Pitch (By Jordan Evans)

A noramal teenage girl finds out the meaning of abuse, and what it can slowly lead her to do.

Detailed Plot (By Olivia Davies)

Beginning:

• Starts with a title sequence, and Stacey Leigh has started talking (voice over) about who she is and that she has a problem.
• It then fades in, to Stacey Leigh, who is sat in a white room, that looks like an interrogating room. The camera is only focused on her talking about how and when her problem started, (it is not yet known what her problem is.)
• The scene then cuts to a flash back, to a run down house. In this scene we are introduced to Stacey Leigh's father, Baz. There is some dialogue between the two characters and then her Baz starts attacking her, throwing her around the room, in which Stacey Leigh is left on the floor crying, as Baz walks out of the room.
  
• It then fades out back to Stacey Leigh in the white room, talking about how her life has changed and how the abuse from her father made her feel, this then leads on to talking about her friends.
  
• The scene then cuts to another flash back, where Stacey Leigh is seen in a park with two friends. There is some dialogue between the two friends towards Stacey Leigh, asking if there is anything wrong. Stacey Leigh then snap's at her friends, shouting at them, about how her life has nothing to do with them. The flash back end's with a friend saying he/she has has enough of Stacey Leigh and both friends walk away.
  
• The scene fades out back to Stacey Leigh in the white room, talking about how things change, which leads on to how it her drug abuse started.
  
• It fades out to a flash back of Stacey Leigh in a park being hassled by a drug dealer to buy some drugs. There is small dialogue between Stacey Leigh and the drug dealer, who is trying to persuade Stacey Leigh.
  
• The flash back then cuts back to Stacey Leigh in the white room, explaining why she accepted and took the drugs.
  
• It cut's to another flash back. There is no dialogue. This scene shows Stacey Leigh taking the drug and how she is effected by it, for example such things as hullcinations.
  
• The scene fades out back to Stacey Leigh back in the white room, expressing how she felt at the time when under the influence of drugs, but then explaining the consequence of taking them in the first place.
  
• Stacey Leigh telling the audience how this was the time when she knew she needed help.
  
• It cuts to last scene of Stacey Leigh in the white room, questioning if the life she had was her fault, it then cuts to a fuzzy screen. The camera then zooms out slowly to show the fuzzy screen is on a TV, revealing that every scene which showed Stacey Leigh in the white room was actually on a video tape. The camera keeps zooming out slowly to reveal a dark room where her body lays on the floor underneath the TV, with only the light from the TV illuminating her silhouette.

End.

Props List (By Kasey Swift)

Props List

• Mirror
• Fizzy Tablets - crushed up to make look like a form of drugs.
• Bed
• TV
• VCR
• Money
• Sleeping bag
• Can of beer
• Cigs
• Alcohol bottels
• Ash tray
• Keys
• Lighter
• Flour
• Credit Card
  
  

Cast and Crew List (By Olivia Davies)

Crew
Camera: Kasey Swift
Director: Jordan Evans
Editor: Olivia Davies
Music: Rebecca Henstock

Cast
Stacey Leigh: Rebecca Henstock
Baz: Jordan Evans
Friend 1: Olivia Davies
Friend 2: Kasey Swift
Drug Dealer: Jaleesa Cook

Shot List - First Draft (By Olivia Davies)

START.

Scene 1
Shot 1: MCU - Stacey Leigh.

Scene 2
Shot 1: LS - Stacey Leigh curled up sat on her bed/ sofa. Then jumping at the front door downstairs slamming.
Shot 2: MS -Baz.
Shot 3: CU - Baz's feet walking up stairs.
Shot 4: CU - Stacey Leigh.
Shot 5: MS - The room door slamming.
Shot 6: MS, HIGH ANGLE, HAND HELD, POV - Stacey Leigh sat upright on her bed/sofa.
Shot 7: CU, LOW ANGLE, HAND HELD, POV - Baz's hand going to slap the camera.
Shot 8: MS, HIGH ANGLE - Stacey Leigh falls to the floor, and holds her hand to her face. She starts to crawl away.
Shot 9: MS, LOW ANGLE - Stacey Leigh crawling towards the camera, Baz stood behind Stacey Leigh pulling her back with her hair. Baz starts attacking Stacey Leigh. - camera just see's Baz kicking her and punching her while she is curled up.

