TREATMENT- EXTRACT- AMBER

TREATMENT- EXTRACT
Title: The Rise and Fall of Lola Rouge

Audience: The documentary is to be shown on Channel 4 at 9pm. Although there is some content that involves expletives, we plan to censor them with a bleeping sound and a black box around the mouth. Showing the programme at 9pm will reduce the chances of it being viewed by children, and appeal to a young adult audience.

Duration: approx. 5 minutes

Synopsis: This five-minute extract is taken from approximately half-way through the entire film. It shows some of the documentary in full and ends with "end of part 2". The extract begins with Lola performing in a studio, when she was a famous singer. A voiceover plays over the top, accompanied possibly by some somber music: “Lola Rouge was once an international superstar and nation’s sweetheart. What went wrong?”
Next comes a black screen, with audio being heard. As the image fades in it becomes apparent that Lola is being interviewed. We next see her rummaging in a bin, completely contradicting the answer she gave the interviewer.
We return to see Lola in her home, answering interview question number two. It now cuts to shots of Lola walking down the street, walking past people that are minding their own business and screaming “Leave me alone! I just wanna be normal!” to them, followed by shots of her leaping into stranger’s photos.
“Do you still enjoy a glamorous social life Lola?” 'Secret camera footage' captures Lola stumbling in the door, heels in hand; looking highly dishevelled and is dragging a boy along with her.
Back to her interview: “Are you still in touch with any of your celebrity friends?” At which point she displays to the interviewer a terribly edited super-imposed framed photograph of her stood between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The date she brought home wanders past the camera and yells from presumably the kitchen. Lola follows and they have a row.
The interviewer next asks: “So Lola, have you anything to say about your notorious downfall?” Lola appears to have gone temporarily deaf and completely disregards the question. “Have you any plans for the near future?” Lola returns to the shot clutching a shoddy looking book, her autobiography.

Suggested elements: slow motion, bleeps and boxes to censor expletives, short bleep and very quick white screen which flashes between each question's section of footage.