Ellipsis Treatement (Complete Film) - By Emma Mitchell and Clare Bannister

Film Title: Ellipsis (Working Title)
Duration: 90 mins approximately
Audience: 15 – 30. Although the film is not target at a niche audience, the film may be target more towards females than males, as the film presents dominant female characters. However, it could attract some male attention, as it involves blood and gore.
Resume: The film features a group of 5 friends who are planning a camping holiday. The opening consists of a flashback to the main character Mary-Alice, in her tortured state. The film then tells the story of how Mary Alice has ended up in the state of unconsciousness.
The friends are shown preparing for their holiday. The group arrives at the forest where they will be camping, one of the friends (Kate) does not return from the woods- after going back to the cars to retrieve a bag she had left behind. The friends begin to panic and search for Kate, they decide to split up and search the woods properly.
After searching Mary-Alice and Sam find Kate’s shoe, which is stained with, blood and drag marks along with larger footprints. They follow the drag marks to an abandoned house where they believe Kate is being kept. After finding Kate’s body in the basement they both begin search for an escape from the house. While trying to break open a window they are both knocked unconscious by whom the teenagers believe is the kidnapper. Mary-Alice wakes up in the same room and situation from the beginning of the film, as she comes round she looks up to see Sam’s body hanging in front of her- causing her to scream then stop abruptly. What has happened to Mary-Alice?
Suggested Elements:
1. Flash-forward – of Mary-Kate being tortured, and also of the shoots in the forest scene (to suggest the camping location for characters
2. Lots of dissolves, and fades to black during the forest scene, to show different clips of the location
3. Film illustrations – similar clips from Wrong Turn, and Blair Witch Project.
4. Title sequence – red, black and white stern font,
5. Orchestral Music, during the opening scene, to add a mysterious element.
6. Credits
Film Days: 20 days shooting.
Budget Estimate: £40,000