A man comes home one night to discover his wife has been kidnapped, he then has to race against time to find her before she is killed, during this quest to save his wife, he is sent to do different jobs for the kidnapper through a series of calls
Who will survive and who will face a tragic death?
Treatment
A woman comes home from work in her car. She pulls up on the drive and gets out of the car. She's looking around like there's somebody following her or there's something there. She walks towards the door and unlocks it slowly, during this shot the camera comes extremely close to the key turning to make it have a bigger impact on the audience as you can no longer see what it around the woman therefore it makes the audience weary as when the camera comes back out they expect something to happen behind the woman, walking in, checking behind her as she does and closes the door. She locks the door and double checks, and then switches on the lights; this also includes an extreme close up of her switching on the light as it gives more effect. She then turns on the TV and goes into the kitchen, still looking uneasy and nervous. She turns the oven on and gets food to prepare out of the fridge when the phone rings.
She picks it up and there is no answer. She hangs up the phone and goes to walk away when it rings again. This time she seems angry but nervous when she answers it the second time. There is still no answer so she puts the phone down. There is a knock at the door. She answers the door cautiously, but there is nobody there, during these shots a lot of medium shots are used as it shows the woman but also some of her surroundings so the audience can see what is going to happen, if anything is going to happen. She grabs her keys and storms out the house, upset, not even locking the door. She gets back in the car, puts her seatbelt on and starts the engine. She looks into her rear view mirror and freezes, screams. Fades out and credits start.
The husband comes home about an hour later on the phone to work with a briefcase in one hand, and a pile of files under the other arm. He walks around the house looking for his wife whilst still on the phone, within these clips the editing technique used is a montage of images as it will show the different places he looks but in fastest motion so loads of time isn’t taken up. After a few minutes, he hangs up the phone to work and tries to call his wife. A mysterious voice answers, stating that his wife will be fine if he does as he is told; this shot will include a close up so the audience can see his clear reaction to the news. He is given an address and is told to go there and smash up the car and outside of the house, but don't hurt anybody if they confront him or go with the police if they show up. After arguing for a while, a threat from the kidnapper makes him concede and he makes his way to the house. He picks up a brick that is on the floor nearby and approaches the car. He hesitates and sighs, then throws the brick at the car window. The alarm goes off and he picks up another stone on the ground next to him. He then throws this at the main window of the house, during this match on action scene a lot of close up will be used to show the man’s face and all the objects hitting the car.
The light has come on the top floor of the house and you can see a silhouette of a woman on the phone and crowd has gathered behind him. He elbows another car window to smash it. Sirens can be heard in the background. His phone rings. It is the mysterious voice again. The voice congratulates him and tells him to run.
He hangs up and runs away from the sirens, this includes a match on action shot of the chase but they eventually lose him.
After he has escaped after a few close run-ins with the police, his phone rings again. This the time the voice gives him another address and tells him to kill the man in there, this shot includes an extreme close up of his eyes to show anger and fear, and if he does, he will get his wife back. He argues saying he won't and can't. He defies for a few minutes until a threat to harm is wife is made, and he reluctantly agrees.
The man makes his way to the address, looking anxious and angry. He gets there and knocks on the door. He is greeted by a strange man who asks him to come in and offers him a drink. He goes in and sits down on the couch, and tries to explain that he has been sent there to kill the person who lives there. The strange man doesn't seem scared, but just tells him to do it quickly if he is going to kill him.
He says he doesn't want to kill him and makes a deal that he will disappear if he gives him £3000 to leave with. The strange man leaves and a couple minutes later, during this shot there will be a close up of the two men shaking hands to show they are gentlemen and have made an agreement, the phone then rings, he answers it and the strange voice gives him an address and tells him to go there to get his wife.
He quickly leaves and gets to the old house where his wife is supposed to be. As he walks in, he notices a chair with his wife on it facing away from the door. He runs to the chair and sees that his wife has been killed. As he cries, the door he came in through closes and the strange man who he paid to leave approaches him, holding a knife covered in blood. Fades out and there is a slashing noise.
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