Shot 10: CU - Stacey Leigh bleeding.

Shot 11: CU - Baz's feet walking out of the room door and slamming it shut.
Shot 12: LS, HIGH ANGLE - Focus on a mirror lent up against a wall, the reflection showing Stacey Leigh on the floor crying.

Scene 3
Shot 1: MCU - Stacey Leigh.

Scene 4
Shot 1: ELS/ES - Stacey Leigh sat down on a bench with Friend 1 and Friend 2 stood around her.
Shot 2: MS - Friend 1.
Shot 3: MS - Friend 2.
Shot 4: MS, HIGH ANGLE - Stacey Leigh.
Shot 5: MS, TWO-SHOT - Friend 1 and Friend 2.
Shot 6: MS - Friend 1.
Shot 7: MS - Stacey Leigh.
Shot 8: MS - Friend 1.
Shot 9: LS - Friend 1 and Friend 2 walk off.
Shot 10: CU, HIGH ANGLE- Stacey Leigh with her head down.

Scene 5
Shot 1: MCU - Stacey Leigh.

Scene 6
Shot 1: LS, HAND HELD, POV - Stacey Leigh walking.
Shot 2: MS -Drug Dealer.
Shot 3: CU - Drug Dealer's hand open with drugs placed inside it. TILT UP - Drug Dealer.

Scene 7
Shot 1: MCU - Stacey Leigh.

Scene 8
Shot 1: ELS/ES - Stacey Leigh on the market stalls.
Shot 2: CU - Stacey Leigh taking drugs.
Shot 3: ECU, CANTED, HAND HELD - Stacey Leigh's eyes.
Shot 4: MCU, CANTED, HAND HELD, POV, OUT OF FOCUS - Stacey Leigh's hallucination's.

Scene 9
Shot 1: MCU - Stacey Leigh.

Scene 10
Shot 1: ELS/ES - Stacey Leigh laid on the floor in a sleeping bag.

Scene 11

Shot 1: MCU - Stacey Leigh.

Shot 2: ZOOMS OUT - To a television screen.

Shot 3: ZOOMS OUT, PANS DOWN - Shows Stacey Leigh laid dead on the floor in front of the television screen.

END.

Character Profiles - Stacey Leigh (By Rebecca Henstock)

Stacey Leigh:
Age: 16
Appearance: unkempt, Chav, pale skinned, blue eyes, slim, red hair, baggy clothes.
Character Traits: not sociable, addictive personality, short tempered, skittish, low self esteem, impatient, has a Barnsley accent, tends to always twiddle her thumbs and look down at the floor.
Costume: Different thoughout becuase of time chages though the film due to flash backs, main costume bright jumper, recognisable clothing, clean looking

Background:
She lives with her mum Julie and her stepdad Baz in a two bedroom house in a council estate in Barnsley. Stacey Leigh used to be a upbeat bright girl who loved to socialise with friends, however now a days she keeps herself to herself and isn't very sociable, she doesn't have many friends at school anymore and is quite lonely. Stacey Leigh spends most nights in her room at home. She is not very close to her mum anymore since her mums boyfriend Baz moved in, and then her mum, mysteriously disappearing one night, that's when she and her life started to change. Stacey Leigh was getting abused mentally and physically by her stepdad Baz everyday. She was trapped. Stacey Leigh turned to drugs as a escape, even though she knew it wasn't the answer but its the only way to feel free and keep her going.

Script - First Draft (By Olivia Davies, Jordan Evans, Kasey Swift and Rebecca Henstock)

BLACK SCREEN.
TITLES.

STACEY LEIGH(voiceover)
Erm my name is Stacey Leigh. I'm seventeen. And I er have a problem. I've had this problem for a while now.

FADE IN .

INT. WHITE ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH SAT DOWN AT DESK BEING INTERVIEWED IN A ROOM. INTERVIEWER NOT SEEN ON CAMERA.

