LO2 Treatment a pitch to a TV channel

Treatment – a pitch to a TV channel

(SELL YOUR IDEA _ quick synopsis of narrative and character appeal; target audience; time slot; channel)

Our group sat together and started the treatment but I added more of my own details to it.

In our story there is a young girl aged 18 and she is going though a lot in life, with exams; keeping up with her school life and home life however she has also got a personal problem where a guy who really likes her is trying to win her but because she has so much going on in her life she isn’t willing to let him into her life. The story is based on real life situations, which most young girls or even boys are face to face with. The name of our group single camera production is “Stepping into the Light”. We thought that this title would suit the story because it indicates to the viewer that this story is about coming out of your shell and standing up for what you think is the right thing to do. The thing that makes you happy

The story is set in an African household, we thought our story would be more effective if we showed our audience a different side of a typical kind of environment that would be normal advertised to the general public and around globally. So this single camera production will be based on perceiving a different type of view on a stereotypical kind of story that our audience would expect, this will make them more eager to watch our short single camera production. Our single camera production has a bit of a twist to it, we tried to come up with a conclusion to our story and we thought the best way to do that would be to have a dramatic cliff hanger leaving the audience wanting to see more; so we decided as a group that we would convey a message that would really question the audience is understanding on life and how precious it is.

Our target audience is mainly aimed at teens, but anyone can watch it. We decided our main target audience would be teens because we think this type of drama would interest our target audience, which would mean that they would want to carry on watching our single camera production which would mean that we get more views and becomes more popular, the more popular our single camera production gets the more sponsors so our crew can carry on making 'Stepping Into The Light'.

LO2 Synopsis

Synopsis

(Overview of story – generally what happens – how does the story unfold? Who are the heroes/ villains/ damsel/ hero’s helper/ dispatchers?)

Overview:

·      A purpose or objective; to make people, and our target audience aware of the situations like the one we are illustrating, happen and need to be taken seriously

·      A target audience; our target audience would have to be girls, who are teenagers

·      Subjects; marriage, life is short, and decision-making

Our single drama “stepping into the light”, target audience of our single drama is teenagers but this storyline is mainly aimed at girls as they can relate to it also parents who depend on their children in becoming something high in the environment as well as being a role model and a “Show of Prize” to other parent in the same community.   We think that our audience will want to watch this single drama because they will relate to it; also their parents might think about the difficult situations they could put their children, this drama series was also built to make parents and careers aware of the difficult situations they could put their children in; in the near distant future. This drama will be a good example to those parents that force their children so much they end up losing them or destroying them. This becomes a very hard situation for both the parents and the individual that it is happening upon. 

                                       

There are 3 different types of subjects in our single drama one would be

· Decision making

We came up with the idea with this being on of the subjects we could have used because in our storyline, the main character and the sub characters a faced with many decisions that they have to face in order to settle an agreement and for things to go back to normal.

·  Marriage

This subject links in with the main storyline, which is to do with a young girl getting forced into marriage at a very young age.

·   Life is too short

We came up with subject when we thought of having the idea of showing our intended audience how sort life can be and that we should make every second count.

Our story has todrov’s theory which tells us that in our story has an

·      Equilibrium

In our story our equilibrium would have to start off with a girl, named Aisha who lives as an only child and is living in a happy and loving environment with her family until it all goes wrong for her

·      Disruption of Equilibrium

One day she over hears her parents talking and they find out some information that could change their perspective on their daughter’s life, this leads them to make drastic measures; her parents come to the conclusion of her getting married off and staring a new life.  A letter was posted in their letterbox, which showed pictures of her; her father comes across these pictures

·      Recognition of the disruption

Then Aisha finds out that her family know about her being cyber bullied online by random people she doesn’t know, she feels ashamed, this then means that she has to figure out what she should do to convince them not to get her married off, she tries to explain to them that she wants to carry on studying and go into university and starting working.

