Monday, 9 December 2013

Treatment

Treatment
Group Roles

Cinematography: Laura Bankole
Mise-en-scene: Stacey Talbot
Sound: Michelle Nduku
Editing: Lauren Quashie

Title: Happy Days
Synopsis:

 A woman in a kitchen cooking a meal, listening to radio
· Woman holds bloody knife
· Proceeds to turn around & starts cutting meat
· Man in a car, singing to same song as woman
· Man opens boot – reveals suspicious things – i.e. body
· Back to woman cooking in kitchen – realise man is coming to her
· Man comes home
· It is revealed that they are working together


Key Genre Conventions:
Suspense – The 2 shots illustrating the car boot shut as well as the freezer door

Tension - Body in the bag and intense chopping
Red herring - The main female character – not actually innocent

The body could be interpreted as a McGuffin.


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