Treatment for our short film: First draft

Eleven

The plot summary of our short film is the collapse of a marriage through the eyes of a child. Our protagonist Blake comes across a happy eleven year old who has a very close relationship with his family, especially his father. We see Blake bonding with his father throughout the beginning of the film. This shows a steady lifestyle that he has with his family. Everything seems to be in place until a single moment throws his life into a completely different perspective. He sees his father interacting with another woman who hasn’t been seen until this moment in the film. Blake’s character switches and his paranoia begins to take over. He is shocked to see his father talking to any other woman apart from his mother. (Are they flirting? Kissing? Has Blake seen his mum and dad do similar things?) This shows the audience Blake’s secure family life until this one minor incident can change everything. Blake is now convinced that his father is having an affair. This unknown woman is shown continuously with his father which convinces Blake that there is definitely a relationship between them. Each scene that they're together, Blake witnesses more obvious sexual tension, however this is from his point of view. We want to make sure that the film is seen through the eyes of an eleven year old. He is not mature enough to understand what is really happening. The equilibrium is partially re-established by the end of the film because of the relationship with his father overcomes his worries, but for how long? We see the first scene again at the end of the film with a recap of the POV shots from the child, although this time through his fathers eyes, the mother confronts the father and Blake backs up the fathers story (it is unknown if this story is true or not to Blake, but he wants to keep the family together so he just agrees with his father). We want to show Blake’s confusion and responsibility surrounding his views about his fathers potential affair. Blake is in control over the break up of his family. By agreeing with his father, the audience are unaware of what really happened between the father and the woman he has been seeing.