LO1: treatment

Treatment

The Film’s working title: Escaped Secrets

The films Narrative: 5 years after being put behind bars by DCI Derick James for the murder of 6 people including James’ wife, Christopher Lucas calls him to the Broadmoor Prison saying he had some ‘Business’ to discuss, DCI James tentatively agrees in hope of finding out the whereabouts of his wife’s and the other victims remains, which he never disclosed. Instead of getting the answers he was looking for he is told that more people are going to die. Derrick doesn’t entertain what he though was mind games at the time and then terminates the meeting. After a few days pass and he is called into the inspectors office where he is told that Christopher Lucas’ cell was found empty this morning and that to be given the best chance of catching Lucas and as he has the most experience in the case Derick demands that he is the chief detective on the case along with his best friend DC Kieran Douglas they agree without hesitation. They begin by looking into any clues into where about Lucas would be heading by looking into his previous murders and any evidence that came from his prison cell but the search is inconclusive and the forensic report that came from the prison showed that Lucas had no personal belongings in his cell and the even stranger part was that the cell had no trace of DNA or finger prints that belong to Lucas in the cell and that all duty guards reported seeing Lucas sitting in his cell cross legged with his eyes closed and the only socialisation or communication he has had in the last 5 years was when DCI James visited just a few days ago. After some more deeper digging Douglas finds a storage container that belonged to Christopher’s mother, Jessica Lucas who he dedicated his crimes to and after a mental breakdown and her death 6 months ago all of her possessions fell to Lucas as he was imprisoned at the time the possessions were auctioned off but after payments stopped for the storage container and its contents fell to the storage company and its up for auction in 2 weeks. Derrick and Kieran go to look in this locker, given the circumstances the owner of the storage company were happy for them to take a look inside only to find something they couldn’t believe.    

The Genre chosen to work in: Crime/thriller

The characters/organisation/people

·       Antagonist DCI Derick James

·       Protagonist Christopher Lucas

·       Side kick DC Kieran Douglas

·       Extra Inspector Jones, DS Malcom

A brief synopsis

DCI James is called to a high security prison to speak to one of his former convictions and the killer of his wife, he hopes to find the location of his wife’s and all of his other victims remains but is instead is met by a threat of more killings to come. DCI James finds out that Christopher Lucas has escaped. DCI James and DC Douglas is put on the case to find him and are led to a horrific discovery

The required crew

Actors

Camera operators

Video editor

Director

The required equipment

Portrait Lens x2

Standard Lens x2

Macro lens

Fish eye Lens

DSLR camera x2

SD card x2

Micro phone x2

Tripod x2

A production schedule

 Suggested Locations

Holme House Farm Bungalows, Owday Ln, Worksop S81 8DJ

Worksop detachment Nott ACF