Planning
Treatments - Individual
Aimee's Treatment :
Film Title (Working Title) – The Tale of Jacob Smith
Tag-Line – ‘What is Normal?’
Genre + Sub- Genre – Horror; Slasher
Target Audience – 16 Years most likely an Urban Lifestyle
Synopsis –
Were all mad here, I mean what is normal? When Jacob Smith appears in the hall ways of St Star High, whispers fled around the school…. Who was this werido? When students start disappearing and Jacob took their place it all seemed to suspicious – who was Jacob Smith and what was he hiding?
Inferred meaning – High School Drama with a twist…
Characters; Propp Theory Applied –
The Villain; Jacob Smith; a 17 year old who is mad and intends to take over the school but not in a normal way.
Hero; A quiet smart girl – Jessie who figures out what is happening but when no one believes her matter have to be taken into her own hands.
Donor; The hero who tends to spend a lot of her time in a library reading books and has a close bond with the librarian - when the librarian sense that the hero is in trouble she hands her an old book in which tells a tale in which tells Jessie what she needs to do but does she?
Helper; unlike most horror films Jessie helper is not human – in fact all her helpers are animals. She has a close bond with her animals including her dog and horse, they help her get out of situation in which potential save her life.
Narrative – Todorov Theory Applied –
Equilibrium: Everything is running smoothly in the school – people are following the rules, grades are good and all students are staying in their groups (Popular and Non ect)
Disequilibrium: Jacob Smith joins – he gets picked on and suddenly students start disappearing; student start making up theories as to why this is happening and who the killer is.
Resolution: Quiet girl finds out Jacob Smith is the person behind, finds some students but discovers her friends’ have been murdered – kill the killer?
Jamie's Treatment:
Film Title (Working Title) – Atlus Drugged - Atlus Jack: The Movie - Student Macabre
Tag-Line – "He didn't like the reboot" "A sequel to the murder spree"
Genre + Sub- Genre – Horror; Slasher
Target Audience – 18-22 - Male and female, horror fan, enjoys comedy too. University student
Synopsis –
A group of teenagers attempt to record a slasher horror film for their University student production. They are inspired by a recent horror film that is based upon true events concerning another local town’s serial killer, Jack Atlas, who would drug and dismember his victims, putting them on display in an artistic manner. They break into places where the murders took place to record their scenes. As the cast and crew are killed off one by one, it becomes apparent that the Killer is still at large and dislikes their disrespectful homage. It comes down to the Final Girl, the Director to end the madness and finish the film.
Characters; Propp Theory Applied –
The Villain/Antagonist; Jack Atlas: a notorious, older male serial killer presumed to be dead who went on a killing spree, displaying his victims like trophies. A film is made based upon his killings, and the university students attempt to create their own homage.
Hero/Protagonist/The Final Girl: Taylor: A strong headed 19-year-old hardworking student who only wants to finish her film and get the grade. She is the Director.
The False Hero: John who plays Jack Atlas in their production (and is in cahoots with the killer, being a relative)
Stock characters: Laura, Judith, Sidney- actors for Jack's victims
Narrative – Todorov Theory Applied –
Equilibrium: All of the students are alive and begin filming their student production.
Disequilibrium: The cast and crew are killed off one by one at the set locations, John is helping Jack Atlas orchestrate another murder spree.
Resolution: Taylor kills the Jack Atlas, but after the final confrontation she sets off an authentic saw blade booby trap set up previously in the film by the person who was helping Jack Atlas all along, his relative, John. The film switches between found footage and regular camera work.
Kian's Treatment:
Film Title (Working Title) – Restless
Tag-Line – "Maybe the nightmares were more real than you imagined"
Genre + Sub- Genre – Horror; Psychological/ Supernatural
Target Audience – 16 to 30, young but educated, able to cope with mature themes.
