Treatment

Title: Unfolding 

Production Company: Melia film studios

Production Team Members: Hannah Melia

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Fantasy

Synopsis: A girl called Esther finds a book, she soon finds out its about her whole life, She reads more and more of the book, even though her friend advice her not too. She starts messing with the future, but little does she know she is risking her life because of it.

Detailed narrative outline: Esther is looking through her room when she discovers a book.  Esther takes the book down to her mom, When her mom see's her with it she demands her to put the book back where she found it and to forget about it.  Against her mom's will she opens the book and starts reading it, she starts to realise she is reading her life story, confused by this she calls Gemma and explains everything however Gemma thinks she;s making it up in her head. Esther flicks through pages reading more and more into the book, when she finds out the Gemma is hit by a car  the day she's planned to go on holiday. That day arrives and Esther sets out to stop her best friend from dying. She is on the way to her house when she see's her in best friend about to cross the a main road, Esther runs out of the car and pushes Gemma out of the road and stops her from getting hit. However because of this the that was meant to hit Gemma crashed into a school bus killing many children and when Esther goes back to the book as new chapter randomly appears talking about the car hitting the school bus. Traumatised by the whole thing Esther tells Gemma she's been reading the book and that's how she knew everything was going to happen. Gemma tells her she cant read any more of the book and cant change the future as more bad this will happen. 
Not listening to Gemma's wise words Esther carries on reading the book and she finds out an older boy (named Cameron) who she's has had a crush on for along time asks her out, excited by this she decides not to read any more as she wants it to be a surprise. Weeks later and Esther and Cameron have been going out for a long time. Esther is so happy with how things are she wants to see what the future holds for her and Cameron and reads the book, she finds out Cameron has been cheating on her and that he gets very controlling and beats her, Esther is shocked by this and goes to stop there relationship before its too late, but when she dumps him Cameron turns nasty and beat her up anyway and leave Esthers in hospital. However Cameron mortified by the fact he hurt someone that bad, he kills himself. 
When Gemma goes to visit Esther in hospital, she notices a change in Esther. Esther is begging her to get the book as she is worried more and more bad things as going to happen that she needs to stop. Gemma is worried about Esther and decided to get the book but not for Esther but to destroy it so she wont get into any more trouble. Gemma gets the book and burns the book but when she goes back to tell Esther the book is gone, Esther is no where to be seen and no record of her existence.


Intended Target Audience: Young Adults and Teenagers (C2DE) Aged around 15 - 25.
Both Males and Female, however it will mainly aim at females as they enjoy drama's alittle more. My audience will be the types of people who like TV Drama's that have big exciting twists (E.g Hollyoaks) and films like The Pact.

Key Characters:  
Esther - (Lead) Played by Georgia Waldron, Aged 16 - Playing age 17.
Gemma -  (Esthers Best Friend) Played by Elise Jones. Aged 17 - Playing age 17. 
Esther's Mom -  (Wont really been seen) Played by Jackie Melia. 
Cameron - Esther Boyfriend, Aged 19, Playing age 19
Kate -  (Minor character) Esther's Friend, Aged 18 - Playing age 17.

Locations: My House - Based in Boldmere and Sutton Coldfield.

Mise-en-scene: Tense mood/Exciting atmosphere. (This will be created by showing key scenes which causes drama and helps audience feel intense.)