My Own Film Trailer - Treatment

Treatment- My Own Film Trailer 

Title:  ‘And that was it’ 

Genre:   Romantic Drama 

Synopsis:

   Equilibrium:   The film will be set in a school setting, where a new girl starts the school and she falls in love with one of the most popular boys in the school, who is in fact the guy who befriends her at her start at the school. The main characters are Isla, who is the new girl and is extremely quiet, and Riley, who is the boy she falls in love with, and he is the most popular guy in the school. Although she likes him, Isla would hate for Riley to find out how she feels about him because she wouldn’t want it to ruin their friendship and the relationship between Riley and his girlfriend. 

   Disruption: Isla will have a problem when Riley’s girlfriend becomes close friends with Isla because she suspects how Isla is feeling about Riley. Isla becomes anxious incase she reveals her big secret, because she is afraid of losing her friends. I will first introduce this to the audience, by firstshwcoing a scene of Isla telling her friend about Riley, and Riley’s girlfriend, Amelia, overhearing and going to question Isla about it. 

   Development: Isla will realise that there is a problem when she then overhears Amelia and Riley arguing about the way Isla feels about him. When she overhears this conversation, Isla panics and tries to resolve the issue by distancing herself from Riley. However, this upsets him and makes him realise how he feels about Isla. Riley tries to talk to Amelia and break up with her because he realises that he loves Isla, but Amelia and him have a large falling out and Isla begins to think that he really dislikes her now. At this point, it will be revealed that Amelia and Isla are actually long-lost cousins, who become reunited the same week as all of the arguments break out with Riley. This causes Riley to have an absence from school for the week, due to the stress of arguments and when he returned he decides who he wants to be with.

   How will your trailer build to a climax? Actions/ Exciting scenes?

The trailer will build to a climax when a quick shot of Riley telling Isla that he feels the same way about her. Then there will be a scene of Amelia’s Mum and Isla’s Mum (sisters) reuniting after 16 years and the Riley situation causes another riff between the girls. 

   Cliff-hangers/ narrative hooks:

The girls will not make up completely, but they have to spend Christmas together, making it very awkward and we never find out in the real outcome of that. Also, the audience know that Riley and Isla become a couple, but their questions about whatever happened with Amelia are unanswered too. 

Target audience:

The perfect audience fro this film would be young adults or teenagers because it will be more relatable to that age group, considering the storyline and the characters involved. However, people who are interested in romantic drama movies would be interested because this film satisfies this genre. Also, audiences interested din certain characters in the film, or even the production company that the film was produced by. The trailer will appeal to all of these different audiences, meaning I will need to include scenes to grab their attention. I should start the trailer by showing a little bit of information about the character’s life before introducing the story briefly in the trailer, but not giving too much away.

Character Descriptions:

Isla-    she is the new girl at the school, and finds it extremely difficult to make friends, a she is very shy and quiet. The only person that makes her feel welcome at the school is Riley, who becomes one of her best friends at the school, although she begins to fall in love with him. Isla dresses very formally and smart, and is very respectful and kind to everyone. She has long brown hair, and has a dark complexion. Doesn’t know that Amelia is her cousin until later on in the film. 

Riley  :   he is the most popular guy in the school, and comes across vey obnoxious at first, but is actually very kind and considerate of his friends- especially Isla as she is very nervous when she first joins the school. Riley becomes best friends with Isla and doesn’t realise how she feels about him- until his girlfriend Amelia tells him, and he finally realises that he should be with Isla instead of Amelia. He has large blue eyes, and blond hair, with a fair complexion, and is very stylish in hi dress sense.

Amelia-    she is Riley’s girlfriend which does make her very popular too, and she likes the attention. She is seen as very rude and obnoxious and this is highlighted when she causes many arguments with Riley, and eventually pushes him away, and he starts to date Isla. She is a very jealous character, and is very jealous of her cousin, Isla. Amelia has short blonde hair, brown eyes, fair complexion and a fairly good dress sense.

Locations: 

Many of the shots will need to be taken in the school. For example in the locker room, classrooms and the canteen. The locker room shots will be taken as arguments break out and where cliff hangers will end. The classrooms is where Riley will sit beside Isla and eventually realise how he feels about her. the canteen is where Amelia and Isla will exchange comment and cliff hangers will occur. 

Some of the shots will also be taken in the town park. For example, the skate park area will be filmed along with the adventure playground, as places that the teenagers hang out after school and during the weekends. 

Equipment:

To carry out the filming I will need several things. Firstly, I will need 3 actors and one filmer in my group. I will also need costumes for each of the characters, which can be seen in the character descriptions. I will also need makeup for the two girl characters, and I will also need access to the locations and the camera. I may also need school bags and school essentials to make my character roles more believable, and to fit into the school setting. To provide this equipment, I may need to get the actors to bring in parts of their costume, or if they don’t not own the required props, I will provide it for the trailer. The characters can just use their school uniform and bags for the school setting, and I will provide the makeup from home for them if they need me to.