Monday, 18 January 2010

Treatment

Genre: Crime/Mystery/Detective

Narrative:
T
he narrative of our film follows the lives of three people who could be possible suspects of a murder. In our opening sequence theses characters are followed by a detective; whose visual identity is not revealed throughout the opening sequence only his voice is heard. The audience are set back in time looking back at situations which each character has been in looking at minor reasons which may make a person want to destroy another person life. All three of these characters live normal lives however one of them is the purpotrater.

The message of our film is that everyone has the potential to do wrong in life even the nicest people, conveying the idea that the slightest thing can posses a person to hurt another person or go against the law and do wrong.

Characters:
  • Detective
  • first possible Suspect- Business Woman
  • Second possible suspect- teenage boy
  • Third possible suspect- teenage Girl
  • Dead Body
Overview:
The opening sequence of our film is a mystery.The detective's identity is only visually unidentifyed through the use of Non- diegetic voce overs and point of view shots are used in representation of the detective. Flashbacks will also be used showing realting to each of the chacrters conveying minor or unlogical reasons for as to why they are suspects of a crime.

An establishing shot will be used showing the location of station road identifying to the audience where the scene is taking place. Throughout the sequence the camera will acts as a point of view of a detective as he in walking along a street passing pedestrians. The camera will stop and freeze on three different characters and non-diegetic sound of voice overs will be used in representation of the detective. Through the voice over the detective is talking about each character as a still frame shot is used showing each character. The detective is explaining why each of these people could be possible suspects. The detective subconsciously interrogates them telling the audience why they could be a possible suspect.

Once the voice over is finished a cut is made to a flash back showing situations in which each of the characters have been involved in, which make them possible suspects of an incident. The idea behind the story is that everyone is a possible suspect of all situations and that everyone has the potential to do wrong.

Setting /Location:
  • Urban-Station road -Chingford ( Busy roads)
  • Stream/Forest

Mise-en-scene

Costumes:
Teenage girl - (flashback)
, fake eggs, baggy jeans, orange make-up.
School uniform, orange make-up

business women-
(flashback) blazer, shirt, pencil skirt, simple make-up, hair tied back
blazer, shirt, pencil skirt, simple make-up, hair tied back

teenage boy- (flashback) Suit
shirt/trousers

Lighting:
natural day light

Props:
Tied up mannequin a bin liner to represent a dead body body

Target Audience:
Mainly for both men and women over the age of 15.

Crime Genre conventions research for our opening sequence



Definition:
Crime is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred. The genre's flexibility is perhaps one reason for its wide and enduring appeal and means different things to different people at different times.

Narrative:
  • Suspense
  • Misleading
  • Clues
  • Death
  • Never enough evidence
Settings:
  • Forest
  • House
  • Warehouse
  • Alleyway
  • Middle of nowhere (Field)
Character Types:

Protagonist:
Detective/constable; person which the audience can relate to or like.
Antagonist: Not often obvious to the audience until the end
  • Detective
  • Wrongly accused character
  • Suspects
  • Victim
  • Police
  • The Killer
Sub-Genre's:
  • Mystery
  • True Crime
  • Detective Fiction
Examples of Crime Films:
  • The Godfather
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • To Kill a Mocking Bird