FILM TREATMENT

Group members: Celine, Aliyah, Ayana
Chosen genre: Gangster crime/police crime
Title of film:

Basic plot synopsis:
Our trailer will be about a man who lives two lives. One life he lives a drug dealer and owns one of the most successful drug business in London. In his other life he's a family man he has kids and also has a corporate job so that he's able to cover up his drug business. In the beginning everything is perfect, his family is fine, his business is doing well and his relationship with his best friend/business partner is healthy. Things get messy and he ends up owing people money.
                                                                                                                     
On his sons why back from school he gets kidnapped. The father gets a phone call, and the phone call is from his best friend/business partner saying he has his son and in order to get his son back he has to pay a ransom of £1 million. 

What type of characters will be in the film:
The Gangster : he will be played by a tall black male.
The wife: She will be played by a white female
The son: a young black male aged about 13
The daughter: a young black female aged about 10
business partner: black male
The neighborhood drug dealers; group of teenage black males 16-19 years old

What conventions of the genre will be included in your trailer?
Mise-en-scene: 
props- drugs,guns,knives,handcuffs,large sum of money 
low level lighting, mostly dark/grey
The main actor will be in a suit for the majority of the trailer the female mostly in a dress .
make up- blood, scars and red lipstick for the wife.

Where will your trailer be set?
The inner city- canary wharf, london bridge
Estate- this reinforces the fact that he lives two lives.
Interior- his house, inside his office