Friday 26 October 2012

Basic Synopsis and Treatment

This is my synopsis and treatment for my brief.

Synopsis
Its going to be set at night with a camera following a dark cloaked figure through the smoky misty streets of Victorian London. Then the figure will run down an alleyway and a woman’s scream will be heard. There will be a narration over the top of the footage which will follow the lines of this:

‘Nearly 150 years ago an unknown killer began a unforgettable reign of terror . He stalked his prey on the backstreets of london’s east end. He was cunning and merciless and with each attack his lust for blood grew stronger. Then no sooner had he stamped his name deep into criminal history. He was gone and left only his shadow to terrify generations to come. Leaving the Question Who is Jack The Ripper?!’

Treatment
Fading in from black a white title in a white box appears which says London 1888 This then fades back to black. The opening shot then fades in from black showing a wall distorted by fog, mist and smoke a cloaked man in a top hat walks past the camera going from left to right. The next shot the cloaked man is walking on a cobble road and the camera is following him focusing on his shoes until he walks of screen. Then the cloaked figure passes through an archway this is in two shots one a medium close up from behind the next a long shot from behind the man then vanishes into the fog. He is then seen again walking past the camera this time it’s a close up of his feet he leaves right of the screen. Then the camera is following the silhouette from behind this time of his shoulders. The shot then cuts to him walking through a bridge coming from behind the camera then disappears into the smog. The final shot is of him waiting on a corner of an alley way he waits for a woman to walk down there then follows her the shot then cuts to black and a woman’s scream is heard.  While the words Jack The Ripper in red drip onto the screen.

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