Group treatment

Treatment for ‘Love & Pain’

Tagline;

Pitch;
Alison is a street dancer and is passionate about what she does but secretly has a crush on Ricardo, Ricardo one day watches Alison dance and instantly falls in love they get together but little do the know how much pain their love will cause.

Treatment
The film starts with an opening sequence of Alison dancing alone in a dance studio at their 6th form, the music is on loud and she thinks no one is around and gives it her all, little does she know that Ricardo is poking his head through the door memorised by her dance moves and cant help himself so he walks in applauding her.

Alison is shocked as she has a huge crush on Ricardo and this is he first time he has ever noticed her, he goes on by saying that she is the most beautiful girl he has seen and he loves the way she moves. They continue to conversate and Alison asks him to come to one of her shows, Ricardo says yes and plans to ask her out after the show.

The girls in school eventually find out about their relationship and are envious, so much so to the point where they start to bully and abuse Alison. Alison blames Ricardo for the pain that she is going thorough and cuts him out of her life without telling him why. One day the bullies take things a step too far and attack Alison to the point where she badly sprains her ankle and is unable to dance. When Ricardo asks Alsion what happened Alison has no chioce but to tell him the truth.Ricardo breaks up with Alison to stop the bullying Alison feels heartbroken as she feels that they should still be together but they cant.

Shortly after this whole ordeal Ricardo starts to date one of the bullies that attacked Alison, when Alison finds out about this she is distrought and ends up writing a suicide note on facebook and shortly after, kills herself.

The opening sequence

The opening sequence starts off with an Ext. shot of the camera panning around Barking Abbey School (Leisure Centre), it then dissolves to a panning of inside the leisure centre, which then transforms into the camera panning across the basketball court; the dance studio then the hallway leading to the classroom. The use of establishing shots sets the scene of the film. (All the establishing shots leading up until the classroom will be in black and white). We then have a medium close up of Alison sitting in the classroom bored looking up at the clock which leads to the close up of the clock. Then music then fades out until you can just hear the clock ticking. We then cutaway to a close up of Alison's feet tapping to the beat of the clock. After a few minutes the bell goes and then the shots are in colour (we chose for this scene to be in colour at this point to emphasise Alison coming alive after being bored in school for so many hours).

We have a long shot focusing on Alison's excitement leaving the classroom, then we have another long shot from a diagonal side view of Alison as she rushes through the corridor and Ricardo with his basketball team on the other side. They both bump into each other, there is a medium shot of Ricardo helping Alison pick up her stuff. Ricardo's friends puts his hand Ricardo's shoulder, hurrying him up and reminding him that they have to be somewhere; Ricardo forgets his ball. Alison sees while she is walking and kicks it, out of frustration that Ricardo did not pay much attention to her. The camera follows the ball which then reveals the title sequence of the film as it rolls.

First draft opening sequence script

Ext. The camera pans outside the leisure centre, then inside the liesiure centre, basketball court, dance studio then hallway leading to the clasroom.


Int. Leisure centre (classroom)


ALISON sits looking bored in detention, her right hand against her face elbow rested on the table, gradually looking up at the clook, day dreaming and tapping her right foot to the rythme of the clock.


The bell rings


ALISON jumps out of her chair in excitment and starts running out the door into the corridor.


RICARDO and his friends (2 people) are walking through the corridor talking and making jokes from the opposite direction of Alison.


ALISON and RICARDO bump into each other, ALISON drops her books and RICARDO drops his basketball.

ALISON
(Flustered, her head is down)
Sorry, Sorry oh my God, im so sorry!

RICARDO
(Dazed)
Its ok, dont worry.
ALISON speechless when she looks up and realises it's RICARDO

RICARDOS FRIEND
(Grabbing RICARDOS arm)
Hurry up lets go!

RICARDO
(RICARDO picks up her books and gives it to ALISON,forgetting to pick up his ball.)
Heres your stuff.

RICARDO walks off to catch up with his friends.
ALISON (looking lovestuck after ) kicks Ricardos ball.

Photo storyboard

First storyboard

Storyboard redrafted

Shooting schedule