5 Minute Drama Pre- Production

Treatment

Blurb This five minute sequence is a dark dull and dramatic film. Reality school girl situations taken to the extreme. Full of

Intense and moving moments we can all relate to.

Character biographies Main character, charlotte will be playing ‘Kayla’

Kayla is like any teenage school girl, very independent and enjoys having people around her especially the ones she loves

the most, her boyfriend. Charlotte is portraying a 17 year old girl who’s heart gets broken

by the one she thought most of. Slightly unsociable and over exaggerates every decision she

should have to making the consequences terrifying at risk and daring.

Extra, played by Phele.

Phele plays an extra during this five minute system. He is not an important character at all. He is categorized as a ‘lad’ and is

short tempered when ‘kayla’ bumps into him on purpose. We do not see a lot of him

Storyline Young teenage gets a text in class from her (ex) boyfriend. ‘we’re over’ she over reacts and leaves the class in hysterics. She’s angry frustrated and heart broken. She runs away from college grounds and overdoses on drugs. She wakes up hours

later and then decides she wants to kill herself from all the hallucinations. She jumps off a cliff onto bricks and broken

glass.

BLURB

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHIES

STATEMENT OF INTENT

STORY LINE

It may be hard to admit to someone that you think that you might be bipolar, but it’s even harder to admit it to yourself. As Kayla  receive a break-up text from her boyfriend she spirals out of control and decides to commit suicide, but will she do it.

Kayla was born and raised in the United Kingdom, by a wealthy and loving family, but when she turned eleven years old things took a turn for the worst, as her father lost his business due to bankruptcy and illegal scheming he decided to commit suicide, and when her mother decided to stop him, he ended up kill her, Penny Kayla's older sister) and then himself. From the age of eleven, Kayla found her life change drastically as she had lost both her parents she loved dearly and forced to move into an orphanage, where she was bullied and abused by the other children. Kayla attitude to life started to change as well, she decided that being a good girl was getting her no were, she lost her faith and changed all of her believe for the worst as she started getting in trouble with the police, sleeping around and befriending local yobs.

The main subject of the story is mental illness. I will show this by using only one actor in a dramatic realisation of her insanity, I think that I am the best person to write this story line because I am familiar with a person who suffers from the same mental illness, so I know a lot about it factually and personally.

In the beginning of the story we see a flashback of a girl Running in a traumatic state, but we have no idea how she got to that sate, the story then rewinds to her in a classroom receiving a text message  from her boyfriend say 'were over', she becomes unormally upset and over traumatic (due to her mental condition), she runs to the bathroom, where she attempts to pull herself together, but ends up in a more emotional state, she then runs into the woods where she commits suicide twice, once by taking pill and when that fails, she throws herself over the edge or a cliff. 

Kayla  was born and raised in the United Kingdom, by a wealthy and loving family, but when she turned eleven years old things took a turn for the worst, as her father lost his business due to bankruptcy and illegal scheming he decided to commit suicide, and when her mother decided to stop him, he ended up kill her, Penny Kayla's older sister)    and then himself. From the age of eleven, Kayla  found her life change drastically as she had lost both her parents she loved dearly and forced to move into an orphanage, where she was bullied and abused by the other children. Kayla attitude to life started to change as well, she decided that being a good girl was getting her no were, she lost her faith and changed all of her believe for the worst as she started getting in trouble with the police, sleeping around and befriending local yobs.   

Storyboard

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Film Schedule

Photographs Of costumes/props/locations

Costumes

KAYLA COSTUME-This choice of costume is chosen to fit the stereotype of a modern day teenage girl’s wardrobe

Props

This is the prop used as pills in the suicide scene.

Books and pencil cases are carried and used by Kayla through the first sequence of the short film

Locations All these locations are chosen as there obvious and recognisable college locations, and would be obvious to the audience

Floor/Location Plan

Floor plan for the classroom, that the classroom scene will be shot in

Floor plan for the Rother field toilets, that the toilet scene will be shot in

Script

Script. Five minute drama. Fade in

Computer screen, words appearVoiceover –

‘ that’s me lying there breathless and unmoving. I have left your world to embark into a time and space I know nothing of. Do you want to know how

I got here? Was it worth it?’  

*peaceful piano music begins*EXT. Woods. Zoom .

Camera slowly zooms out looking we see treesCut

EXT. WOODS. DAYGround shot

Various shots of the woods and ‘Kayla’ lying on the ground

 

Tile credit – The beginning of the end. 

Kayla receives an unexpected text and rushes to get to the toilets leaving

her classroom.Kayla drops all her things on the floor but continues running in

hystericsKayla sits on toilet crying

INT. Toilets. DAYGround shot of toilets

*crying* 

Cut EXT. College pathway. DAY

Kayla walks out of college grounds in aggression she slowly starts picking up speed until she’s in the woods where she lets out all her anger by

screaming.*screams*

 CUT 

EXT. WOODS. NIGHTKayla wakes up from her 3 hour sleep and takes some pills that make her

hallucinate. She stands on the top of a log and throws herself off

committing suicide. Close upLong shot

Extreme long shot

Non diegetic music of the copyright free music playing

*pianos* END.

Call sheet

DATES:PROD.#: PRODUCTION TITLE:DIRECTOR: PRODUCER:

CHARACTER NAME

NAME CONTACT NUMBER

Kayla Charlotte Hollis 0778646****

Paul Phele 0776840****

Chris Charlie 0754009****

James Jack 0777152****

Martin matt 078170*****

Annie director / camera man 0787675****

Mood board

Risk assessment

Hazards Who is at risk?

Severity of injury

Chance injury

Risk Control measures

Falling overStanding on sharp objects

Phele , charlotte and

I.

serious likely Medium Wear appropriate clothing and footwear

Falling off the chairDisturbing others

Camera man Not so serious

likely low Make sure no cars/ students are walking past.Create space for the chair to roll and push aside any

stones or twigs that may be in the way.

Tearing of clothing when climbing over gates to get to tennis course

Myself (camera

man)

serious likely high Before filming we will make sure we are aware of anything that could

possibly fall during the filming process. But also clear up anything lying

around so we do not step on them when filming.

Wear appropriate footwear.Wear appropriate clothing and possibly bring case for

camera so it doesn’t get damaged. And if

necessarily bring step ladder to help.

Timetable

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Lesson: (1 hr 25)Pre-Production Schedule

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2 EASTER HOLIDAY

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15 EASTER HOLIDAY

16Ideas

17Research

18 19 Treatment

20 21Filming

22editing

23Editing

24 25Editing

26Presenting Rough edits to class.

27 28 29

30 1Extra footage

2 3Editing

4Editing

5 6Pre production

7 8Pre production

9 10Editing

Pre production

Pre production

17Draft film on blog

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