Treatment

Title: The Game
Genre: Thriller - elements of crime thriller and psychological thriller

Our film would have an ensemble cast so there is no one main character. The plot involves three killers (2 males and one female) and a classroom full of victims - some more focused on than others. In thrillers the killer(s) tend not to be the main character though their role is just as important in the plot but they are usually harder for the audience to relate to. We chose to challenge this convention as the killers in our film have just as big a part as the victims.
The killers in our film have formed an unhealthy obsession with typical teen-horror moies such as the 'Scream' series and 'The Strangers'. They idolise the killers in these types of films and plot to replicate the types of murders committed in them. We decided to name it 'The Game' because the idea of the killers playing a game with their victims as they have fun planning their crimes and later, committing them seemed very sinister. The plot will also focus on a few of the students as they try and survive the attack on their college during an after-school revision session.
The opening will not give much of this away but just show a series of cross-cutting shots between the killers preparing for their crimes and the students in their revision session.