Film Treatment

Our opening shot is going to be an image of a family all sitting around the table laughing and just having a proper family meal. We are having this as out first shot as we want to start of the trailer as if everything is 'normal' which is typical in most film trailers. As the trailer will go on, this is when the audience will start to see the changes of the mood in the trailer.

The next shot if going to be a shot of the husband and the wife exchanging awkward glances at each other across the table which would start to build tension for the target audience. This sets the mood of discomfort and causes the audience to question what is happening. This part of the story is that the male character that is playing the husband has killed someone and the wife if feeling very uncomfortable with it all but she is keeping it a secret and held together for her daughters sake.

The camera is then going to cut to some fast paced shots of the husband playing the piano and then to a close up of his hands on the keys. The idea of the piano would add an eerie atmosphere for the audience and would help to build tension, making it appear more realistic. We are going to use diegetic sound at this point when the husband is playing the piano and so the audience feel what the characters are feeling.

The camera cuts to an image of a broken plate on the floor that the wife has accidentally broken. The camera is going to then pan up to the wife's face to a close up shot of her face and the emotion that she is feeling. The audience are going to see her as scared and frightened. This is because the story of the film is that she is unsure and weary about what her husband will do to her when she has done something wrong as in the film, he has committed murder.

We are then going to add tension for the audience and let it build up by using the site incompetec to create our own soundtrack for our film trailer. By doing this we can experiment with different sounds and moods and test out which one would best fit our trailer.

The scene then cuts from the broken plate to husband and wife arguing which is when their little daughter appears in the doorway and as she calls, 'mummy?' The wife looks reluctant when the husband attempts to go near the daughter as she knows that he has killed someone. The daughter is unaware of what is going on around her. This is effective as the audience understand the vulnerability of the child and so they would want her to feel protected.

The camera cuts to the little girl running across the street, we are shown a close up shot of the husband in the car as he looks around worried for his daughter. There is then an extreme close up shot of the girls’ face as she screams as the father unaware of her present in front of him drives towards her which then fades to black not giving too much away. We cut to a missing poster of the little girl. This gets the enigmas starting for the audience such as what’s happened to her? Where is she?

It then juxtaposes to an establishing shot of London which is going to make the trailer look high budgeted for the target audience.