CHANGING OUR IDEA

We ended up changing our idea last minute because there hasn't been any development on Nyle's idea and we tried to organize a group meeting but not everyone turned up. We chose Carrie's idea & it's now developed and it's possible to film it.

Treatment

Working Title: Whirlwind

Length: 5 mins

Hook paragraph:

A story about  a teenage boy trying to come to terms with the feeling of love towards a girl. A journey about how he struggles to figure out how to feel with pure infatuation and desire which he has never experienced due to a sheltered life.

Narrative Development:

Beginning: 

The story begins by introducing Flynn, a teenage boy. A natural introvert and unpopular, Flynn narrates a story about love and fantasy. Flynn leads a troubled home life and his parents are in the midst of a messy divorce due to infidelity and secrets.

The story starts by him walking out of his house, you can hear shouting in the background. We then see him journey in to Sheffield whilst daydreaming/narrating about his life and how he feels about topics such as love and societal norms.

He constantly points out that his life hasn’t been ideal and he’d rather not talk to anyone – choosing to spend his time alone with his thoughts in scenic locations – drawing and writing despite living in the hustle and bustle of a city. We journey with him as he explains his life up to now and how he hopes to move away. In the city we get more darker as we enter the city (Sheffield). No one notices he’s there but he doesn’t mind. In the city he waits at a bus stop for a bus to the countryside and suddenly you can hear his heartbeat – he sees a beautiful girl in a red coat approaching him. She introduces herself – Flynn looks amazed.

Middle: 

We notice an obvious jump in time. A montage of Lily dragging Flynn around from the city to the countryside it shows how they’ve come together and how close they have become. Accompanied by music. Flynn explains his time with Lily and their whirlwind romance. She becomes his muse, he spends all his time writing about her and drawing her.  Flynn explains his infatuation with her and talks about his new emotion – love.

Lily and Flynn are now in the woods laid next to each other – Flynn listens intently to Lily as she talks about how her parents are also divorcing and how she has to move.  This rocks Flynns world. Lily explains how they need to appreciate what’s around them and that nothing lasts forever.

End: 

Flynn gives Lily a collection of drawings and poems as she gets ready to move.  We see a montage of Lily and Flynn tells us what love is and how it’s changed him as a person. Lily kisses Flynn and tells him to appreciate every moment and see the good in the bad. Lily drives off. Flynn returns home and hears quiet and tranquility when walking towards his house.  Flynn smiles – he holds a picture of Lily in his hand. The story focuses on seeing things positive makes you more optimistic.

Style:

Visually similar to “Submarine” by Richard Ayoade.

Heavily narrated by Flynn.

Vintage/sepia effect so it’s slightly off colour to give warmer tones, especially to the montage and woodland scenes.

Red is a main colour that stands out to represent love and warmth. Red is prominent on Lily, as she wears the colour.

16:9 Letterboxed for a more cinematic feel.

Soft yet upbeat music through ought the montage sequences.  This really stands out with only little dialogue in these scenes.

Lots of wide shots to make the characters stand out.

Strange effects when Flynn daydreams about Lily. E.g. Kaleidoscope.

Audience:

16+ though mainly aimed at teenagers.

Both male and female.

Working Class

Would be more of an independent feature – shown on Film 4.

Roles

Director - Carrie Marples
Producer - Carrie Marples
Cinematographer - Myles Chimutanda
Sound recorder - Chris Kelly
Editor - Myles Chimutanda
Sound design - Nyle Roberts and Myles Chimutanda

We slightly changed our roles since we had changed the idea.