STACEY LEIGH
I've had this problem for about, 2 years. I can't really remember my life before the addiction. I don't want to remember, it's the reason why it started, and I don't want it to happen again.

CUT TO:

FLASH BACK.

INT. A RUN DOWN HOUSE

BAZ
Where's the fucking money!

CLOSE UP OF BAZ'S FEET WALKING UPSTAIRS. CUTS TO CLOSE UP OF STACEY LEIGH'S SCARED FACIAL REACTION. CUTS TO A DOOR SLAMMING. CUTS TO BAZ'S PERSPECTIVE LOOKING AT STACEY LEIGH SAT ON THE BED LOOKING UP AT BAZ.

BAZ

Worthless little bitch!

BAZ'S HAND SLAPS STACEY LEIGH AROUND THE FACE, (SLAPS THE CAMERA TO MAKE IT STACEY LEIGH'S PERSPECTIVE). CUTS TO STACEY LEIGH FALLING TO THE FALL, LOOKING UP AT BAZ WITH HER HAND TO HER FACE. STACEY LEIGH TRIES TO CRAWL AWAY TO THE DOOR, CUTS TO BAZ STOOD BEHIND STACEY LEIGH, HE THEN GRABS HER HAIR TO PULL HER BACK, STACEY LEIGH STARTS SCREAMING. STACEY LEIGH IS CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR WHILE BAZ IS ATTACKING HER, (DURING THE ATTACK THE AUDIO IS CUT/MUFFLED).

SHOT OF BLOOD ON STACEY LEIGH'S FACE MAKES BAZ STOP. (AUDIO COMES BACK ON). STACEY LEIGH IS CRYING AND BREATHING HEAVY.

BAZ

Oh fucking forget it, you slag!

BAZ WALKS OUT OF ROOM. STACEY LEIGH LOOKS AT HERSELF IN A MIRROR CRYING, WHICH IS LENT UP AGAINST A WALL.

FADE OUT

INT. WHITE ROOM

STACEY LEIGH IS SAT DOWN AT DESK BEING INTERVIEWED.

STACEY LEIGH
I guess I just needed something to get my mind away from it all. I had no one or nothing to turn to, this was the only thing I could do which made me feel better. This is where my life all changed, at the time I thought it was the best thing ever, I thought I had friends, I thought...

CUT TO:

FLASH BACK.

EXT. UNDERPASS. EVENING.

STACY LEIGH IS WITH FRIENDS. STACEY LEIGH IS SAT DOWN ON A BENCH WITH FRIENDS STOOD UP AROUND HER.

FRIEND 1
Hey, whats wrong with you?

FRIEND 2
Yeh, you've been really, I mean like really quiet lately, is everything okay at home?

STACEY LEIGH LOOKS UP AT FRIEND 2 WITH A WORRIED FACE. FRIEND 1 AND FRIEND 2 LOOK AT EACH OTHER.

FRIEND 1
Come on Stacey Leigh, I know something is wrong, and you know you can tell us anything, so come out with it Stacey Leigh.

STACEY LEIGH
You know what, why don't you mind your fucking business! You always like to stick your nose in! There's nothing wrong, so just fuck off out of my life!

FRIEND 1
What the fuck you silly cow, all we are trying to do is help you. You know what I've had enough of you being like this, so fuck ya!

FRIEND 1 AND FRIEND 2 WALK OFF, LEAVING STACEY LEIGH.


FADE OUT.

INT. WHITE ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH IS SAT DOWN AT DESK BEING INTERVIEWED.

STACEY LEIGH
I thought, I just was alone. One stupid thing, I just lost it all. It's funny how people can turn on ya, and what things can change ya. I never knew it would do this to me, I never knew it all and I would end up like this. Twenty quid, that's where it started, twenty quid...

FADE OUT.

FLASH BACK.

EXT. UNDERPASS/ QUIET STREET. EVENING.

STACEY LEIGH IS WALKING. DRUG DEALER BEGGING STACEY LEIGH TO BUY DRUGS.

DRUG DEALER
Twenty quid, twenty quid. It's all I'm asking for, right deal. Go on twenty quid, you wont regret it.