Synopsis –
After spending 2 years in an induced coma following the death of her younger brother, due to a mistake she made. Michelle Peters finds that the images and thoughts that have been haunting her at night may be realer than she imagined... When she begins to awake with scratches and marks all over her body she seeks the help of her doctor and ex-boyfriend in hopes of letting go of the past: and the demons that infest her mind.
Inferred Meaning/ Representation/ Theme -
Horrifying things are happening in the world that when we notice them have no power to change.
Characters; Propp Theory Applied –
The Villain/Antagonist: Johnathon comes back to haunt Michelle in her dreams, at first believed to be a figment of her imagination... later turns out to be a ghost.
Hero: Michelle a strong and independent woman who suffers from sleep paralysis
Donor: A doctor that gives Michelle a new treatment to help her get through her sleep paralysis.
Helper: Ex-boyfriend who was also at the scene of the crash. Feels guilt for leaving Michelle so helps her in getting rid of the evil spirits.
Narrative – Todorov Theory Applied –
Equilibrium: The family are happy together then the accident occurs which kills Michelle's brother and starts the downward spiral.
Disequilibrium: Michelle starts to experience her sleep paralysis/ nightmares which in turn begins the strange occurences that haunt her.
Resolution: Michelle chooses to be lobotomized realizing that she is the clairvoyant for her brother to terrorise everyone else she cares about.
Harrison's Treatment
Film Title (Working Title) – He Knows All (along these lines)
Tag-Line – "He sees, hears, knows all"
Genre + Sub- Genre – Slasher + Poltergeist
Target Audience – 18+ due to the fact it will be gory
Synopsis –
would start homing in to a family and this family (the Beckers) and they're very poor and not much they can do and they do not own a lot. the eldest child aged 16 witnessed his mum being abused by his step dad, causing her to miscarriage. it then fast forwards 5 years to see the son seeking revenge after his mother dies (idea subject to change) film would be in the killers eyes,
Inferred Meaning/ Representation/ Theme -
can show you shouldn't tank advantage of what you already have as it could go at any second and that maybe revenge isn't the best solution
Characters; Propp Theory Applied –
The Villain/Antagonist: Chad Beckers (the son) but he can also be seen as the hero. As well as the step dad can be seen as a villain also because he is abusing the mother at the time and that is considered extremely wrong.
Hero: It can be a multitude of characters as they all do both heroic things and dangerous and silly things, like Chad for example as he wants to save the day but he does so by seeking revenge
Narrative – Todorov Theory Applied –
Equilibrium: The Beckers family are struggling but they're making the best out of a bad situation and they're getting through it.
Disequilibrium: The son starts to see the step dad abusing the mother and he starts to go through a million emotions, causes a massive upset.
Resolution: He ends up taking revenge on the step dad, this doesn't make a resolution as this doesn't resolve anything and it would be shown at the end and it could potentially cause another disequilibrium
Final Trailer Ideas
Main Objectvies:
After sitting as a group and discussing our ideas we came up with some ideas we wanted to put into our trailer - we took ideas from each indivdial treatment and put elements into the final trailer - we decdied we like the idea of the killer killing one by one (from Aimee's treatment) and also the dismembering people (From Jamies Treatment). We also liked the idea of things disapearing, this could be people or items which came from Harrison treatment - we also want to include a backstory which shows why the killer has become who he is, we want it to flicker in time. (from Kians treatment)
We also like the idea of our main character having a split personality - they could be a smart business person who is a killer on the inside - we also had an idea of a child growing up with a bad past and we see him become a murder; this links in with our idea of a backstory.
Final Treatment
Film Title: Fixation or Obsession
Tag-Line: Can History repeat itself?
Genre + Sub-Genre: Slasher with a physiological twist
Target Audience: 16-23; University life style (still in education)
Synopsis: They say your younger years are the most formative years of your life. When Samuel Cane sees a murder at a young age it corrupts his ideas of right and wrong; leading him into a deep and morbid obsession. As the years go by he attempts to bring his malicious fantasy t o life…
Characters: Young Samuel Cane, Samuel Cane, Original Murderer, Victim One and Victim Two.