5 Minute Drama Pre-

Production

Treatment

Blurb This five minute sequence is a dark dull and dramatic film.

Reality school girl situations taken to the extreme. Full of

Intense and moving moments we can all relate to.

Character biographies Main character, charlotte will be playing ‘Kayla’

Kayla is like any teenage school girl, very independent and

enjoys having people around her especially the ones she loves

the most, her boyfriend.

Charlotte is portraying a 17 year old girl who’s heart gets

broken by the one she thought most of.

Slightly unsociable and over exaggerates every decision she

should have to making the consequences terrifying at risk and

daring.

Extra, played by Phele.

Phele plays an extra during this five minute system. He is not an

important character at all. He is categorized as a ‘lad’ and is

short tempered when ‘kayla’ bumps into him on purpose. We

do not see a lot of him

Storyline Young teenage gets a text in class from her (ex) boyfriend.

‘we’re over’ she over reacts and leaves the class in hysterics.

She’s angry frustrated and heart broken. She runs away from

college grounds and overdoses on drugs. She wakes up hours

later and then decides she wants to kill herself from all the

hallucinations. She jumps off a cliff onto bricks and broken

glass.

BLURB

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHIES

STATEMENT OF INTENT

STORY LINE

It may be hard to admit to someone that you think that you might be bipolar, but it’s even harder toadmit it to yourself. As Kayla receive a break-up text from her boyfriend she spirals out of controland decides to commit suicide, but will she do it.

Kayla was born and raised in the United Kingdom, by a wealthy and loving family, but when sheturned eleven years old things took a turn for the worst, as her father lost his business due tobankruptcy and illegal scheming he decided to commit suicide, and when her mother decided to stophim, he ended up kill her, Penny Kayla's older sister) and then himself. From the age of eleven,Kayla found her life change drastically as she had lost both her parents she loved dearly and forcedto move into an orphanage, where she was bullied and abused by the other children. Kayla attitudeto life started to change as well, she decided that being a good girl was getting her no were, she losther faith and changed all of her believe for the worst as she started getting in trouble with the police,sleeping around and befriending local yobs.

The main subject of the story is mental illness. I will show this by using only one actor in adramatic realisation of her insanity, I think that I am the best person to write this story linebecause I am familiar with a person who suffers from the same mental illness, so I know a lotabout it factually and personally.

In the beginning of the story we see a flashback of a girl Running in a traumatic state, but we have no idea how she got to that sate, the story then rewinds to her in a classroom receiving a text message from her boyfriend say 'were over', she becomes unormally upset and over traumatic (due to her mental condition), she runs to the bathroom, where she attempts to pull herself together, but ends up in a more emotional state, she then runs into the woods where she commits suicide twice, once by taking pill and when that fails, she throws herself over the edge or a cliff.

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costumes/props/locations

Costumes

KAYLA COSTUME-This choice of costume is chosen to fit the stereotype of a modern day teenage girl’s wardrobe

Props

This is the prop used as pills

in the suicide scene. Books and pencil cases are carried and used by Kayla through the first sequence of the short film

LocationsAll these locations are chosen as there obvious and recognisable college locations, and would be obvious to the audience

Floor/Location Plan

Floor plan for theclassroom, that theclassroom scenewill be shot in

Floor plan for theRother field toilets,that the toiletscene will be shotin

Script

Script. Five minute drama.

Fade in

Computer screen, words appear

Voiceover –

‘ that’s me lying there breathless and unmoving.

I have left your world to embark into a time and

space I know nothing of. Do you want to know how

I got here? Was it worth it?’

*peaceful piano music begins*

EXT. Woods. Zoom .

Camera slowly zooms out looking we see trees

Cut

EXT. WOODS. DAY

Ground shot

Various shots of the woods and ‘Kayla’ lying on

the ground

Tile credit – The beginning of the

end.

Kayla receives an unexpected text and

rushes to get to the toilets leaving

her classroom.

Kayla drops all her things on the

floor but continues running in

hysterics

Kayla sits on toilet crying

INT. Toilets. DAY

Ground shot of toilets

*crying*

Cut

EXT. College pathway. DAY

Kayla walks out of college grounds in

aggression she slowly starts picking

up speed until she’s in the woods

where she lets out all her anger by

screaming.

*screams*

CUT

EXT. WOODS. NIGHT

Kayla wakes up from her 3 hour sleep

and takes some pills that make her

hallucinate. She stands on the top of

a log and throws herself off

committing suicide.

Close up

Long shot

Extreme long shot

Non diegetic music of the

copyright free music playing

*pianos*

END.

Call sheet

DATES:

PROD.#: PRODUCTION TITLE:

DIRECTOR: PRODUCER:

CHARACTER

NAME

NAME CONTACT

NUMBER

Kayla Charlotte Hollis 0778646****

Paul Phele 0776840****

Chris Charlie 0754009****

James Jack 0777152****

Martin matt 078170*****

Annie director / camera man 0787675****

Mood board

Risk assessment

Hazards Who is at

risk?

Severity of

injury

Chance

injury

Risk Control measures

Falling over

Standing on sharp objects

Phele ,

charlotte

and I.

serious likely Medium Wear appropriate clothing

and footwear

Falling off the chair

Disturbing others

Camera man Not so

serious

likely low Make sure no cars/

students are walking past.

Create space for the chair

to roll and push aside any

stones or twigs that may be

in the way.

Tearing of clothing when

climbing over gates to get

to tennis course

Myself

(camera

man)

serious likely high Before filming we will

make sure we are aware of

anything that could

possibly fall during the

filming process. But also

clear up anything lying

around so we do not step

on them when filming.

Wear appropriate

footwear.

Wear appropriate clothing

and possibly bring case for

camera so it doesn’t get

damaged. And if

necessarily bring step

ladder to help.

Timetable

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