Treatment Update

The set up for our film opening is set in a park. We decided that the wooded area for the film would create a tense atmosphere as it invites the emotion of being scared into the audience as they know that the woods is a quiet,isolated and threatening place to be, especially in the dark. Also the horror genre portrays the woods as scary because in most horror films people usually get killed in the woods, for example "The Blair Witch Project". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Hw4bAUj8A

It is set in the woods because it's the ideal place for camping and the audience wont suspect anything.

The Equilibrium in our film is the beginning, where everything is normal. The diserquilibrium is what sets the characters off on the adventure and thats usually where the problem lies, for example in Shrek the diserquilibrium is where he goes on an adventure with the donkey to save princess Fiona.



In our film the diserquilibrium is when the geeky kid (Scott) asks the popular girl (Chelsea) out on a date but she rejects him and then humilates him in front of everyone, then he plans revenge when he is invited to join a group of friends, including the popular girl on a camping trip. The new state equilibrium is the ending of the film and how the characters change throughout the ending.

In our film, the protagonist is Chelsea, who portrays herself as the popular beautiful girl who has a mean streak and a history for breaking boys hearts. Her character changes throughout the film and realises life is not just about her. Towards the end of the film, she portrays herself as the hero/heroine because she tries to solve the murders and goes out of her way to try and find out who his identity is. She also realises that its not just her and her friends at stake, its the whole community.
The adversy in our film is scott, at the beginning of the film he shows himself as being a bit of a geek with no friends, but then the audience see him as a completely different character in the middle of the film. The theory of our film is based on friendship, but with a twist of humliation and love.

The 3 act structure for our film "When The Clock Strikes 12" invoves:

• The set up- In our film its the setting which is the park/woods.
• The set back which is when a character is killed due to mistaken identity.
• The resolution which is the ending, e.g. solving the murders,running away from the killer screaming and shouting and trying to save your own life and others by fighting off the killer and winning.

The Character types for our film are the hero which is Cheslea, because she tries to stop the killer and save everybody, the villian is Scott because when he gets rejected by the popular girl, its the final straw for him so he decides he wants revenge which is what our film is really about. The hero helper (sidekick) in our film is myself because in the film i follow the hero on her adventure to stop the killer and im there to support the hero but also the back her up when things go wrong.

2001-Shrek-Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson.

1999-Blair Witch Project-Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrek

http://www.afi.com/10top10/animation.html