Treatment

Production Company Name:
Voice

Production Team Members:
James Wale (8191) Eden Parke (8133)

Genre:
Teen Drama / Thriller (Social Realism)

Title of Production: 
'A short term effect'

Synopsis: 
The film begins with a young boy named Terry, who falls in love with a girl named Jennifer. She helps him over come his social problems ever in the most confused aspects of their relationship. One day, Jennifer stands up Terry at the cinema, she goes missing and it turns Terry's life upside down.

Detailed Narrative Outline:

The film begins with the lead character Terry, narrating the events of his life. He explains that he has done a lot in his life, and he would like to share with the audience. He explains that the film is a love story, describing his love for Jennifer, which sets up the romantic tone of the trailer and film. The first dramatic element of the theme (although a slight one) is the fact Terry is due to go to the cinema with Jennifer, he describes how everything in his life was looking up for him, until she doesn’t arrive. For a while, Terry is upset but thinks little of it until a few days later when he watches the news and finds out that she has been missing since the time they were due to date. Terry receives pleas from her parents asking if he knows anything, until one point where the police enter his house informing him that he is a suspect. He sees video footage of a man that looks mildly like him, but slightly different. At some point late one night, Terry meets someone who tells him that they are in fact the kidnapper, he attempts to get violent with them but to no avail. As the film progresses, Terry argues with the kidnapper, calls the police and then he gets arrested. The kidnapper Damian is present at the court; Terry notices that there are a lot of physical similarities between him and Damian. In the court room, there is the revelation that there was no such person as ‘Damian’. It ends with him in a psychiatric hospital, finding out that Damian was actually himself, and he had no recollection of kidnapping Jennifer. 

Intended Target Audience: 
Our target audience is teenagers and young people between 16 to 24 of both genders. We will not target our film at a specific gender, representing both genders in a positive way. 

Key Characters:
Lead Male: Terry Lewis
Lead Female: Jennifer Ida