Treatment - 5 Minute Film

Treatment - Full Film

Title - Low Profile

Duration - 5 Minutes

Audience - 12 - 17 year old students and parents and teachers

Distributor - Future Shorts

Summary - A student called Hollie is a socially awkward girl who is alone at home on her laptop on a social network site, she is seen getting cyber bullied by her peers. She then receives a random friend request from a boy called Ethan, with few mutual friends, she accepts straight away to which he pops up on chat and they begin a conversation which goes on for weeks via texts and phone calls. Her father questions why she has been so reclusive lately to which Hollie reacts negatively as a typical teen. Ethan asks Hollie to meet up in a quiet location like his house however Hollie wants it to be in a public place like town. After a while Ethan reluctantly agrees to meet up in town. Hollie waits for Ethan at the arranged meeting place, after a long period of time with Ethan having not shown up she decides to call him which he rejects and puts Hollie through to his voice mail. As Hollie sits there, sad the world passes by as she waits a little longer. When she finally realises Ethan is not turning up she sets off walking home. Meanwhile her father is at home worrying where Hollie has gone to, trying to contact her. Whilst he is in her room he goes to put Hollies laptop away but it turns on showing Hollie's Facebook page where he reads her last messages revealing the meeting point and time. The shot goes back to Hollie as she is still on her way home, where a car is seen pulling up quietly behind her. Then Hollie is snatched by an unknown tall male and bundled violently into the boot of the car which then screeches and drives off. The final clip is of 'Ethan' changing his Facebook name, profile picture, deleting Hollie as a friend and adding a different girl...

Suggested Elements - The girl doesn't have many friends which is usually the case for a thriller film as she doesn't have anyone to confide in about the boy meaning he is only known by Hollie herself making it much easier for him to kidnap her.