Synopsis
A synopsis is a short description of the main happenings in the film. The synopsis will include the main characters and their relationships and conflicts.
Film creators read this to decide wether they want to create this film or not.
I am writing a synopsis so people that have no idea about the film can get a brief idea and may be encouraged to watch it.
Film creators read this to decide wether they want to create this film or not.
I am writing a synopsis so people that have no idea about the film can get a brief idea and may be encouraged to watch it.
This is my first attempt at a synopsis and logline.
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I was told that my first attempt was too complicated and I had to make it more simple. Another criticism I was given was it being too long. I got carried away and forgot it was a two minute opening. My group and I then sat down and discussed how we could improve and make it more simple.
Below is my final synopsis.
Below is my final synopsis.
I chose to cut the number of girls down to two because I needed to be realistic and think about making the opening simple. I changed the subject of letters to Facebook. I did this because Facebook is something people use more often and would give a better affect to the audience. I have kept the idea of Leila being in a coma due to a car accident as I think this works well. To make it better I will make a sound match with a car crash sound and dropping of shocked Olivia's mug. I have kept the opening of the sub genre of Yurie by keeping Leila in a coma. She is in a coma due to a curse coming back to haunt her.
The Treatment
A treatment is like a short story. It is a more descriptive version of the synopsis. It is used to summarise the plot and the characters in detail.
I am making a treatment to structure my opening, so when it comes to making the script and opening I know exactly what is going on.
I am making a treatment to structure my opening, so when it comes to making the script and opening I know exactly what is going on.
Below is my groups first try at the treatment.
This is our retry of the treatment. We have changed some things to improve it.
We changed the treatment slightly as our one before was confusing and to have a successful opening the treatment must be simple. Our treatment had over 200 shots, this is ridiculusly too much so we cut the number of shots right down. We thought that tricking the audience in thinking Leila dies from falling down the stairs is good because it shocks the audience and begins to build tension.
We changed the name from 'The Postman' to 'Tagged', we did this as we thought the word 'Postman' would confuse the audience and make them think it's about receiving post. We did some market research and asked our fellow students for their opinion on the name of it. They came up with 'Who's tagged' 'Your tagged' and 'The tagging'. However we chose 'Tagged' we thought this was more appropriate because it relates to Leila being tagged in a post on Facebook, it is also short and snappy which will interest the audience.
We changed the name from 'The Postman' to 'Tagged', we did this as we thought the word 'Postman' would confuse the audience and make them think it's about receiving post. We did some market research and asked our fellow students for their opinion on the name of it. They came up with 'Who's tagged' 'Your tagged' and 'The tagging'. However we chose 'Tagged' we thought this was more appropriate because it relates to Leila being tagged in a post on Facebook, it is also short and snappy which will interest the audience.
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