The Treatment!

The theme of my film is to 'becareful of what choices you make'. I've chosen this as the theme because the main plot of my story is about a young teenager who is consumed with a certain way of life, and it eventually becomes the death of him.

There is also a theme of going on a journey, in the sense that the central character starts off as a boy following the crowd, and takes a journey to become a man trying to stand on his own. There are binary oppositions that can be shown in my film, but there are clear ones that can be shown through my teaser trailer which are; working classhigher/middle class, followersleaders, there is also a binary opposition represented in the central character, as his personality changes throughout the story as he first starts out as cowardly, but then becomes brave.



The core characters are as follows:

The Protagonist - Jonny, 17. He is the central character in the film, he begins as a follower trying to fit in with the crowd, and impress the 'top boy' of the firm. He knows what he does is wrong, but is desperate to feel apart of something. His quest within the story is to get out of his way of life, because he can't stand the drugs or violence. He does achieve this goal, but it's short lived as he is killed for finally being brave enough to leave the firm.



The Adversary - Tony, 21. He's the leader of the firm, or reffered to as 'top boy'. He is dedicated to football, and believes once your in, there's no way out. He is a very aggressive character, and bullies people into seeing his way. He sees Jonny as a project, and moulds him into his own clone, he begins as a mentor to him, keeping him very close, and getting him involved in everything the top boys do. But turns into his adversary once Jonny tries to escape his lifestyle, and his goal then becomes the desperate urgency to kill Jonny - which he does achieve.

I've chosen not give my central character a love interest, because i want there to be more of a focus on his journey through the film. There is also the character of Jonny's father, who isn't really going to be shown in teaser trailer, but he is an authoritive figure, who tries to help his son escape the ways of hooligan life.

For the setting of my film, i've had to think very carefully, because i'm setting it in the 1980's, so this restricts me from being able to film in public, because the people and surroundings will be in a modern time. So i've chosen deserted areas such as fields, and i've also chose to do filming inside a house. This creates research work for me to do, so i can see what a house would look like in the 1980's, so i can recreate it as best as i can. Pictures of the setting will be added in due course.

The set up of my film is a young teenager loving his life, going to the football every weekend, having older friends, feeling apart of something.
The set back is that he realises how dangerous his lifestyle is, and wants to escape it, but it's not that easy and ends up trying to hide from the 'top boy'
The resolution is that he is finally caught, and killed.