Group Task: Film Treatment

Film Treatment

 

A women is standing in the kitchen making dinner, she is wearing a floral dress and an apron. The kitchen is spotless, there are pots and pans hanging from the walls and even the fridge magnets are arranged. In the pan a juicy piece of meat is frying, as she turns the meat she hears a key turning in the front door a few moments later her husband walks into the room and kisses her on the cheek. He is wearing a smart business suit and a large overcoat, they have a mundane conversation while he makes a cup of tea. He takes off his coat and a newspaper falls out one of the pockets, he shows his wife an article about a missing teenage girl. Before his wife has time to reply there is a large rattle and it sounds as if its coming from downstairs, she says "What was that? Can you go and see what that was?" He hurriedly replies "Of course, ill go". He walks out of the room and down the stairs towards the basement.

 

In the basement one of the walls is covered in photos and drawings of people, there are also newspaper clippings about the people in the pictures which are reporting them missing. He adds the clipping he just showed to his wife to the wall. On the other side of the room there are two cages each holding a victim from the pictures, one is a young male in ripped jeans and an oversized t-shirt. The second cage contains a young girl in a short skirt and a small top, makeup if running down her face and they are both gagged. There is another young girl tied up on the floor and another boy laying face down on the ground, not moving. The man walks over to the body and picks up his arm, checks his pulse then lets the arm drop limply to the floor. He then feels the fat on his upper arm and looks pleased. He turns around and the girl tied up cowers, he goes over to he and strokes her cheek. She begins to stroke with fear, there is a noise, the door to the basement has been opened. There are footsteps down the stairs then the wife walks into the room. She smiles at her husband then her eyes move to the victim on the floor she asks her husband "is he done?" and her husband replies "yes he's ready." The wife then catches the eye of the girl in the cage and the girl looks at her pleadingly but the oven timer goes off. The husband and wife walk upstairs arm in arm and lock the basement door.