Section 5: Treatment

Treatment for There's no place like home

There's no place like home is an realistic film, with a twisted storyline. Its a family thriller that reflects on family life, loyalty and love.

Concept

There is a killer on the loose, the father named Paul suspects his daughter and that she is killing his girlfriends. The fatherly love towards his daughter is to strong to break so therefore covers up for her crimes. But its not the daughter (Faith) who is doing the murders.

Synopsis

Beginning - Paul comes home from a weekend abroad with work. He finds out that his wife has been killed, all the evidence is on to his little girl faith. So he spends the rest of his life covering up for her.

Middle - In the film a series of murders are committed to each of Paul's girlfriends, each one suggests more and more that faith is the killer. Faith and her dad talk about it, and Paul says he cant cover up for her anymore, Faith says she doesn't know what is going on. The argument finishes with Paul telling his daughter, Faith, that he doesn't love her and he wants her out of his life.

End - Faith commits suicide as she can not handle the dissaprovementfrom her father. Soon after the girls funeral Paul recent girlfriend is murdered again and this time in cant be Faith. The film ends on a cliff hanger of a woman grieving over a picture of Paul and Faith. Could it be her?

Opening Scene

The film will begin with an establishing shot of a ordinary street, creating a calm atmosphere. There will then be a shot of a car coming into the street and a close up of the wheel as the car stops. Paul is shown coming out of the car and going into his house, the door is already open and there is a sinister mysterious feel towards the house. There there is a close up of the dolls lined up in a row and of the home video on the telly. Then there is high angle shot of Paul walking up the stairs occasionally dipping to black ending with a cliff hanger of the wife dead on the bed. It then goes to a black screen with a music change to a twisted version of twinkle twinkle over occasional shot of little girls hands drawing a picture of her family, the titles appear on top of the images. Ending with a rip of the drawing and the title There's no place like home.

Target audience

The film will have a strong appeal to a teenage audience and young adults, as this age group can recall to both the age of young girl and will soon experience family life. However, it could appeal to a older audience due to its suspenseful nature and psychological thrilling aspect.

Other details

The location is a ordinary suburban home and based around a normal family setting, it doesn't have any budget so was free to make, however when the characters are in the house it becomes a much more dark place.