Treatment

Treatment for our short film. 

Audience.  

• Our film will be aimed at people aged 15-40 years old. We believe that this is the correct age range for our film due to the content that it covers such as violence and PTSD. We think that to lower the certificate would be incorrect because some of the strong language and gore that could possibly be featured in the flashback.
• The film will also appeal to people who like drama films, as that is our chosen genre. The use of war relate conventions such as camouflage and guns will draw in an audience who has an interest in the war related genre and the history of conflicts. While the emotional development of our main character, will satisfy those who are looking for a more thought provoking watch. 
• Our main target audience would be females because of the strong female lead. Despite our film having stereotypical male appeal from it's inclusion of action sequences, we believe that our film would also be attractive to women due to the exploration it will have into the different ways in which a woman can be strong. From the strength she has to overcome her emotional distress but also the physical prowess our character would have had to have embodied to go into battle in a war torn country.

Title

• The title of our short film is 'Aftermath', we decidec to call our short film this because it relates to the film. As the lead character is suffering with PTSD after she has come home from Milatry service. The suffering with PTSD is the after effect of Milarty service.

Length

• For the length of our film we had decided to make it five minuets. This will include a begining, middle and end, plus a opening title sequence and closing title sequence.

Distributor 

• We have decided that the best distributor for our film would be 'YouTube' because it's a company that has remained consistently relevant to short filmmakers in sharing their creative projects with people from all over the world. It is a social hub that allows filmmakers to interact with each other and share opinions on their short films that can create the opportunity for it to be shared further but also for creators to make improvements in case our film dosen't make the impact that we initally inteneded it to.

Certificate

We have rated our film '15' this is because of the violence in the flashback scenes and the theme
post-traumatic stress disorder running throughout the film. There is also a chance of swearing in the film.

Synopsis

• The film opens with a title sequence that includes shots of the main character during her time in the War. There is a close up shot of the main character's face where she blinks, this blink is linked to the next shot in which the main character wakes up from her nightmare. She is in her bedroom with her partner and then they go down to the kitchen to have a hot beverage in order to start the day. They are stood together next to the kettle, but when the main character turns around to take the kettle off boil, her partner is now sat at the kitchen table. She goes over with her drink to sit with her partner but just as she's about to sit down, the letterbox goes indicating that the main character has mail. She jumps at the sound of the letterbox and the sound of her phone receiving a text. The text is confirming her appointment for therapy later on in the day. The main character reveals that she doesn't want to go to her therapy and has an argument with her partner about whether she needs support or not. At this point, someone comes to clean the windows and a point of view shot from the cleaner's perspective shows the main character on her own. 
• The next day, the main character starts to make a move to go to her therapy session and is really sensitive about her surroundings despite being accompanied by her partner and reservations about the session. Walking down the street, a balloon pops and makes her jump and walks too close to the road so that the sound of cars passing by makes her flinch. Eventually, she reaches the end of her journey and she walks past a mirrored window when she is called into her appointment. The window reveals what the audience has suspected, the girl is alone, and when she walks into the room she is greeted as an individual.