Treatment

Title: The Undisclosed

Duration: 5 minutes

Audience: My film will be rated at 15 Certificate. My film will be similar Shutter Island, Gone Baby Gone and The Black Dahlia. It will be aimed at 15 to 30 years old who are interested in mystery or whodunit films with an updated character base. Our film will be aimed at both males and females because there will be 4 main characters 2 male and 2 females.

Synopsis: My storyline for my five minute short film will centre around 4 main characters who are potential suspects in a murder enquiry. The film will start with 5 characters all successful in 5 areas, but one is suddenly killed. The man killed is a rich banker. As the only other people in the house at the time of murder are the 4 they are instantly suspected. One female character is celebrity magazine editor (Lucy), the other is a model (Kira), the first male character is a footballer (Matt) and the other an actor (Jake). They all know each other through various means and have gathered together on this evening to celebrate the rich banker (Ryan) new lucrative deal. When Ryan is killed the detective in charge identifies a reason why each of the four would have attempted to kill Ryan. Lucy is having a relationship with Jake that must be kept under wraps for both their careers, although Jake secretly wants people to know they both have motive as Ryan minutes before his death found this information out. Also Lucy had some information on Ryan that could have ruined his lucrative deal so this is another motive. Kira the model had motive as she had a relationship with Ryan that turned bitter, she thinks that somehow his success has stemmed from their relationship and she wants a cut of his new found wealth. Matt the footballer has reason to kill Ryan because the both spend time with the same group of people, but when Matt cheated on his then girlfriend Ryan rejected him from the group and this act has been held personally by Matt so again he had the motive. The inspector must then establish each characters motive through a series of flashbacks and uncover the one murderer. Through these flashbacks the inspector relives each characters’ hatred of Ryan, which then helps the inspector establish the murderer. The murderer is a dominant character that knows that by killing Ryan they can solve their ‘problem’ by eliminating Ryan.

Suggested Elements: The unique selling point of my film is the murder mystery theme because this is an updated version of a old style murder mystery with characters that are more relevant to current times. This should attract people because there will be an element of suspense as well as the audience trying to work out who the killer is.