facial expressions to spare time for further scenes. This date could be located in a public area, ideally a river way.

The male subject will then get a text and the camera will switch to a viewpoint shot where we can read to text. It will read ‘Where is my package’ this will then be followed by a nervous and anxious reaction from the boy. He then proceeds to end his afternoon with his girlfriend and proceeds to walk further down the river. This scene will include the only dialogue between the boy and his girlfriend as he tells her he had to leave.

Next the male receives another text saying ‘I can see you’. This created panic and includes sound effects such as the beating of a heart and upbeat, tense music to create suspense amongst the audience and we wish to edit the scenery into a ‘blurred vision’ style. In the next scene the male gets shot by a mysterious man as he falls into the river in slow motion. The camera then begins to pan from the floating body over towards the package that has left the victim’s body and we watch it float down the river.

We wish for the audience to wonder what is in the package and to be curious as to what happens next in the film. We want them to wonder who killed the man, why did it happen and what was in that package that caused his death.