STACEY LEIGH
No...I've been through enough without getting into that.

DRUG DEALER
Go on, you wont regret it.

DRUG DEALER FLASHES A SINISTER SMILE.

CUT TO:

INT. WHITE ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH SAT IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH
And I did regret it. I didn't listen to myself. I knew I shouldn't have done it. But he kept pushing me, and the more I didn't want to, the more I wanted to try it. To see what happens. I heard it solves problems. I heard it was just a way to escape the real world. Would it have helped me to forget?.... That's all that i was thinking about.

CUT TO:

FLASH BACK.

EXT. ABANDONED MARKET STALLS. EVENING.

STACEY LEIGH IS TAKING DRUGS, KEY OF KETAMINE (SHERBET). CAMERA SHOTS ARE FACED PACED AND SHOW STACEY LEIGH'S HALLUCINATIONS.

FADE OUT.

INT. WHITE ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH SAT IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH
I felt amazing. I had nothing to worry about. I finally couldn’t feel the pain. It helped me forget things for a moment, but not to forget for a life time. So I kept having it. It was the only thing that kept me happy. But after a couple of weeks, it started to take it’s toll. I had no money, no home, I quit school, I had nothing.

FADE OUT.

FLASH BACK.

EXT. A STREET/ UNDERPASS. EVENING.

STACEY LEIGH IS LAID ON THE FLOOR WRAPPED UP IN A SLEEPING BAG.

STACEY LEIGH (VOICEOVER)
I knew that I had sunk to a low. I needed to find help, so I came to you to find it.

CUT TO:

INT. WHITE ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH SAT IN THE INTERVIEW ROOM.

STACEY LEIGH
But I knew this life wasn’t my fault. It can’t be my fault, can it?

END.

Storyboard - First Draft (By Jordan Evans)

Research (By Kasey Swift)

CHANNEL 4'S STATEMENT OF PROMISES
A Government Communications Bill, expected towards the end of 2002, is likely to propose a new system of accountability for Channel 4 and Britain's other public service broadcasters with a strong emphasis on self regulation.In anticipation of this change, Channel 4 and its regulator, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) are exploring a system of programme promises to be made at the beginning of each year by the Channel and reviewed at the end of the year by the ITC. Channel 4 welcomes this as a practical means of encouraging broadcasters to set themselves clear ambitions and targets. The Channel's Statement of Promises for 2002 follows.

Treatment (By Jordan Evans and Olivia Davies)

Title:

Uncherished
Audience: Young adults (15+) to Middle aged people, suggested age group 15 to 40. People who enjoy dramas.
Duration: 5 mins

Time Slot: After water shed. 9pm - onwards

Day: Saturday - 11/09/2010

Channel: Channel 4 and Film4
Certificate: 15+ (Strong language, scenes of drug useage, mild violence)

Plot summary: The titles are shown with a voice over of Stacey Leigh who is a 17 year old girl, The shot shows Stacey talking to an unknown person in a room that looks like and interrogating room. Within this section there will be flash backs and it will show you what happened to her along with her talking to the person as a voice over (this is for the audiences benefit only so they can see what she went through rather than just hearing about it when she is talking to the person in the room.) This carries on throughout the film showing her life progress into child abuse, drugs and then finally dispair and she ends up turning to someone for support and help, this is the person that is in the room with Stacey. Then as the tape finishes and goes back to the fuzzy screen of the TV, the camera then zooms out slowly to reveal the location which is a dark room where her body lays on the floor underneath the TV, with only the light from the TV illuminating her silhouette. The audience then realise that the sequence they have just watched was actually a video of the girl shown in her final hours, and it was too late to save her before she committed suicide, although before she did decide to take her own life, she went and got help as a last hope but nothing could get rid of the memories, it was too much to handle anymore, and the only thing she left behind was the video in the TV from just a few hours ago.

Suggested elements: Flashbacks are included, nonlinear story line, Narrative voiceover , twisting plot, this is what makes are film different from others .

Brief (By Jordan Evans)

2. A short film in its entirety, lasting approximately five minutes, together with the following:

• A poster for the film
• A radio trailer for the film.