Friday, October 15, 2021

PLANNING - FILM TREATMENT


Ideas for Film Opening

Our brainstormed ideas about the plot, the soundtrack

-a title that's dynamic and engaging

- the top line - elegant sentence that sums up the story


-the big question - cliff-hanger?
who is the clown? why is that person killed? how many others have been killed?

the synopsis - one or two paragraphs outlining the plot
dead person lying by the swings
cuts to news report. killer clowns sighted first time in 5 years. person murdered in the park. is it a coincidence?
cctv of person walking out of the park
flashback of person being killed in the woods
characters. brief introduction 
person who was killed
clown

newsreader - killer clowns sighted first time in 5 years. person murdered in the park. halloween
flashback to person being killed in the woods

Halloween, park swings at night. killer clown. 

news report killer clowns reported seen after 5 years. someone seen dead by the swings. person walking away. I have a park behind my house with woods and a playground that we can use,



1 comment:

  1. Evidence of planning based on useful and relevant research.

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