Treatment

Production
The production that I am creating is an opening sequence of a
horror genre film. It is about a drug dealer who goes to his
usual location to shoot up with some heroin like he usually
does. He likes this location as it is deserted. However, this
will be the last time he will ever do it, as this time he
overdoses. However, whilst he is overdosing he starts to see
visions that have spawned form the darkest corners of his
mind, which involves him seeing a terrifyingly scary person
which is the other him (his dark, evil side). This other
person encourages him to cut out his tongue, through the use
of persuasive dialogue and the fact that he never stops
talking until he does it. In the end, he does end up cutting
out his own tongue as a result of his evil vision, thus
resulting in his death. The screen cuts to black.
Target Audience
The target audience that I have decided to aim/go for is in
the age range of 15-30, as older audiences may find it too
weird or disturbing, as well as viewers under 15. I think
people aged between 15-30 will mostly like get a kick out of
it and enjoy my production as people in that genre, according
to research, like scary horror films. Gender wise, my project
will be aimed towards everyone, whether a girl or a boy, as I
feel aiming it towards one sex will devalue the entire
project, plus I will not be able to get constructive criticism
from the girl audience, who might have good ideas I can use.
Plus, it is good for couples who like horror films and who
like scaring each other so it branches out my demographic even
more.
Duration
The duration of our film is two minutes as our task was to
produce an opening sequence of a horror film. As it is only
two minutes we need to keep the sequence gripping to make sure
the audience continue to watch the rest of the film.
Context
The final production (my entire project), including the
paperwork will be showcased and presented in my media studies
classroom, in front my my teacher, Mr. Assegai. The lights
will be turned off to maximize and intensify the horror that
is being presented on screen, which I think will help immerse
people into the opening sequence as well. To also maximize my

production quality, I will increase the sound so that when the

music plays the audience will be more tense and have an on
the edge of your seat impact. Then after I have shown the
opening sequence I will upload it to YouTube for the public to
see, plus my teacher can re-watch it if he wants to.
Character breakdown
The heroin addict (Ewan): Michael Lewis, aged 17, white, male.
This is the main protagonist and the whole production is based
around him. He is a violent, weird and unusual person who has
become like this due to his heroin habits. He has psychopathic
tendencies, but he mainly suffers from schizophrenia, as he
talks to a person who doesnt exist (the evil him).
Michaels evil side (Nawe): Harry Martin, aged 16, white male.
This is the supporting character in the production and he is
stereotype of pure evil. He is dark, twisted, scarred and
demented. He likes to see Michael in pain, which he ends up
causing due to Michaels unstable mind.
Visual elements:
Lighting: The lighting in my sequence will be fairly low to
highlight the genre to the audience and show the mysterious
nature of the story. However, when filming, I need to make
sure the lighting is high enough to see the characters
clearly. This can be easily set up before filming as my
opening sequence is set in a warehouse; however, if needed, I
may be able to manipulate the lighting when editing.
Camerawork: I am planning to use a lot of cuts in my sequence
to establish and show that the character is losing his mind.
Along with this I will be using lengthened out panning shots
to create suspense and a sense of mystery, which nicely
juxtaposes the quick editing and multiple angles in the
sequence.
Editing: To edit my footage, I will either use Adobe Premiere
which I prefer, or Final Cut Pro X, as it more professional,
even though it may be harder to use.
Media Language
Media language will be used effectively to portray a variety
of different and various thoughts and feelings for the
audience to experience and understand. The costumes of the
character will be very stereotypical of that of a drug dealer,
so that first, the audience can easily identify what type of
person is, and second so that it adds another layer of horror
to the film, as he is grotesque to looks at. His red,

bloodshot eyes and dirty, ripped clothes are going to give the
audience an uneasy feel throughout the project as they are
going to have to go through the journey with him. The language
used will also be very dark and scary, it might include some
swearing to add tension and fear to the sequence, but if I
cant, I will make sure that the dialogue is very creepy and
unnerving. I think the repetition of the dialogue, coming from
his vision, will also add another layer to it as it will add
tension and a weird vibe to it, which will hopefully make
audiences shake in fear.
Institutions
The name of my production company is called A Hard Days
Night and beside this, is the logo that will appear on the
films poster, whenever the film is shown around to the
public. I got the idea from Quentin Tarantino, who called his
production company after one of his favourite films, which I
done with my production company. (A hard days night is a film
about the day in the life of the Beatles).
To make sure that people who are at work
can watch it (our socio-economic group
isC1, C2, D and E) it will be aired in
the evening, to make sure that they will
be home from work so it is prime time
when people will be watching the
television. We decided not to do a higher
socio-economic class as if the person has
a more important job then they probably wouldnt have time to
watch television in the evening as they would either be
completing work or working from home.
Representation
I am going to represent the main character as a very
stereotypical drug dealer so that the audience can gain a
clear understanding of who he is and so that we feel more
sympathy towards him, because at the end of the day he cannot
control his habit.
Genre
The setting that I am using is quite different to the usual
setting of a standard horror film.. In my production it will
be during the middle of the evening when you least would
expect an event like that occur, which adds a sense of
surrealism to it and weirdness to it, which is what I want.