Treatment 2

Treatment 2
Title of the film: DNA-Pocalypse
Duration: 3 minutes
Audience:
Our film is aimed at 12 years to 35 year olds who have an interest in DNA and science-fiction films. Additionally, those who like to think of the idea of a post-apocalyptic area. Stereotypically, males aged 18-25 may like this film as they like survival films and are more active. This results in them being able to position themselves in a character’s shoes. Similar films such as Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later have a similar demographic; young males. The certificate rating of our film is a 12. This is because it had no, or minimum: explicit language, nudity, sex, violence and use of drugs.
Distributor:

The best distributor would be a famous conglomerate. This is due to the fact that the film’s plot is not aimed at anything specifically, it is about something which could happen anywhere, therefore having a distributor with a big budget and a lot of money means it will be distributed to places all over the world. However, one which is mostly suitable is a distributor located in Sheffield known as “Cinema for All”. This is the most suitable as this is located in Sheffield which is not far away from where we are filming our movie. Therefore, this makes it easily accessible for us to get to there and it would not take a lot of time, money and travel. 

These listed films are examples of films which this company have helped to distribute. Additionally, we do not have much experience with filming therefore a more independent film company distributor would be more suitable for us.

Synopsis:

The 3 main characters are sat around a lantern in a caged area, can be set at early morning or mid afternoon. They are talking about how the world went to pot. Then you can hear sirens and devastation in the background. The characters are discussing the law the government passed. The screen will then transition to another scene, flickering transition, to a new room where a scientist is talking to the camera about the new law that everyone must give a sample of their DNA to the officials who will use it to help prevent crime (this will be filmed in a dark room with only 1 light on the scientist). The camera then fades back to the main characters sat around a lantern. They then talk about rioting and, looting as the people were not happy with the new law that was passed. The scene then cuts to shaky footage of people rioting and a mad upheaval with dust fliying around then the screen fades to black. When it cuts back the camera then cuts to footage (looking through a man’s eyes) as he’s stumbling towards the group in the cage. We then see a hand grabbing one of the cage and they turn around and scream. The camera then does a shot reverse shot of the person whom the hand belongs too and it’s a clone of the same person. With the camera placed on the floor looking up at his clone, the camera is drifting in and out of focus. The camera then re focuses on the rest of the characters (shot reverse shot) looking at how frightened they are. Then all of a sudden the screen fades to black.

 

Suggested elements: We have shot our film using different filters on our shots. TV footage of new interviews. Having a point of view shot from something that isn’t human. This is different as usually the camera shows the ideas and thoughts of characters or it shows the characters in a 3^rd person perspective.