LO1: Treatment for Silent Captive

The treatment was written by Louis Norton:

Title:
Silent Captive

Narrative:
A 17 year old boy goes into a forest to look for his dead (Not known to the audience) brother, leading him down a dillusional path in his efforts to find him.

Synopsis:
A 17 year old boy, Sam Brandon, has been missing  for 9 months. His younger brother brother Oscar Brandon decides to go into the forest to find out what happened to him. Oscar is tormented by moments where his dead brother talks to him. Oscar has a strange conversation with his brother Sam where Sam tells him not to find him in the forest. Oscar goes to the forest anyway and starts hallucinating badly, he can see and hear something following him and chasing him out of the forest. He manages to find his brother who has been killed by wild dogs.Oscar falls unconcious and wakes up on a baron hillside where the 'forest' was supposed to be, his father finds him.

Genre:
The genre of this short film is going to be a psychological thriller due to the dark tones the forest will give off to the audience, it also has a theme of hallucinations which plays on the protagonist's mind and making him go crazy which would apply to the psychological aspect of the film


Characters:

• Protagonist, Oscar Brandon: A deeply troubled teenager. He is completely wrapped up in his unrest and is constantly agitated; the loss of his brother hit him hard and he hates that people are trying to move on from his death. He is so struck with torment that he struggles to accept that his brother is dead, and regularly talks to/ sees him in visions that have increasingly enveloped his psyche. When the film starts Oscar is determined to go back to the forest where he and his brother were attacked by a pack of wild dogs and only one of them survived. Part of him hopes Sam is still alive somehow. 
• Sam Brandon: His slightly older brother who was very close to Oscar. He is portrayed only through Oscar's hallucinations. One side of the hallucinations presents Sam as clear-headed and doesn't hold a grudge against Oscar; in fact he dissuades Oscar from going to the forest to look for him and pushes him to move on from the death. In Oscar's head, Sam's other personality is 'trapped' in the forest and hates Oscar for leaving him there. He wants Oscar to pay for what he did and succeeds in making him feel guilty. This side of him is presented as dangerous and possibly violent.  
• The Forest: Ominous… Sinister… Ghoulish… 
  It gives the impression that something horrid happened here… or will. 
• Concerned Stranger: Notices that Oscar seems distressed in the park and politely checks if he is okay 
• Mr. Brandon: Finds his son Oscar after he escapes from the forest and remarks that the forest was cut down months ago, implying that he imagined the whole scenario.

Required crew:

• The actors, who will act in the film; The people who play Oscar and Sam Brandon will have to have a resemblance in looks and age (16-17). The concerend stranger will be played by a male, age may vary. The father to the brothers will be played by a middle-aged male.
• Director, who will direct the scenes accordingly.
• Camera and lighting person, will work with the camera shots and movement, may also work with the lighting too.
• Soundman, will work the microphone and sound quality when filming.
• Make-up and costume, works with the way someone looks if they have to look a particular way in a shot.
• Editor, they organise the footage in the order it needs to be, normally following the storyboard.
• Visual effects editor, they make and add visual effects to the film, if it's necessary.
• Sound and Music editor, they edit the sound so it's suitable for the film and fit's in properly. 
• Propmaster, this person will create the prop (e.g. The time travel device) and also make sure all the props are provided for the filming.

Required equipment:

• Camera - Canon DSLR 650D
• Microphone - Rode Videomic Pro R
• Pop Filter - For the microphone
• Props - The time travel device
• The tripod and track - Gives more stable shots / More mobile and stable.
• SD Card - To store your footage and projects on.
• iMac - Use for Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Audition and Photoshop.

Production schedule

Activity	Duration	Resources	Contingencies
Make the treatment for the film. Including the title, genre, narrative, synopsis, the characters, crew needed, equipment needed and suggested locations of shooting.	30 Mins	Microsoft Word and PC.	Save treatment in a backup storage.
Make the production schedule for the film.	15 Mins	Microsoft Word and PC.	Save Production Schedule in a backup storage.
Write the Script.	1 Hour	Microsoft Word and PC.	Save Script in a backup storage.
Create the Storyboard.	1 Hour	Paper, Pencil, Pen, Printer and PC.	Scan the storyboards and save in a backup storage.
Make a Recce form and recce the locations I want to shoot at.	1 Hour +	Microsoft Word, PC Printer, pen and transport.	Scan and save the recce forms on backup storage. If weather conditions are too poor to recce, rearrange a new day,
Create a Risk assessment based on the risks examined in the recce and also risks to equipment and crew.	30 Mins	Microsoft Word and PC.	Save the Risk Assessment in a backup storage.
Create location release form and get permission from the owner of the owned/private land I am shooting on.	30 Min	Microsoft Word, PC and Email contact of land owner.	Save the Location Release form on a backup storage
Create a consent and release form to get permission to use the actor in my film.	30 Min	Microsoft Word, PC and Email Contact of Actors.	Save the consent and release form on a backup storage.
Create a Call Sheet to arrange the shootings of scenes for the crew.	15 Mins	Microsoft Word and PC.	Save the Call sheet on a backup storage.
Shoot the scenes for the film	2 Hours +	Canon DSLR 650D, SD Card, Tripod, Rode Videomic Pro R and props	Save the footage on backup storage ASAP, bring a backup SD Card and battery.

Suggested locations:

•  Burbage forest: The forest the protagonist searches for his brother in.
• Millhouses park: A setting for a scene where the brothers talk.
• Ringinglow Road: A road the protagonist walks to the forest on.
• A house (Yet to be established): The protagonists house.