A
TREATMENT FOR
"HOME INVASION"
Prepared by: AGE Productions = Addison Saxby, Gilmark Manyere and Ella Ironside
DATE: 30/3/2019
It is proposed that the film will be of 1 to 2 Minutes duration, and that it will be filmed at the following location: 93D Potter Road RD2 Albany Coatsville Auckland North Shore. The reason we have chosen to film at this location is that it is based in a rural area and it is also a very open house with lots of room to get the right shots. We wanted the rural location so we can give it more suspense being away from civilisation.
This Film will include the following conventions of thriller films:
- Knife - dangerous item and implies danger.
- TV
- Light - Low light will force the audience into not knowing whats there and this will build suspense.
- Power - Power going out can give the effect of a jump scare almost
- Gun - shows danger and also sets the ending up well.
- Music - suspenseful music builds the scene
- Chase Scene - The chase scene in this film will be very small and delayed but still there.
- Close ups - will force the audience into not knowing what is in the background and this can build suspense.
- EWS - sets the scene up well and also can give information to the audience about what is going on.
- ECU - Extreme close ups can build suspense because we can see the actors full facial expressions. E.g Scared, Happy.
- 180 Rule - we will have to be very careful when filming this short that we used the 108 rule well and make sure that we get it all correct.
- Match on Action
- Contrast between happy and sad - this is a very big moment within our short film because it shows a boning moment between our Main Character and Little Girl. It also intensifies how serious this problem really is.
- Lit up house ---> Dark house
- Flashback
- 3 Gun shots/1 Gun shot
- Glass
- Little Girl inside the car
- Main Character pressing on the glass
- Bonding moment has to highlighted during the flashbacks.
Hi Addison
ReplyDeleteOverall Score:10/20
Comments:
This is definitely evidence of the planning process and that is great to see! I feel like you are rushing this process of presentation though. Anything left to the last minute with technology is risky. I'd like you to start getting started on the homework assignments ahead of schedule to be able to find solutions to technical hitches like storyboards not loading and Prezi slides not showing up, earlier than at my time of marking. In the real world you would just forfeit the marks.
Conventions of a thriller: You put some great time and thought into fleshing out what elements you could include to make your film of the thriller genre. I love the ideas you came up with but would have really liked a few sentences, not just bullet points, about their significance. Remember, don't assume I know anything! Explain the significance and meaning behind each convention as though your marker knows nothing.
Treatment: Remember that your treatment needed to have elements in it that are missing from your presentation. You were needing to pitch your idea scene by scene to your 'producers' and your treatment only really has conventions included, there is no plan for what your story is about which is the main aspect to a treatment and outlined very clearly in the brief.
Roles and jobs: These needed to not be spoken about in past tense, remember this was planning, not your CCR reflection. What did you plan to do with lighting? What films inspired your lighting choices? Where are the pictures that show this?
As a director, what was your plan in that role? What 'feel' were you going to try and achieve?
What films inspired your creative choices? You don't say.What problems did you force running into? These were all questions in that Treatment handout I gave you to follow.
My comments from last time still are valid and I need to see you working hard at this, Addison. I need you to read and reread the brief/ handouts/ blog post instructions for an assignment before AND AFTER you have finished. It is up to you to check your work is meeting the criteria and make changes and add in what you need to before it comes to me for marking.
This is overall proof of an attempt at planning but there is so much missing, it's hard to give marks for what isn't there to mark.