Film Treatment

Character Profiles

Brian Kennedy, 47

Susannah Kennedy, 42

Mary Kennedy, 17

Morris Kennedy, 9

Brian: What everyone would perceive as an everyday family man, he has a secure job with a respectful firm. He is friendly and popular within his friend group. Brian sometimes finds it difficult to speak out when something is wrong and struggles to express his opinion sometimes. The only thing that really matters to Brian is his family, which is why it is such a shock when he brutally murders them. He is of an average height and build with grey hair and brown eyes. He is 47 years old.

Susannah: Caring and genuine, Susannah is loved by all who know her. She is be perceived as the perfect mother and in a lifelong marriage of 20 years which is envied by many. She enjoys cooking for her friends and has an impeccable taste for fine wines.  She stands at 5”8 and has a big heart.

Mary: She is everything to be expected of a teenage girl. She loves socialising with her friends, listening to chart music and going clubbing. She regularly goes to her best friend Lucy’s house that lives nearby. She falls out with her little brother Morris on a regular basis, but deep down, she loves him. Her appearance is quite striking, she is blonde and slim and very pretty.

Morris:  He is 9 years old and enjoys playing football with his dad, hanging out at the park with his friends and playing Xbox. He is academically challenged but makes up for it with his charming personality. He hates his name because he gets bullied for it at school. He is about 5 foot tall with blonde hair and a big build. 

Location

Church

Park

House

Alleyway

The introductory scene will be filmed in a church, at night in candlelight. We will see Brian kneeling on the floor praying, in dire need for repentance.

The park will be used to film Morris playing with his friends on the swings, before they leave him and then when he is alone being spied on.

The house will be used to film Susannah in her home with Brian drinking wine, and then perhaps later when she is found dead.  (Undecided as of yet).

The alleyway will be used to film Mary walking home at night from her friends; it will be the place of her murder.

Codes and Conventions

In our thriller we will be using the following techniques:

·         Tracking

·         POV shots

·         Reveals

·         Eerie, tense music

·         Low key lighting

·         Jump cuts

·         Face paced editing

·         Silence

·         Exaggerated sound

·         Flashbacks

·         Red Herrings

·         Pursuits

·         Morally complex characters

·         Principle of concealment

Name ideas for our film

1.      Crazed  (1)

2.      Hunted  (1)

3.      The Sinner  (5)

4.      Repentance (2)

5.      The One Who Sinned  (1)

6.      Take Me With You  (3)