Film Treatment

Genre: Urban Drama

Title: Straight Lines

Plot Synopsis (ideas):

A teen mother living in her foster home struggles to keep up with teen life and motherhood. She tries to be a good role model for her child but her addiction to drugs consumes her ability to function properly. Frustrated with her daughter, the mother threatens to kick her out but only just ends up making the situation worse, with the child stuck in the middle. After an incident with the child almost using the drug, the mother call the social workers to take the teen to rehabilitation.

Now separated from her child, her mental state starts to deteriorate due to the amount of drugs and now living with her friend in whom offered his place. Not knowing that his true intention of taking  advantage of her. Hallucinates about the child dying or something because of her wrong doings then ends up overdosing. Now in the hospital, she realises that motherhood is important and so tries to build up her life from then, such as finding a job.

What characters are included:

• Teen mother
• Mother
• Child
• Male friend
• Social workers?
• Doctor
• Drug dealer
• Job interviewer?

Where will the trailer be film?

• Flat/house (different rooms: kitchen, living room and bathroom) 
• Alleyway
• Roads (pavements)
• A park or carpark
• A hospital-like room (open room)

Mise-en-scene:

Costumes:

• Casual plain clothes, parka coat (teen mother, toddler, extras)
• Tracksuits (gang and drug supplier)
• Suits (social worker and mother)
• White coat (doctor)

Props:

• Drugs
• Weapons - knife or gun