Research & Planning: Treatment

Treatment Proposal 1

After discussing our options with our tutor, we came to the conclusion that this idea is the best suited us as we will be able to play around with the cinematography and editing:

We decided to use:

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• A handheld camera view of the teens around the camp fire, with a recording signal flashing in the corner.
• The teens start to sway and fall to the ground one by one, causing the camera to fall on its side.
• We see the teens getting dragged off the screen from the camera's perspective, which will be lay sideways on the ground.
• The campfire dies out and the shot fades to black.
• The production/distribution company name and logo appear and then fade out again.
• Next, there's a single, static shot of the teens from the corner of the room.
• Fast editing from all four perspectives, a camera in each corner.
• Single light source in the middle of the room, goes out and jump cuts to black.
• Light source comes back on, we see a figure/silhouette in the furthest corner from the POV.
• Faced paced shots from various peaks e.g. character's getting hurt, zooms onto specific characters etc.
• Beat of a heart, non diegetic.
• On each individual beat the clip fades between victims and killers hand slowly.
• Just as the killer's weapon is being brought down. 
• We cut to black on moment of impact, we hear the thud.
• Film title fades in.
• Innocent cry of a female character plays over the top.
• "Coming Soon"