Treatment - Full Film

Introduction:
Our film is an urban drama, inspired by films such as Shifty and Taken. A mixture of drug-fuelled twists and turns along with a touching story of a brothers devotion, makes this a must see for the majority of society today.

Title:

Our film will be called ‘LiFE’ due to the issues it covers, which could become reality for anyone without warning.

Audience:

The audience for our film is people mainly aged 15 to 50 who enjoy gripping, heart-warming stories with a sinister twist. People who enjoy related films such as Shifty and Taken may be interested to watch as it covers some of the basic elements of each without being a blatant copy. The certificate of 15 was chosen so that we can include some scenes involving drug use, kidnapping and strong violence, which may appeal to the more desensitised audience who prefer grungy, urban and realistic scenarios to glitzy Hollywood fakeries. A male audience would probably be more suited to watch the film due to the violent nature of some scenes and the overall theme, drugs. On the other hand there is something for everyone in our film, which makes it appeal to infinitely larger audience.

Duration:

The duration of our film will be about 80 to 100 minutes long, as this gives us time to work in a gripping introduction, an edge-of-your-seat main body and an ending where all narrative threads are tied up.

Synopsis:
“Our drug-fuelled crime thriller, follows the story of two brothers – Jake and Kyle Miller from Barnsley – who’s previously divorced Dad was believed to have mysteriously died when Jake was just 7 years old and Kyle was 12. Having no mother figure to support them, and little money left to them by their father, they struggled through homelessness and living in shelters for the most part of their young lives.

The story picks up when Kyle wins £25,000 on the National Lottery, which his brother Jake has always been reluctant to take part in. Jake is now 17, and Kyle is 22.

Needing at least £2,000 more in order to finally buy themselves a small 2 bedroom flat, Jake turns to small-time drug dealing, in order to quickly raise the money they need. Jake tells Kyle that he’s got a low-paying job, which has provided the extra money they needed, although Kyle remains suspicious of his brother.

On a dark night in a quieter part of town, Jake is kidnapped without any evidence left behind or any witnesses to the crime. After receiving a ransom letter from Jake’s kidnappers, demanding the £25,000 they were going to put to a flat, Kyle then finds out his brother’s secret drug dealing ways, and goes on the hunt to rescue him, being warned that Jake will be killed immediately if anyone else gets involved.

The film then follows Kyle on his hunt for his brother – the only family he has ever really known – as he travels from town to town to save Jake.

The twist in the story later reveals that it was in fact the brothers' father (Brian Miller) who kidnapped Jake after Brian faked his own death once he became involved in heavy drug dealing issues himself. The whole idea behind the kidnapping was to try and shake him out of the shady world of drug dealing, but was it successful, or is Jake on a set path in a downward spiral?”

Suggested Elements:

There are many things that set our film apart from others. The first one of which is the motion tracked text in the title sequence. This is not a common effect in films these days, with most directors opting for static text or motion graphics. Secondly, the film burns between clips make the final product look more professional, and make the piece look more interesting, and in turn keep the viewer interested for longer.