Treatment

Product:
We will be creating a short five minute film that is based around the thriller genre. Our thriller film will have a subgenre of rape and revenge.

Genre:
As a group we conducted primary market research; which involves the collection of data that does not already exist, we done this in the form of brainstorms and creative ideas we have thought of, we was able to narrow down the genre and idea of the film into two films. We have chosen to make our five minute video on based upon a rape concept as we believe its something that is going to create a challenge for us to pull off and from looking at previous years its something that most people avoid in their G324 Media coursework, so it will bring something new to the table. We watched a series of short films on YouTube which helped us come to our conclusion and some Tv dramas such as; Luther to assist our takings. Within the group we realised that a thriller/rape film would be an interesting film genre to choose, as rape is a sensitive subject, we decided to then continue with this idea as we wanted to go that extra mile in order to keep the audience entertained and enticed into the film. We conducted secondary research to help us with our findings as we looked at real rape articles to help bring the realistic and heartfelt side to things, we continued to watch episodes of Luther Episode 1 & 2 Season 3, which helped us understand the way in which we should approach the rape scene.

Target Audience:
Our target audience is aimed at 15+ in order for us to use the rape idea we had to make it so that the audience was old enough and the content was suitable for viewers, the reason why we have chosen 15+ rather than just 18+ is that we believe that our film will not only be interesting to watch but hopefully people will be able to gain something from it and learn about the right things to do in certain situations where rape could occur. With high levels of sexual content and language we came to a group conclusion that 15+ would be the best age for our viewers, due to parents being offended by their children watching inappropriate things for their age, also if exposed to younger viewers they might be subjected to being influenced by our film, in an attempt to replicate the on goings in the film.

Context:
Our film will be accessible in many places such as; Cinemas, this will help generate revenue for our film; we are also going to allow our film to be shown on YouTube for free, plus Sky Movies for people who are equipped with the home

cinema package which will allow them to view our film. The film will be released on YouTube for free as it enables anyone and everyone to watch our film and helps stimulate the demand for the film as people will want to view it but may not necessarily be able to afford it, meaning that our audience will not be socially deprived.

Representation:
We have chosen to stick to the typical stereotype of a rape scene, gathering two actors, one being a bigger male and one being a petite and small girl who can easily be manipulated into doing what he wants. We have tried to move away from the standard representation of the typical drunken female being overpowered by the male and have opted for a different approach where the girl who is sexually assaulted is actually attacked by her own relative being her father, by doing so we hope to create a different atmosphere turning the dad into an antagonist and the girl into a protagonist, this will entice our audience to continue watching as they fear for the girls safety and almost engage in the film themselves creating feelings towards the characters.

Media Language:
Throughout our film we will be trying to dissect the technical aspects of Mise-enscene, Cinematography and Sound to the greatest of our ability in order to create an atmosphere which builds a verisimilitude for the audience. We want to be very accurate involving our Sound as this is the most important part of this film, as sound could easily ruin anything we create. We have decided to make this film from the side of both characters showing a split screen effect which will build up tension and foreshadow events to come. Body language is going to be a key factor of media language which we will and need to focus upon, the tension between the protagonist and the antagonist will be create not only through verbal dialogue but also non-verbal communication, suggesting when the protagonist is feeling uncomfortable and the antagonist is making his move. As a group we agreed that props is going to be a main convention which we need to have spot on in order to create the best outline for a film, as we want to show pictures of the antagonists dead wife which will show his reasoning behind his actions however will be a great ploy for us to use to help put more emphasis on the hatred aimed at the antagonist by the audience. The one major issue we have here is that we dont want to be too typical and stick to the basic conventions of media; we want to use our media language to venture into different subjects which havent been looked at in Thriller/Rape short films and manipulate them to our advantage.