Treatment

To create our treatment we came together as a group to talk about our own individual ideas about our production pieces. We then used ideas from each person in the group to decide on our final ideas for our work.

WORKING TITLE:
'Obsession'

SYNOPSIS:
Together we have created two different synopsis:

• Detailed Synopsis:

Jenna is a deeply disturbed girl whose crazy obsession with the schools miss popular Ava Morgan, darkens and consumes her more and more every day. Jenna's only mission is to live the same, perfect life she believes Ava lives and she's willing to go to great lengths to get what she wants, even if that means hurting and destroying those who get in her way.

• DVD cover synopsis:

An icon for some,
a dream for many,
an obsession for one.


Ava lives in a world of adoration. She's got the perfect friends, the perfect boyfriend, and the perfect life. But when a young girl's infatuation with the schools 'miss popular' takes a psychotic turn, only one question is left...
How far would you go to get the life you desire?

FORMAT:
For our horror magazine and poster, we will be authoring them in the format 'jpeg', after creating them on photo shop, as this makes it easier and more efficient to upload our productions onto our blogs. The technology that we will be using includes the Song HVR-A1E camcorder that we will need to film our trailer. For our magazine and poster we will be shooting our photographs with a Nikon D300 DSLR camera. We will also be using photo shop to edit and perfect the images that we will take for a flawless look and will also be using this to create the words and text for our poster and magazine. Our productions will be distributed through sites such as http://www.youtube.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/ as this ensures that numerous people will have the chance to view and comment on our trailer, magazine cover and poster.

ESTIMATED DURATION:
1 minute, 30 seconds.

We have chosen to create a teaser trailer that last roughly 1 minute, 30 seconds because when researching teaser trailers we found out that this is the usual length.

INTENDED AUDIENCE:
We are aiming for our target audience to be over the age of 15. This is because we don't think that the horror genre is suitable for anybody under this age. Also, from research that we have done, we have decided to direct our work slightly more towards males as this is the gender that we found to watch more horror films. We do not have a specific social class for our productions as we believe that anyone and everyone can be interested in the horror genre, regardless of status or class.

STYLE/GENRE:
The genre of the product is horror as this is the specific genre we chose to do out of the choices. The tone we are trying to create is a scared, uneasy tone as this is usually the basis of most horror films. Our horror trailer can’t give too much of the story away as it will make people not want to watch the film, but it needs to have a few scary bits to give the audience a taste of what’s to come. We will try and incorporate a few scary scenes into our trailer to show the audience what genre we are doing and to convey that scary/horrific feel that horror films usually.

RATIONALE:
This production is relevant to our target audience of people over the age of 15. This is because our target audience is slightly more directed towards males although it will still be targeting both males and females of the ages of 15 and over because we found from our research that this is the most common group that watch horror films. Therefore, our production will be relevant to our target audience because we have aimed for our products to appeal to this specific audience. We will be doing this by adding horror and other elements from the genre that signify that the film is not suitable for anybody aged under 15.

FEASIBILITY:
We will be using actresses that will be very flexible so that if we need to shoot a scene at last minute then they will be able to be used. This is why we were thinking about using people from our own group to be the main actresses. This makes it easier for us as a group because it means that we do not have to rely on other people. We will also be using locations that are easy to get to as well as trying to keep our budget price low.

BUDGET:
If obtain the money that we need to fund out production pieces, we could consider raising money in different ways. We could do this by doing this such as a fundraiser or get people to sponsor us to allow us to raise the amount of money that we need in order to complete our work. Another easier way to save money when making our work would be to instead of buying expensive equipment, we could borrow the things that we needed from the college when needed such as cameras and filming equipment. The actors which we decide to use in our trailer could also be asked to work for free so that we are constantly saving money as opposed to having to make money in order for us to be able to achieve good quality coursework.

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:

• Sony Lumix FZ38 camera
• Nikon D300 DSLR camera
• Computer (iMac)
• Editing software (final cut pro)
• Photoshop