LO2: Treatment

Unit 15 LO2: Treatment

Introduction and Purpose

I have chosen to create a film trailer for a fantasy themed adventure, comedy set in England during the late 1800's which takes inspiration from films such as Monty Python and The Holy Grail; the setting being similar to popular fantasy series like Dungeons and Dragons which are played into to fit the comedy and fantasy genre of the film trailer in which the adventure is what is taking place to move the plot forward. The trailer will be around two minutes as I am making a full trailer, not a teaser trailer. 

Target Audience

This trailer would be for an intended audience of males aged between 15-25; ABC1 due to references/influences of other media   like Dungeons & Dragons which require disposable income to afford. However, the trailer can be accessible to C2DE audiences through uploading it onto YouTube to reach the target, digital native, audience. The full product, which will be outlined on the trailer, will release in fall of 2024.

Trailer Plot Summary

Three adventurers are joined together under a common goal (the three together as fellow adventurers before the film) when given a task from an arch devil named Salazar to defeat the renowned and hated (despite being nameless for a comedic scene) evil arch mage who dwells in the dark city; this city setting will be Sheffield. The party members are Parcival (A warlock), Azrael (a rogue/thief) and Kowalski (A barbarian). However, Salazar is Parcival's patron and therefore, owns his soul and if they complete this quest, Parcival's souls shall be free and the other members will be given what they desire most. In the rogue's case this would be money and for the barbarian, rare cooking ingredients as he's a dedicated chef who wants to always cook something on the journey. This arch devil joins them on their quest as a 4th party member to use the adventurers' journey as marketing material for Warlocks and why people should become them. 

This could also be altered for humour in that the warlock has a different patron but risks selling his soul again (despite not having one, claiming he'd have nothing to lose anyways) to this new arch devil  if the party is to fail, each again being offered what they most desire.

After the introduction to the film's premise, a montage of various moments from what would happen in the film at various scenes occur such as a battle with another party in which everyone stops what they're doing to roll a dice they all look at together in a high angle, everyone's heads together, to see what number the dice rolls. 

Resources

• Props - Wood Staff (Stick), Ladle, Knife, swiss army knife (lock-picking tools), Prop gun, Leather bag, 20 sides dice

• Costumes - Red Waistcoat, Blue Waistcoat, Tank top, Black and Blue Trousers, Dressing gown, Business suit

• Equipment - Camera, SD Card, Tripod, Phone, Computer

• Software - Word, Blogger, Premiere Pro

Personnel

Parcival - Dumitru Alexandrei

Kowalski - Wojciech Kowalski

Azrael - Carlos Ionescu

Salazar - Oliver Clements

Cameraman - Rotations between Oliver, Wojciech, Carlos and Alex

Editor - Oliver Clements

Producer - Oliver Clements

Director - Oliver Clements

Time Scale 

Production/filming will start in mid-April due to the warmer and  sunnier weather allowing for easier filming as well as natural high-key lighting in outside locations. This follows pre-production and planning which began on the 1st March 2024 and filming with editing is scheduled to be complete between May and June. 

Contingency 

Contingencies for filming would be to move filming schedules onto other days if certain members of cast and crew cannot attend on a planned date or if weather is unfavorable however, in the latter scenario, indoor segments can be filmed instead. In the event of resources failing such as the camera or editing software, a phone with capcut can be used instead. Within documentation and production of a script, blogger can be used instead of Microsoft word and vice versa.