Drama Project- Treatment

Programme: Drama Film ‘Journey’

Pitch - 
This film charts an ordinary day, in the life of an ordinary man, and the decision he takes to escape his ordinary life forever.

Fed up with the relentless monotony of his humdrum life, and the relentless nagging from his humdrum wife, one man decides enough is enough and decides that the time has come to make a change.

“Today is the first day of the rest of his life.”


Duration: 1 X 5 minutes
Independent production suitable for evening screening on BBC4, Channel 4 short films strands, SKY Arts, competitions, festivals and webcast.

Format: Snappy, quick edits (Edgar Wright style), dual cameras, shot on location. Extensive postproduction.

Audience: Teenagers and adults.

Aim : The aim of the film is to be optimistic and show how a person can alter the course of their life and regain the control of their own destiny that they once thought was lost to them.

Resumé: The film address social issues of repression, and dissatisfaction and show how one man changes his life for the better.

Suggested Elements: The programme will use the depiction of early morning sunlight and the outside world beyond the windows of the character’s home and office to depict the entrapment that he feels. Use of colour and lighting will highlight the drab interior confined world that he spends the majority of his daily life in and the struggles and monotony that he faces every day.

The end scene will be ultra colourful to highlight his escape and his new journey in life and his new adventure, free from his trappings.

The carefully considered and manipulated use of sound editing will also build up the struggle of his every day life and then a calming soundtrack over the ending will emphasise the freedom he achieves.

Locations
Three locations:
- Norfolk Park overlooking Sheffield city centre
- Kitchen of working class home
- Office interior

Characters
Three characters:
- man
- wife
- boss

Costumes
- Man: shirt, tie, typical office attire
- Wife: dowdy wife casual, beige / drap colours
- Boss: smarter suit and tie

Props
- Kitchen: cereal, milk bottle, bowl, spoon, clock
- Hall: mirror, keys, bowl
- Office: desktop / workstation items, files, pc, keyboard, phone, mug, pens, stapler, paper, office clock

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