Production - Treatment Two - [AMENDED]

Film Title: “Room Mates”

Production Company: Picture Frame Productions

Length of Film: 90 minutes (roughly)

Audience: 15 – 30’s, horror genre fans, aimed at both male and female audiences. Certificate 15 due to running themes of:

• Threat and menace

• Dangerous behavior

• Strong language

• Use of violence prohibited for the viewing of those under the age of 15

Related films are; “Captivity” (2007), “The Strangers” (2008) “The Girl Next Door” (2007) "Funny Games" (2010)

Basic Synopsis: - Twisted story about the sadistic games of three teenage boys. The extract starts with Ben walking home. It is dark and atmospheric outside. He seems like nothing out of the ordinary. He gets home to a house which should look like student accommodation. Inside, he talks with his two room mates Will and Chris, about "girl troubles". They then go upstairs to see "the girls" and the audience discovers the boys aren't as normal as they appear, and are keeping two females hostages in they're attic, Lola and Kate. They torment the girls and film them with a hand held camera. The girls look weak and tormented. A range of close ups shows bruising on each of the girls. Ben removes Lola's gag and when we begs to "let me go", he unties her and allows her to try and crawl away then picks her up from the floor and takes her away for some "disciplining", leaving Chris and Will to try and calm the ever more distressed Kate who is struggling in her seat. The film would continue with the games the three boys like to play with the girls and how they kidnapped the females in the first place. We would use flashbacks and a non-chronological order to the footage. Also a variety of camera, such as a hand held camera, held by the actors for an edgy effect, as if from their point of view. The storyline would also develop, as the boys get a new addition and kidnap another girl and also the fear of getting caught when attention arises in the media over the missing females. The film would climax with them accidentally killing Lola, and the panic as they decided whether to turn themselves into the police, and betray Ben who doesn't want to stop.

Suggested Elements: Interesting location, shot within a claustrophobic/confined area, twisted plot line, unique story, original narrative from an unexpected point of view, unexpected ending, pyrotechnics, violence, disturbing props, child abuse, flashback footage with overexposure effects.