Tuesday 6 March 2012

Developed treatment

Setting
The main setting for our film is going to be the park where Kallam goes to spend time alone by himself and where he can escape the torment which he suffers from the bullies. The park has many different areas, mainly we chose to film at first the swings during the daytime to show Kallam where he feels most comfortable and then the second area being covered in more trees and isolated from the rest of the park which creates tension and gives a sense of danger as it is an secluded area and is also unfamiliar to Kallam which will make him feel uncomfortable and also due to there being more trees in the secluded area, there is less light which gives it an eerie feeling.

Protagonist and antagonist
The protagonist for our film is a weak, geeky sixth former who is bullied which will cause the audience to sympathize with him and also relate to as many people have been bullied in their lives. Throughout the film, the protagonist will be bullied more and more until he is killed and then comes back to life and decides to exact revenge on his tormentors which will cause the audience to like him more as he stands up to the bullies and takes revenge. By the end of the film the protagonist will be an opposition of how he was at the beginning as he becomes the tormentor rather than the tormented.
The antagonists for our film will be three bullies who stick together and torment peoples lives simply out of the pleasure of seeing other people suffer and to make other people feel bad for their own insecurities. They will show their behavior and personality through their actions to intimidate and physically harm their victims. They usually dress in dark clothing to reflect their personalities. 

Three act structure

1. The setup : the set up for our film is, Kallam the protagonist arrives to college and wants to do his work and try to ignore the bullies who constantly harass him. 
2. The setback : Kallam is on the swings at the park where he is free from his tormentors but the antagonists find him and then beat him up and nearly kill him. Then they find him another day and beat him again in a secluded area of the park and kill him for good.
3. The resolution : The protagonist rises from the dead and dons a new identity which he uses to exact revenge on his tormentors and kill them.

Theory :
Binary opposition - The binary opposition we have chosen for our film is weak vs strong and the reason we have chosen this is to show the everyday struggle between weaker people such as victims of bullying and the stronger people who are the bullies. This is a good opposite mainly because the audience can relate to the struggle between the weak and the strong and how the weak can triumph and become the strong through acts of forceful revenge and motivation.

Character type :
In our film the protagonist will be believable to the audience as he will be a victim of bullying which will also cause the audience to feel sympathy for him and want him to take revenge on the bullies and as bullying is a part of most peoples lives, the audience will be able to relate more to him and understand how his feeling throughout the film. The protagonist will soon be killed by his bullies but return to life in order to exact revenge and will then become an anti-hero as he kills the bullies in violent ways and shows no sympathy towards them, the same way they showed none towards him and he will then reflect how the bullies made his life hell but now he is making their lives hell and he will portray conventions of the horror film genre as he will wear a grotesque mask while killing his tormentors in order to show that he has a new identity as a murderer. The antagonists will consist of:
Ehsham - He is the biggest of the three bullies and the most physically intimidating due to size and stature yet is only the wing-man in the group. He likes to verbally taunt the protagonist with insults in order to impress others around him.
Farhan - He is the leader of the group even though he is the smallest in size and he mainly uses mind games to get what he wants from people. The other bullies are afraid of him due to his aggression and fearfulness and is the bully who beats up the protagonist to near death.
Kashif - He is the outcast among the bullies as he goes along with them just so he can fit in with a group. He is the weakest of the three and is the only bully who wants to change his ways and doesn't have any resentment towards the protagonist.

Equilibrium theory

Equilibrium - the protagonist arrives to college and proceeds to do his work as he usually does and gets verbally taunted by the antagonists.
Disequilibrium - The antagonist start physically attacking the protagonist and eventually kill him
New state of equilibrium - Kallam comes back to life in order to exact revenge on the antagonists.