We decided to go with an alternative script called 'The Industry' which is a parody of the 'behind-the-scenes' documentaries that always seem to appear in the 'Extras' sections of films on DVDs.
Done in a style that flits between a talking-heads format and a naturalistic shaky-cam format, it provided a lot more scope for a more feasible project. We realised that it would have to be re-written in a style where improvisation from the cast could easily be incorporated - we realised the humour would only work effectively if it was done in a totally naturalistic style, where the audience would totally believe that what they were seeing really happened. It would be in the style of 'The Office' with Ricky Gervais, with similar camera movement, and a script and acting that would be hilarious in an ironic way, where the audience would be able to relate to real-life people and situations and find it funny through their own comparisons to reality.
Here is a clip from 'The Office', to demonstrate the style we will be using:
The clip includes talking-heads scenes - where the documentary maker interviews the 'characters', as well as broader scenes showing the location. This is just an example of how we envisage the overall style of the piece we are going to make.
This is a clip from 'This is Spinal Tap' - a film which also uses a similar style:
And again, another clip from a more recent film called 'Confetti' which again uses the same improvised, naturalistic style:
Although I was feeling massively fired-up about creating 'Treatment', I feel that this opens up so many new doors to us, and that we can make this into a really really funny film.
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