my treatment & synopsis of a contemporary noir

Synopsis of ‘15minutes of fame’

A woman is desperate for fame and will do anything for it and I mean ANYTHING. So when the chance arises to go to an opening of a new bar in London with her friend she jumps at the opportunity, knowing full well that she will be rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous.
As the night continues she is getting close and comfortable with a rising star of British tennis. He believes her to be single; she knows that he’s not. Whilst he leaves to talk to his agents and sponsors she slips a drug into his drink. This way he won’t remember the evening’s events and she can blackmail him with any story that she can muster. If he doesn’t succumb to her desires then he has two ultimatums.
1. To keep his normal life he must pay a large sum of money….or too ignore the threats she will
2. Sell her story for the 15minutes of fame that she has always wanted.

Treatment of ‘15 minutes of fame’.

To make this truly a contemporary noir the editing will be non-linear with enigma’s set within the film that aren’t making too much sense at first until nearer the end. Maybe he has wronged the femme fatale before but is unbeknown to this. Maybe there is more than one person involved within the blackmail?
Jump cuts will help to aid the feeling of unease, felt by viewers from previous noirs, within scenes such as the spiking of our males drink as well as low key lighting and maybe the use of a ‘hard’ light in some scenes at the bar and the morning after within the apartment.
The cinematography will incorporate shots such as high/low shots to show the shifting of power from the male protagonist (the tennis player) to our femme fatale.
Two shots and over the shoulder shots will enable to capture the meeting and conversations throughout the night and Dutch tilts to express the feelings felt from the morning after.
The clothes worn will be a modern twist incorporating old styles of the 1940’s such as pencils skirts and pea coats whilst modern stylists will be within the technology such as cars, phones, modernistic furniture and lighting seen within the club.
The sound will be between digetic and non digetic sound as well as adding atmospheric sound to aid the feeling of desperation felt by the tennis player when he hears the blackmail delivered to him by the femme fatale.