25 word Treatment

Love Kills
A beautiful woman, happily married until she found out her husband was having an affair. Vex and revolted she turns psycho killing her husband. Hiding the body and living life 'normal'. However she does no know his 'lover' witnessed the murder and captured it on tap. Stalking and blackmailing the wife to get her revenge. Her life turns into a mess. - Physiological Thriller  






Treatment example
Obsessed 
'A successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But when a temp worker starts stalking him, all the things he's worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.'

Opening of a film, Inception, Limitless and Se7en

INCEPTION 


Opening scene 

The Purpose
The Purpose of this opening is to confuse the audience, but also to get a little understanding of the things they are trying to do within the dreams. The movie start with a "flash-forward", showing Cobb appears on the beach and then having conversation with old Saito. It's a storyline technique. This scene is shown again near the ending [when the time-line finally meets], before they wake up on the plane. This is to get the audience interested and suspended to see what is going to happen and to understand the story. 


They want to watch the rest as they don't want to be left confused with why there is a flash froward in the opening scene. The audience are interested to keep watching. From the begging they have captured the audiences interest and emotion of tension, suspense and mystery. 


Key Event - The flash backs and scene changes, Booms going off


Generic thriller characters-Armed man, business men, Guards 

9frames 

The main character is introduced first but washed up on an island/Beach. The audience question why he has woken up in such way.

This frame shows kids playing, backs turned so you cant see their faces. Makes the audience suspicious as why is there kids infront of him? are they his? why are they there and why is she just watching?

This frame straight away gets the audience confused as how can there be a guard with a gun, while the kids are playing. Its makes them question..is this the same scene, or was he just thinking about the kids and came back to reality?

Then the main character gets dragged into a room with Saito. He was delirious..this makes the audience aging question how did he get there why is he their?

This object is shown and used a lot the audience want to know why its used and why its so special.

The story then jumps to the main character smart and dressed up but in the same place however more modern and another character is introduced. However the main Chinese man is the same man but younger version.

The main character descusing the Dreams within drams' this starts the story and makes the audience more aware of what is happening. 

Jumps to the scene of 'reality'

This is the frame of what is really happening outside of the dream

The lighting withing the opening scene is Bright light, natural sunlight.

LIMITLESS 

The purpose
The purpose of this opening is for the audience to know the main character, how he started, what he had and lost and wanted to do (writing), what he is like and where gets the main source of his knowledge from. Its for the audience to understand the medication and the effects it gives him.

They audience want to watch the rest as they want to know more about what the character achieves with this medication 

Key Events - First time he meets his ex wife's brother since 7 years
Genetic Thriller Characters - Man smoking, drinking, in a bar

9 frames 

The main character is shown first smoking, looking mess. The opening scene is a narrative of him talking about his life

The main character again shown as a drinker

His 'friends' don't actually believe him in what he says and don't really like him as the audience can tell from their facial expression and the way they act

This frame shows the character is motivated to write as that what he wants to do....

 The setting of the characters home, dirty, cluttered, messy, dull

After a month  he still has a blank screen nothing on it. His not imaginative or can even write a book...he has nothing

This frame shows how the character is living 'Scanky' 

His losing everything , cant write a book, lost his gf

Lighting in this opening scene is dull natural, has nothing to it

Se7en

Purpose
The purpose of the opening scene is to show the audience one of the main character, what his job is and then to show the next main character introducing himself. And what the Seven days are going to evolve (Murders)
The title sequence is after the opening scene, so its an introduction to the story.


Genetic Thriller Character- Detectives, Police officers
Key events- Finding of the body and introduction to the second main character

9frames

Introduction of the 1st main character in the first scene More dominant charcter

Shows his organised clean and ready for his job

 This frame tells the audience what the film is going to be based on, Murder mystery

Introduction of the second main character 

 Lighting is very dull/Natural  

  


Looking at these films helped me understand the main things i need when filming, as i will be taking on the director roll i will need to know the type of shots to use and lighting. I know now that Close Ups are a must! i see this in most thriller films also the lighting is dim that sets the atmosphere