PLANNING: TREATMENT

I learned from Frank Ash, the creative consultant at the BBC academy by watching a video about Digital Storytelling. He discusses how to connect with an audience and does this by devising a series of questions that should be answered when creating a film. By focusing on the question, we were able to establish the Top Line and The Big Question for our product. The question, what is the story? Frank explains how it is important to establish what your story is about and whether it will intrigue your target audience. Included in this, he also said to focus on what you as an audience member would want from a story. when we put ourselves in the shoes of an audience member we are able to portray the ideas we want, in our case we want to show our ideas on human trafficking. This can allow the audiences to successfully understand the main reason for the ideas and relate to this meaning in their own way. By knowing the social trends we can achieve the attention of our target audience.


The Fugitive

Top Line: On the run, a fugitive of the law, a leading Albanian human trafficker, and the two detectives that will stop at nothing to catch him and to end his trafficking scheme.

Big Question: Will the fugitive be caught by the detectives or will he succeed in his plan and get away once more? 

What our production is about:


My partner (Ross Morrison) and I decided to base our production on a recent BBC news article about a truck that was found in Essex, UK, where there was 39 bodies found dead in it. The Police suspected it was Human Trafficking and later that month caught the people involved. This articled inspired us to make our Film/ Film opening like a police vs organised crime film, following our chosen genre of crime/ thriller. 

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The film is shown through the eyes of the young detective and through the eyes of the  Albanian Human Trafficker. The story is about the effect this whole situation has on them both. The story is told through emotion. Fear... Anger... Stress... Disappointment... Hate. All of these combined tell the story about how the Human Trafficker was caught and what happened during the lead up to his capture. the beginning title sequence is happening in the present and the rest of the film is a flash back to before the capture.

Main Characters:

• The Male Detective: The character is young, observant and likes to go against the rules to get what he wants. he has one job... capture the leading Trafficker
• The Female Detective: The character is ethical and devoted to her job. She follows the rules and uses this to her advantage. Her job is to capture the associate and get the USB stick (which contains the information over 20 years of the trafficking scheme, run by the leading trafficker).
• The Human Trafficker's Associate: This character is sly, selfish and knows the ricks of the trade. He is witty but very business like with his work. His job is to deliver the USB.
• The Albanian Human Trafficker: This character is sly, wary, selfish and dresses to impress. He is very business like and is feared by many. His job is to escape the police once more.

Voice over: 

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• Reporters: The voice over will be different new reporters, reporting about various human trafficking cases, in the UK and Internationally.