LO1: Treatment (Frazer)

Working title: “The White Room”

The films narrative:

The white room is a short crime thriller revolving around two men. The film focuses on them both and contrasts them as it goes on. The narrative is that the first man, Matthew Thomas is going out to have a drink with his friend Pete. This scene contains a brief conversation, which establishes Thomas’s life as going downhill. He has recently been kicked out of University and split up with his girlfriend and as well as this he has owes a local gang over £100. 

On his way home Thomas has a hard time walking straight having drunk at Pete’s house. It is then that he sees a dark shape in the corner of his eye. Tom carries on walking but he cannot shake whatever the thing he is that he is seeing, paranoid and slightly fearful Tom starts walking more briskly eventually escalating to a full on run with the dark figure close behind however, he is quickly stopped when he is tripped by the figure who the kicks him in the face knocking him out.  

Tom wakes up In a dark, musty room alone. It is completely silent until a mobile phone next to him rings and he is able to gather the strength to press the answer call button and the final lines of dialogue ends the film “Good morning.”

Genre chosen to work in:  Crime thriller

Characters: 

Matthew Thomas (Main protagonist) 

Pete Edmonds (Briefly established friend character)

Unnamed man (primary antagonist) 

Brief synopsis:

Matthew Thomas is on a low. He's been kicked out of uni, his girlfriend's split up with him and on top of all that he has a debt to a gang.

The night was November 23rd and he had a new job 6,1/2 caucasian male. He had to be quick the window is short, he has to be quick...

Required crew:

Director 

Editor 

Camera operator 

Lightning assistant 

Scriptwriter

Wardrobe/ costume designer.

Required equipment:

SD Card 

DSLR Camera

Tripod 

Camera slider 

Costumes and props

Production schedule:

Suggested locations