·      Attempt to repair the damage

She talks to her parents and then her parents decide that she has no choice when it comes to her getting married off, this leads to them getting angry and arguing and creating conflict between the family, this then leads to her running away

·      New Equilibrium

As she is running away, she tries to cross the street, then gets run over by a care. Her parents watch her get hit by the car. This leads to her dying, which creates a new equilibrium.

LO2 Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment

Hazard:	Cause of Harm:	Likelihood of events:	Subject to harm:	How much harm:	Resolution:
Stairs:	The stairs might have spillages and water or any other types of water fluids could be on the floor.	There could be incidents that could occur, but if the area is cleaned toughly regularly that is unlikely	the actors that could be on set, the camera crew and any other member of staff on set	Subject could get a sprained ankle or could break some bones depending on how slippery the surface is	Make records of any spillage that is found and will show who and when cleaned the spillage
Fighting on set:	On set this could be a physical fight with punching or any other way of physical abuse, sharp objects could be involved	Unlikely as mats and other useful equipment that will be used to ensure the actors and actresses are safe.	When warda’s character is being run over by a car, we will ensure warda’s safety, while on set	Cuts and bruises might occur	Place mats which she can fall on will be on set and she will be wearing protective clothing just in case.
The weather:	Rain, hail stones can occur since we live in the UK  we can’t be dependent on the weather	There is less likely to be accidents while shooting because we must insure all actors/ actresses are safe	Actors/ actresses on set	Could cause a lot of bruising and sore limbs and the surfaces could be very slippery and dangerous	We will only start shooting when the weather is suitable and predicted to be good
Criminals:	When it comes to equipment on set, camera props and other sharp objects	Very unlikely as each location we go to there will be security. But in our local locations it is open to youths and thugs	Camera crew and other staff on set	Cuts bruises and/ stabbing of knifes	We will have security, neighborhood watch and other types of staff that will make sure that anyone who isn’t supposed to be on set isn’t there.

Storyboard
(include clear directions for shot sizes and angles e.g. ES; low CU; canted MS; LS etc.)

(Our storyboard is on paper and needs to be scanned)

Camera diagrams highlighting camera set ups
(where will the camera be set up on a particular scene)

Needs to be scanned and uploaded. 

LO3 Production Schedule

Production Schedule

Week 1:

We will first; shoot the opening scene, which is basically the main character going in and out of her home, having a normal day

Props; car, mobile

We will also shoot the last scene while we are doing our opening; our last scene consists of a car running over the main character

Props; a car (which we will ask a family friend to drive)

Week 2:

During this week we will shoot scenes 2,3,4 and five

Which basically consist of a dialogue between the 3 characters and dialogue between 2 characters either way. We will start to edit what we already have just so we can see how much more we need and what else we need to add.

Week 3:

This week we should be in the editing process or it should be finishing editing. Which should take at least 2-3 days if not atleast 4 days and we should be done. However if it ain't done by then we will have to come back after school to make sure its complete. 

Camera Shots

These are the different types of camera angles that can be used in a video. 

This is a Close up shot would be used during half way in the film making.

This is a extreme long shot is usually used in the beginning of a film.

This is a mid-shot could be at the beginning end or even in the middle.

This is a high angle shot which would be used in the middle end of a filming shot.

This is a low angle shot which would be used around the middle of the filming.

This is an angle that is used during conversation it is called other the shoulder shot which always stays within the 180 degree line. 

This is a two shot where it shows a kinda mid shot close up of two walking this would usually be in the beginning or end of a film. 

LO2 Evidence of ONE of your group’s idea being developed – Mind Map

Evidence of ONE of your group’s idea being developed – Mind Map
(it could be a combination of the best ideas)

The ideas we all pitched to each other we all combined into one big idea were we came up with our final group idea. However the idea we came up with is done on paper so below you will find the copies. 

Our Final Idea:

Visual MOOD board for your single camera production

Genre conventions for your single camera production

(list the genre conventions of your production – does your single camera drama conform or challenge the conventions?)

Our production is a DRAMA ROMANCE