Concepts & Treatment
In this section we had to produce multiple movie concepts that we developed for the purpose of using them in future tasks such as in the pre-production and production stage.
Film Concepts
Here, we used the website Prezi.com to produce an interactive and interesting slideshow in order to display our concepts. We kept the color scheme the same as our website's in order to create a sense of continuity between our production company and and our concepts.
Although our ideas are being displayed here, they are subject to modification as we carry on through the project to further suit our final product.
Although our ideas are being displayed here, they are subject to modification as we carry on through the project to further suit our final product.
Concept One: VanityFilm name: Vanity
Tagline: Vanity will kill your sanity. Sub-genre: Psychological/Gore Theme/s: Obsession Synopsis: They always said vanity was a deadly sin, and after "vanity kills his sanity", Ed Morte finds himself severely submerged in his morbid fantasies to change the worlds perception of beauty. Release Date: 2016 |
Concept Two: The PresidentFilm name: The President
Tagline: One by one they'll all fall down. Sub-genre: Horror/Thriller Theme/s: Survival/Revenge/Power Synopsis: All seemed well until the eradication of teenagers became the government's top priority. The app "Snapchat" starts to trend and President Ian Conner uses this to his advantage. It's only a matter of time before they all disappear. Will anyone be able to stop him? Release Date: 2016 |
Final Concept
This section is where we received various amounts of constructive criticisms from our peers. This was done to help us gain an idea of which concept we will be producing.
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Vanity |
The President |
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Treatment
In this section we had to create a poster displaying all the information that makes up our film. The treatment was split into nine main parts: Synopsis, Inferred meaning, About, Film, Propp's theory, Tagline, Unique selling point, Props, and Todorov's theory.
Final Treatment
Movie Title |
Character Profiles |
The movie title is "Vanity", it is the the focal point of the entire page as it has been drawn in a bigger font and at a much bigger scale than the rest of the text found on the treatment. I choose to draw the text with a dripping effect so that it could represent gore and blood. This specific font was also chosen as it is more visually appealing.
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For this section I used Propp's theory to present the main characters. Here we used both visual and verbal communication to give more in-depth and detailed information to our audience about our characters
Our characters: 1. Ed Morte - Antagonist 2. Alysia Cahill - Protagonist 3. Jennaly Hill - Stock character (Alysia's friend) |
Film Influences |
Props |
In this section the films that inspired the major parts of the movie where put here. This section is significant as they enabled us to further develop our concepts by posing as the foundation for all our ideas.
Film Influences: 1. Hostel 2. Texas Chainsaw Massacre |
A large majority of the props were inspired by the film Hostel as various tools were used in the torture scenes to torture the victims, much like how our antagonist Ed disfigures his victims. The weapon's chosen are conventional everyday kitchen utensils such as knives, forks and needles.
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Todorov's theory |
Synopsis |
Todorov's theory was used to determine what would happen at each key stage of the storyline. These events are shown through the equilibrium (start), disequilibrium (Climax), and the resolution (resolved ending).
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The synopsis was also another very important section of the treatment as the entire movie storyline relies on this short piece of writing. He we briefly explain what the storyline of the movie is.
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Inferred Meaning |
Movie details |
The inferred meaning was put on the treatment to give the reader a clear reason behind all the concepts of the movie from the mutilation and disfigurement of Ed and his victims to the social issue involved.
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In this section we give information on the basics of the film such as the target audience, age ratings and so on. We also stated the theme which is obsession shown through the sub-genre's of gore and psychological. Due to the fact that we have chosen to include this, it means that our final product will have to include these themes during the course of the trailer.
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