Treatment for "The Everyday Assassin"

Prepared by "Age Productions"

5/3/2019

This film will be 2-2:30 minutes of duration and will be filmed at:

691A East Coast Road
Browns Bay
North Shore 
Auckland
New Zealand

We have chosen to film at this location because the feel we are trying to create needs to be inside a house and also this location is very close to where are gear is being stored so transporting are equipment will not be a big concern. This location also has all the things we need it to have in order to create this opening scene.

This film will include the following conventions of thriller films:

• Guns
• Knife
• Poison
• Empty Beer bottles
• Phones
• File
• Weapons
• Dangerous Items
• Dirty Scenes to create a dull scene
• Contrast between a "happy life" and a "dull life"

These conventions will help the audience to experience a sense of suspense and tension. The use of contrast will also help the audience see what the character is going through in those two different times, one being the past (happy) and the other being the present (dull)

After watching similar thriller opening scene such as "paper boy" we have decided that we will take on the same style but alter it slightly. We want to have the same effects used in paper boy but try to include more thriller themes and conventions earlier on. This will be achieved through music, duller setting, props, actors expressions, dangerous items, and other thriller conventions. 

1.  Different Weapons - 

                         ~ Guns
                         ~ Knifes
                         ~ Poison

This will help to build more of a thriller tone and try to get the audience at the edge of their seat. 


  2. Duller Setting -   
                         ~ Changing the colour grade 
                         ~ Darker Lighting

A duller setting will indicate to the audience that something is wrong and will be easier to build suspense due to the audience not knowing what is there. 


  3. Family Related - 
                        ~ Having the story line be related to a                                family

Having the story line related to a family will be beneficial to us for building more of a emotional experience for our audience. 

(1) Character Name: Alexander - Main Character
                    James - Family Member
                    Daniel - Main Characters Boss

(2) To show a connection to what some people live like compared to others. Also to show how quickly someones life can change. This film should show a connection between a good life compared to a bad one. 

(3) Mood and Tone: The mood and tone of this film is mainly a comparison between a good life, with a stable family and job. To a Bad one with no family and an unstable job.

(4) Camera Shots, Camera Movement/Lighting/Angles, Lighting: The different shots that will be included in this film will be a canted shot, shot showing walking feet, close ups, wide shots, panning, and many more. 

(5) Themes: Themes should be showing a good life comparing to bad one within the characters life.

(6) Narrative: Happy character wakes up ---> gets breakfast and reads newspaper ---> alarm goes off (switches scene/mood) ---> Bad character wakes up ---> gets breakfast ---> receives text ---> checks front door ---> gets file ---> calls boss ---> dialogue between them about the file ---> shot showing person in the file walking towards the house ---> close up of the door handle moving. 

(7) Mise-en-scene/setting: The setting of this film will be shot all within a house, with one shot showing the outside but the camera will be placed inside. The first few shots will show our main character in his happy life with a clean ordered house. In the next few shots we will cut to the main character further on in life but his house being messy and dirty. This is where we can put lots of props out to create the scene.

(8) Symbolism: The Symbolism in the film is mainly the difference between the characters life at one stage and at another. One other piece of symbolism is the newspaper being compared to the file at the door. 

(9) Sound and music: This will include the alarm, digetic sound, music to build suspense, phone notifications, door handle moving.

(10) Credits and Logos: The credits will show what each one of us has done to do with this film and some of us may choose to use some opening credits. Logos will be put into this film and this will be the first time we have done this.

(11) Editing will be very basic and will include colour grading and after effects to show the phones notifications. 

Beginning:

1.  Main Character wakes up and this will show what his life is like two years ago.
2.  MC walks to the kitchen to make breakfast which will be golden toast with butter and a coffee.
3.  MC sits down at the table with breakfast and starts to eat.
4.  An alarm clock sounds and the MC looks puzzled.
5.  Suddenly we cut to a wide shot showing the MC in bed with a dirty room and the alarm clock buzzing.

Middle:

1. MC now in a dull life walks to the kitchen to get breakfast which consists of an alcoholic drink and burnt stale bread.
2. MC receives a text while eating breakfast and it tells him to got the door to pick up a file.
3. MC stumbles as he walks to the door and opens it.
4. MC picks up the file and opens it.
5. As the MC is looking inside he is shocked to see what he finds.

End:

1. Immediately he calls a number on his phone.
2. Angrily he speaks to the person on the other side about why he has to kill this one, ultimately he refuses to go ahead with the deal.
3. The other person informs the MC that the person in the file is coming for him too, and it is a race for the money.
4. While he is saying this a man appears behind the MC and we see him through a window.
5. Close up of the door handle shaking and the film ends.