Thursday, 3 May 2018

short film treatment


Short film ideas:

Idea 1:

the story will be centred around an interaction between a man and a woman who are on a first date. the audience will be able to hear one of the woman's internal thoughts, as if she is projecting her internal thoughts onto the audience. she will tell the audience her real identity, that she is a hit man who is on this date because she has been ordered by her boss to 'take care of his problem'. however, she will be telling the man that she is talking to that she is a completely different and ordinary person than who she reveals herself to be to the audience. this will slowly build tension for the audience, as we know who she really is, but at the same time will see how she lies to the man she is on a date with, and how she hides her true identity. when asked her occupation, he states that she is a secretary, and has to take care of jobs which her boss gives her. the audience will know that what she really means, however the man does not.

A woman to die for:

the protagonist, Julia, is shown walking towards a restaurant. she is dressed in smart cloths and heels. we gain a sense of her character through this opening scene, as she appears powerful and confident through her posture and severe expression.
she arrives at the restaurant and sits down opposite a man. he is also dressed in smart clothing, however contrasts Julia's confident appearance, as he appears shy and not quiet at ease. it is made clear that they are on a date by the way they greet each-other. the man asks Julia to tell him about herself. she reveals to him that she is a secretary, who takes care of any jobs her boss wants taken care of. we then hear her internal thoughts, which address the audience, and we are told that she is actually a completely different person, and is in-fact a professional hit man.
she then asks her date to tell him about himself, and he states his occupation, a dentist. she smiles at him, and at this point she tells the audience through her thoughts that this is the man that her boss has ordered to be killed, as he has been involved in drug exportation and her boss feels threatened by this. they continue their conversation of getting to know each other, and throughout their banal interactions we hear the woman's internal conversation with the audience. what she reveals to the audience constantly contradicts the information she reveals to her date. during the end, we see that her date is also planning on killing her or harming her, which leaves the audience with a cliff hanger.



1 comment:

  1. Ok, good to see this on here but where are your notes on the short films you watched in preparation for this?

    Can these be uploaded ASAP.

    All the best

    Mr Cooper

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