Treatment-
Title of film; Lucky Penny
Duration; 5 minutes
Certificate; 12 A
Audience; Our film is targeted at people aged 12 A and above without adult supervision. It is a 12 A because the storyline contains some mildly adult content such as theft and relationship problems. The film is for both males and females but probably drifts more toward female audience as our main character is a female and we see most of the film through her point of view and experiences.
Storyline; Sarah a typical teenager is on her way to visit her grandma to help her sort out her coin collection. While there her Grandma gives her a special double headed coin that she says has magical lucky powers. Sarah is sceptical about this, so just shoves the penny in her bag. Sarah is day-dreaming in her bedroom, when her mum tells her to walk the dog even though it is raining heavily. Much to her surprise it stops raining. However she dismisses the idea that the coin had answered her wish.
Later that, she heads home and her mum asks her to pick her sister up from school. Sarah's fed up of running errands and in retaliation throws her phone across the room, cracking the screen. she claim the penny isn't lucky and flicks it in her hands. Once she picked up her phone she places it on her desk and to her surprise it is fixed.
The letter box sounds and her results have come through the post, before opening them she wishes that she gets the grades she needs to get into college, and her wish is granted. She then receives a phone call confirming her place on a particular, hard to get in course at college.
After Sam has gone home, Sarah looks for her lucky penny in her purse, however it isn't there, neither is her purse or i-pod. Panicking that she has spent the penny she empties her bag and searches all over her room. She can't find it and ends up going to bed without finding either her purse, I-pod or the penny.
The next day her mum wakes her up asking whether she has taken any money from her purse. Innocent Sarah storms out from been accused of been a thief and heads to Sam's house. During the journey Sarah receives a text from another friend asking if she is coming to visit her, however when she tells her shes off to Sam's house her friend disagrees with them been together and falls out with her. Distracted Sarah accidentally steps in a puddle drenching her fabric shoes.
Once arrived at Sam's house his sister opens the door and tells Sarah to get straight upstairs to his room. She knocks on his bedroom door and enters. Sam appears extremely sheepish and is trying to cover something up with his duvet. Confused she goes over to see what he is hiding. She pulls back the covers and finds her purse, i-pod, her mums missing money as well as her lucky penny. He attempts to justify his actions and apologises but Sarah is so frustrated and is having non of it. He asks her what makes the penny so important, and explains about the coin been double headed and lucky. On her way out in realisation she turns around and says 'Tell you what, I'll flip this coin, if it lands on heads I stay, tails I go' She flips the coin and the double headed coin lands on tails.
Script-
Risk Assessment-
Shooting script-
Location 5- Sarah's street
- Long shot of Sarah walking along the pavement, holding her mobile
- Medium close up of Sarah looking at her mobile
- Over-the-shoulder close up shot of Sarah reading her text
- Close up of Sarah ringing her friend, Leah
- Medium shot of Sarah on the phone to Leah
- Close up shot of Sarah as the begin to fall out
- Medium close up shot of Sarah as she steps in the puddle
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah looking down at her wet feet
Location 6- Sam's House- outside
- Elliptical editing into a medium close up of Sam's house
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah knocking on Sam's house
- Close up of Sarah's face as Sam's sister opens the door
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shot between Sam's sister and Sarah
- Medium close up shot of Sarah entering the house
- Tilt long shot of Sarah running up the stairs
Location 7- Sam's House- Sam's bedroom
- Close up of Sarah's hand knocking on the door
- Close up of Sarah entering the room (match on action)
- Establishing long shot of Sam's room
- Medium close up of Sam sat on his duvet
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Sam and Sarah
- Over-the-shoulder shot of Sam, as Sarah walks past him
- Medium long shot of Sarah pulling back Sam's duvet
- Close up of Sam with his hands on his head
- Point-of-view close up high angle shot of Sarah looking down on the money and Ipod
- Series of medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Sam and Sarah arguing
- Over-the-shoulder medium close up shot with Sarah walking away
- Long shot of Sarah walking back into Sam's room
- Extreme close up of Sarah twisting the penny between her fingers
- Close up shot of Sarah
- Medium shot of Sarah and Sam, as Sarah flips the penny in the air
- Tilt extreme close up shot of the penny spinning
- Close up shot of Sarah catching the penny
- Extreme close up of the penny on landing on tails
- Fade to black
Character profiles-
Props-
Mobile phone
Lucky penny
Duvet
Sam's bag
Shooting script-
Location 5- Sarah's street
- Long shot of Sarah walking along the pavement, holding her mobile
- Medium close up of Sarah looking at her mobile
- Over-the-shoulder close up shot of Sarah reading her text
- Close up of Sarah ringing her friend, Leah
- Medium shot of Sarah on the phone to Leah
- Close up shot of Sarah as the begin to fall out
- Medium close up shot of Sarah as she steps in the puddle
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah looking down at her wet feet
Location 6- Sam's House- outside
- Elliptical editing into a medium close up of Sam's house
- Point-of-view shot of Sarah knocking on Sam's house
- Close up of Sarah's face as Sam's sister opens the door
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shot between Sam's sister and Sarah
- Medium close up shot of Sarah entering the house
- Tilt long shot of Sarah running up the stairs
Location 7- Sam's House- Sam's bedroom
- Close up of Sarah's hand knocking on the door
- Close up of Sarah entering the room (match on action)
- Establishing long shot of Sam's room
- Medium close up of Sam sat on his duvet
- Medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Sam and Sarah
- Over-the-shoulder shot of Sam, as Sarah walks past him
- Medium long shot of Sarah pulling back Sam's duvet
- Close up of Sam with his hands on his head
- Point-of-view close up high angle shot of Sarah looking down on the money and Ipod
- Series of medium close up shot-reverse-shots between Sam and Sarah arguing
- Over-the-shoulder medium close up shot with Sarah walking away
- Long shot of Sarah walking back into Sam's room
- Extreme close up of Sarah twisting the penny between her fingers
- Close up shot of Sarah
- Medium shot of Sarah and Sam, as Sarah flips the penny in the air
- Tilt extreme close up shot of the penny spinning
- Close up shot of Sarah catching the penny
- Extreme close up of the penny on landing on tails
- Fade to black
Character profiles-
Props-
Mobile phone
Lucky penny
Duvet
Sam's bag
