Treatment

The present.
Kitchen.
At home.
Time of day irrelevant.


The protagonist (camera P.O.V) is staring at calendar. Shot of calendar is shown. Using flash burst/stop motion, the calendar then shows as days are counted down/crossed out, building up to the date of departure which will be shown in same way eg; circled in red. The shot will then change to showing the suitcases and/or the tickets/passports lying around the house, moving increasingly closer to the front door or out into the car. This will also just be photos/stop motion.


The Present.
Memorial Avenue.
Early Morning.
As they travel down the road (Memorial Avenue) maybe some more photos or very short amounts of film footage. Upon arrival at the airport, shots of the departures board will be shown and perhaps other airportish things, eg; carousel, gates etc. The protagonist walks to get a cup of coffee. High angle shot looks down on the cup of coffee.This will also be shown in the same way that Memorial Ave is shown. All this will lead up to the departure. The purpose of this is to show the anticipation, the boredom as both the audience and the protagonist are really just waiting to leave the airport.


The Present.
On the plane.
Morning.
The protagonist looks out the window. Clouds will be visible. Maybe at some point, some land. The lapse of time will be made evident, as 10 hours have to pass. The arrival at Singapore airport will be shown. The protagonist looks out of the plane window, down on Thailand, approaching Phuket. They walk out of the plane, into the airport.


The present.
Phuket.
Night time.
The protagonist travels to the resort. Snippets will be shown of the journey. The protagonist arrives at the resort. and looks around, taking in the unfamiliar scenery. Inside the lobby. The corridor to the room. Inside the room. Up to now this will have taken about 90 seconds?


The protagonist sees friendly Thai faces in the street. Goes to the beach. Sees amazing views. Goes on an elephant ride - the camera shots will be jerky and all over the place. Film continues with snippets from the holiday, showing Thailand. Total length of film will be around 5 minutes.


Mellow music plays continuously. Perhaps building in volume in places. Matched to the photos.

I changed the start for time restrictions in regard to the length of my movie and this footage was deemed to be the least relevant and therefore best to cut. The drive to the airport was also removed as my dad thought he was funny and pulled faces in my shot and so I used other, better footage.

Instead I included (all things shot in the present) - elephant trek, boat trips, different areas and locations/events in Phuket.