Treatment for my film trailer ideas

1. Film Trailer Treatment
Molly Chapman

2. Ideas
Initially, I wanted to make a music video because I listen to
music very often so know a lot about different genres.
However, I realized that without a fairly large budget, it’s
quite difficult to make a music video look professional
Therefore, I am going to create a film trailer for a dance
documentary; I dance myself and have been for 14 years
so this topic is something I’m really interested in. I feel like
I will be able to connect with this project more than I would
with a music video
It will be similar to Dancer and First Position, both of these
are quite different documentaries however.

3. Working Titles
Me/Dance Against the World
Eva’s Pointe
Leap
Taking the First Position/Step
First/Last Dance

4. Dancer vs First Position
It will be similar to Dancer in the way the film trailer is
structured, it is quite fast paced despite the genre of
classical ballet. This is due to the song used in the
background which lifts the pace so I am going to use a
song throughout the trailer which builds up and eventually
gets louder when the ‘star’ is dancing a solo
It will also be similar to First Position in the sense that it
follows the life of a young child dancer whereas, Dancer is
about a grown male ballet dancer who goes down the
wrong path.

5. Purpose
The purpose of this trailer will be to engage more children
in the UK to dance. In America, dance is such an
important sport however, in England there are not as
many opportunities. For example, in the US there are
over 700 postsecondary institutions that offer dance minor
or major programs however, in the UK there are less that
300 courses with dance as a subject area
In recent years there has been a surge of new dancers in
the UK with the help of organizations such as Dance UK
however, with a documentary film trailer targeted to the
younger generation, it could help increase these numbers

6. Talent
Main Dancer – Eva Burling
She dances for Junior Masters and The Royal Ballet School in
London and is also a cheerleader meaning she has the performance
level and charisma to be in the trailer

7. Locations
As it’s a trailer, a variety of different scenes will need to be
shown meaning there needs to be many locations

8. Opening Scene – dance studio (RBS) using drone to
establish scene and fast pace of dancers life. Also the
business of London which is England's heart of dance

9. Dances & Interviews – Amanda Restell Dance Academy &
Masters

10. My Ideas
It is about the life of a child prodigy ballerina age 9 who dances for the Royal Ballet School in London showing the
highlights of her young career at competitions as well as vigorous training and injuries
As it’s a trailer for a documentary film, it will feature interviews from dance experts, narration, shots from
competitions and inside the studio as well as the journey to London for the Royal Ballet School
Key Scenes from trailer:
Voiceover at the beginning of Eva dancing in the studio, dance moves correlating to narration ‘leaps, turns, jumps’
Described as a prodigy, clips that look like they are from the news with narration from news clips ‘child prodigy, Eva
Burling, to win All England Dance Competition’
Growth of experience and ability from when she was little, started dancing at 18 months
Training in studios all over the country
Preparation, makeup & hair for competition – backstage and the rush of it – ‘very very few succeed’ & with a fact
Warming up & gets an injury before she goes on stage for All England so she can’t compete – ‘nothing will stand in her
way, ‘its worth the sacrifice, ‘you have to follow your dream’ as titles
‘I think I live a pretty normal life, just with some extra ordinary opportunities’ – clips of her in her bedroom showing she
is also a normal young girl
Build up of a song to her dancing – ending of her in the middle of the dance studio floor doing her passion, not all
about results of competition
Quotes from newspapers ‘the most gifted dancer from her generation’ e.g. the daily telegraph, the Sunday times

11. Filming Techniques
Drone for overhead footage & establishing shots
Fuzzy look from new television videos & reports
Slow motion
Narrative/voice over correlating to visuals
Same dance move but in different locations
Cutaways as it’s a trailer so doesn't need to be continuous
Tilts and pans from ballet shoes – ideological to body and face
Song to background of dance – builds up

12. Filming
The talent will be on summer holiday break so I will be
able to film at her dance lessons & rehearsals
I will use my iPhone 6S camera, DJI Spark Drone and I
will need to borrow a video camera
For the interviews I will film in a room set up with props so
there is not other sound from people walking around or
talking, For the dance scenes, I will add music in the
background during the editing stage

13. Existing Documentaries
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmiBXdBNIXE

14. TV Channel
It will be on BBC Films because this organization has an
existing fan base of the younger generation and a strong
platform to exhibit the film on.
The trailer will also be exhibited on YouTube because it
will be likely to reach a wider audience