This low-budget independent film follows a protagonist who is released from prison and struggles to reintegrate into society. He has a hard time finding his place and fitting in, and his mother refuses to let him stay with her until he stops committing crimes. Over the course of two months, he works to find a new flat and reconnect with non-criminal friends as he tries to get his life back on track in London.
1. The treatment
Low budget
Independent production company
Genre: Coming of age
2. Production company: Laswap productions
Distributor: Kentish town pictures
Title : Forgotten
Tagline: Life's passing him by
3. Plot summary
Opening: protagonist is freed from prison and feels like his life is heading in
the right direction.
Complication: He finds it hard to fit in with society and feels lost when his mum
Doesn't let him stay with her.
Resolution: He finds himself a new flat and re connects with
people who are not involved in crime.
4. Protagonist (kevin)
He has just come out of prison Mum
finds that life has passed him by which is The protagonists mum is
shown through.. concerned with where her sons life
His local corner shop being closed down is going.
his mum being reluctant to help him until he When he returns from prison she
stops committing crime. doesn't let him live with her until
main he changes his ways.
Characters
Friends
His friends are a bad influence on the Enemies
protagonist. His enemies are a threat to him and his mum.
He will have to find new friends if she wants to They are aggressive to his mum in the street
get his life back on track. which is leaving her fearful and worried about
the safety of her and her
son.
5. Target audience profile
Age group: 16-24
Gender: Both male and female
Urban youth
We will appeal to this group of people through...
Clothing (brands which will make the audience
relate the protagonist well)
Music (current)
Inner city locations which teenage Londoners will
most likely recognise
People like you!
6. In the first scene
the protagonist is
walking away from
the prison.
Holloway prison
main locations
The protagonists goes
to his local shop to find
that it has been closed
down. This suggests
that life is passing him
by. Closed down corner shop
7. The protagonist uses
public transport to
get to his previous
home
bus
The protagonists home
where his mum still
lives
He visits only to find that
he has been kicked out
Protagonists estate
8. Who
protagonist: Main character
mum
Desiree: filming/character
Besa: Filming/character
What: Low budget coming of age film with element of
humour. When:
Set over a period of 2 months
Set in 2012 which will make it relatable to
the teenagers of today.
Why: explores the struggles of people
face after being freed from prison.
Where:
London, gritty areas (Camden and hackney).