Planning section 5 - Treatment

Synopsis
The purpose of our short film will be to entertain and educate. It will outline the key points in Carol Ann Duffy’s poem ‘Education for Leisure’. We aim to interpret the hidden meanings within the poem.

Title
I AM GOD
Charlotte Gill
Emma Pinder

Target Audience
It will be aimed at teenagers of both genders aged 14-19. They would have to have interests in literature, media and thrillers. This is because it would be shown to students studying the poem to give them a greater understanding of it. It would be only for English people of any ethnicity.

Plot Summary
This short film would be filmed outside on streets, on a bus, in a shop and in the protagonist’s living room. (One of the production teams living rooms which we would modify to fit with the story.)
There will be three characters in this short film. The protagonist ‘Gary’, middle aged man who believes he is ‘God’. He is very plain looking wearing glasses, braces and old fashioned clothing.
A sales assistant who serves Gary at a shop, she is wearing the uniform specific to that particular shop.
The third character is the victim – a teenage girl, dressed in casual everyday clothing.

Style
It would be half colour, half black and white. We would use freezes, Dutch angles and we would also purposely break the 180˚ rule. It would be filmed during the day and night to create the correct atmosphere for certain parts of the film. The colours used in the film will be dull to complement the protagonist’s personality.
In the shop it will be light as it is reality – how most people live.
At his house it will be dull.
At the end it will be dark to add to the eeriness of the situation.

Recce
Filming in rain, we have to ensure that we keep the equipment dry.
If we use a dolly or any other equipment we have to make sure we use it correctly and safely.
We also need permission to film on the bus and in the shop – people’s safety.

Scripting & Storyboard Considerations - We will create both parallel to one another.