Treatment

Title: "Washing Machine" ia going to be the title of our film. The reason for this is because the film is mainly going to be set in a laundrette factory. This is where the main characters work. The main meaning of this is because, the main character Adriana's life, seems to be just spinning round and round, like a washing machine. All washing machines come to a stop, and that is what ends up happening to her as the ending of the film, is basically her escaping from what happens during the film.

Target Audience: Our target audience is for 16-24 year olds. It is aimed at people living in Britain who are working class, and particularly foreign people living in Britain as our idea is based on a foreign person. They would be interested in themes like violence and sex when watching these films as seen from the Audience research post, and would watch channels like channel 4, E4, ITV etc. I think our target audience would appeal to our idea as it portrays real life situations in today's society, and portrays themes that are not seen a lot in BSR films which makes it more appealing, and would relate to people. From the blog post Audience Research people said that films they can relate to, (like kidulthood as they are the same age) are more interesting and appealing to watch, so our idea would relate in many ways so they would be draw to watch it. The narrative i think is quite original as well, so it would be unique and something they haven't really seen this in the BSR genre which makes our idea more appealing to the audience as well.

Technology: For the technology, we will use a HD camera, and an iMac with iMovie on to edit the film. This technology will be good as it will help give the natural believable affect. We don't need to use lights as we want it to look real and if we add lights it won't. We won't need the use of a tripod that much, as handheld camerawork is much more realistic. 

Representation: The protagonist in our film is a 19 year old immigrant from Albania. Her name is Adriana and she comes to England for a better life. Her life in Albania affected her deeply as she lived in poor conditions and her mum was a prostitute to feed her and her other siblings. She is uneducated and had no money so was unable to come in to the country legally. The antagonist is Adriana's boss, named Steve. He runs a laundry factory, but also does other illegal jobs inside the factory, such as hiring illegal workers and exploiting them by paying much less than normal wage. He is very abusive and does not respect the needs and wants of his workers. He takes them for granted to feed his own personal needs. The protagonist does follow the stereotype of an immigrant, as she has no money and came to get a better life, which is why nearly all immigrants come to Britain. However her stereotype of being a teenager in Britain does subvert from the normal British teenager stereotype because she isn't from Britain so has a different culture. The antagonist challenges the normal stereotype of middle class people in Britain. Because he runs the launderette  but he is very violent, with no respect for other people. This challenges the typical representation of middle class people as they are usually seen as decent people, with nice families etc. 

Narrative: Our film is about a young foreign lady, who is 19 . She comes to Britain illegally to find some work and try to full fill her dreams. She finds a job in a laundry factory to get money so she can rent out a small place in a council estate and send money home to her family. So far she thinks everything is going to be alright, until she finds out her boss abuses the workers, and the factory isn't all that it turned out to be. She trys to find a way to get out of this mess, but cant. She doesn't know what to do as she doesn't know anything about Britain. Nothing is going to plan.
In the opening sequence of the film, there will be many shots being taken around a laundry, whilst switching to shots of the protagonist. The protagonist is getting ready for her first day at work, she is happy and excited and cant wait to get there. There will be a shot of her running for a bus. When it is alternating shots between the character and laundry, a scene of her boss abusing another worker though a window will be shown to introduce abit of the story line and create abit of an enigma. Shots of the character walking to work will also be shown, this will give an introduction to the locations of where the character lives. The opening sequence will end with the character arriving at work.
We will use the conventions of an opening sequence of BSR films by trying to create enigma, so the audience gets interested into watching the film and so they want to find out what happens next. Also, the opening sequence will introduce the characters and locations, and get the storyline flowing. We will try to create a sense of mystery to get the audience thinking. This relates to BSR opening sequences because this is what they try to achieve.

Conventions: The way we will use the conventions of a BSR. We will conform to these by making the scenes and editing look rough, so it gives the dull BSR effect and makes it seem more realistic. We will also use the smash mouth approach, but subvert from the normal approach as it wont jump straight into hectic action, however it will be very fast pace as Adriana is late for work so she is rushing. In our opening sequence we will conform to the sort of locations seen in BSR films, which are very poor looking areas that aren't well looked after. Sticking to this convention adds to the realism and makes it fit into the genre, as if we done nice looking areas it wouldn't relate to these types of films as they are meant to show hardship of life, and poverty. Also we will stick to some of the themes like violence, as Steve is the violent character in the film and hits his employees, however we are going to add some themes that aren't really seen in many BSR films, like immigration because we want our idea to be a bit more unique than other work. 


Style and Iconography: When filming we will use a lot of handheld camerawork, so that the audience can a sense of the atmosphere and it will make it seem like they are involved in the scene. This use of camera work makes the audience relate more as it adds the effect as if they are watching it first hand. When editing our film, we will take the saturation down on all the shots. Doing this makes the scenes look more dull and less colourful, which sets a sad and dull mood. It also portrays to the audience how the characters are feeling and that their lives are dull and boring. When editing we are going to shot from scene to scene so that it more rapid and gives the audience a sense of knowledge that the character does not have, like when she will be walking to her work, then it shots to the workplace of her boss being violent which makes the audience know more about whats going on, and also creates enigma and gets the audience thinking more and more involved in the film. With costume and props, we are going to make Adriana dress in cheap, tacky clothing to emphasis to the audience that she is in poverty and has no money to buy nice clothes. With her boss, he will wear a suit as he is the owner of the factory, so it shows the audience the separation of class and tells them he is not like the others. Using these costumes it portrays to the audience more about the character straight away as they start to stereotype them by what they are wearing. Will we use props like cigarette to show the audience that Adriana goes through a lot of stress and smokes to try and make herself  feel more secure, so it again portrays more about the character and their lifestyle that they live in. 

Institution: One of the production companies we are using is film 4, as they make many BSR films. This will have an impact on the type of film, because they are well known for making this genre of films, so the audience will know what to expect from their reputation. This impacts on the type of film we will make as we have to make it relate to what they have made before in the sense of conventions. This would affect the distribution of the film, as it is an independent film company, so they wont have a lot of money to distribute to many cinemas. For example in their other films like four lions, they didn't show it at many cinemas because they didn't have the budget, and also BSR films take big risks by showing the themes like violence and petty crime etc as it isn't very nice to see so the films could be a major flop. Four lions  didn't become very popular and didn't make a lot of money for these reasons. Our film would be exhibited on channel 4,  as we were in associations with them, and also by using new media technology like 4OD as it is cheap and many people could watch the film this way in their own homes or on the go. it will also be exhibited  in independent cinemas, because independent cinemas aim towards people who like to watch these genres of films, so the film would get watched more if we was to exhibit there. We probably wouldn't go into home release as the film wouldn't have a lot of money and this would cost a lot.