A film treatment outlines a story of a con artist named Jenny in Brighton who sells a forged painting and must then evade a hitman hired to kill her. It is later revealed that the hitman is actually Jenny's husband. They stage an elaborate chase and evasion, ultimately deciding to confront each other in an abandoned building to choose money over their marriage.

1. By Tom Harris

2. SYNOPSIS
• People will do dangerous things for money, this girl is
no exception, she ripped off the most dangerous man
in town, and now she must pay the price. Set in the
corrupt urban city of Brighton we follow this clever
con artist as she runs from the best hit-man around,
but you cant run forever! Will she live or die? Only
time will tell.

3. THREE ACT STRUCTURE
1. Jenny's childhood was hard, she was poor and lived a second class
life, when she was 15 she ran away from home and vowed to never
be poor again, she moves to the big city and marries a rich business
man (our stories hit man). Jenny sells a buyer a painting. The buyer
finds out it’s a fake and hires an assassin to kill jenny.
2. The assassin (who is her husband) follows jenny around town, a
chase takes place. They realise they are chasing each other.
3. They both decide to choose money over love, they decide to try to
kill each other, they evade each others murder attempts and decide
on a final showdown in an abandoned building.
(Means it will feature in the trailer)

4. OUR MAIN INFLUENCES
This influenced us
through the narrative
and plot twist in our
film.
The ideas of a hit
man and stealing
artwork in this film
were key influences.
The revenge themes
and filming
techniques that are
used were also
influences.
The crime and
artwork used in this
film helped us to
decide on key aspects
of our film.

5. “a large sum of money”
“she’s selling a famous painting”
“calls a hit man to kill Jenny”
TREATMENT PART 1

6. “around Brighton”
TREATMENT PART 2
“a fast paced chase”

7. TREATMENT PART 3
“the hit man and Jenny are
actually husband and wife”
“they chose money over love”
“they decide on a final showdown”

8. OUR USP
The main components that draw in our
audience is our use of postmodern
techniques such as pastiche and hyper-
realty, we have also included a major
plot twist to entice our audience and
keep them on the edge of their seats.

9. The Other Bits!!
Miramax films will distribute our
film
Our film is an mainstream film
Our film is rated certificate 15

10. PROPS LIST
ArtworkHandbag
WigGlasses
Gun Ring
CigaretteJiffy bag

11. COSTUMES
Hit man- shirt, black
trousers, long coat, gun.
Jenny 1- white shirt,
black skirt, high heels,
wig, glasses, handbag/
Buyer- blazer, black
trousers, smart shoes, rings,
shirt
Jenny 2-vest top, skirt,
jacket, ring

12. MUSIC AND LOCATION

13. CAMERA SHOTS
Close ups
Low Angle shot
Divided Screen

14. Script for Treatment Part 3:
They evade each others murder attempt, both staging
elaborate schemes and plans, but they both decide to meet
and put their abilities to the test in a final showdown in an
abandoned building.
Script for Treatment Part 1
At the beginning of the trailer we will introduce our main
character, Jenny. She’ll meet up with a buyer who she’s selling a
famous painting to. In return of the painting Jenny receives a
large sum of money. However, Jenny is a con artist and has
forged the painting; which is a fake. The buyer finds out and
calls a hit man to kill Jenny.
Script for Treatment Part 2
However there’s a twist, the hit man and Jenny
are actually husband and wife in reality, they find
out, but due to their broken down marriage the
decide to keep the money and kill each other.
SCRIPT