Treatment for 'Biscuits' Idea

This week we had a meeting with the whole group for us to discuss what ideas we had for this project. We decided to use an idea that our director, Tyler, had come up with called 'Biscuits'. 

This idea fits all the criteria for a drama but also has elements of fantasy in it. Once we decided on this idea, Tyler wrote up a treatment so that we could present it to our tutors and peers. Below is the treatment that the director wrote.

BISCUITS by Tyler Mason Mellins

Libby is unhappy. She is bullied at school, has an overprotective mother and is mourning her recently deceased grandmother. After being sent shopping by her mum, Libby returns home with the goods. Her mother pesters her about school - "Did you make any friends yet?", "Are they still mean to you?" etc - as she begins to unpack the shopping her daughter collected. She soon realises that all of the items are wrong and scolds Libby, who insists she bought the right items and that she has not seen these ones before. Her mother is cross at Libby and says she must have picked up somebody else's bags by mistake. Libby tries to defend herself but her mother storms out of the house to do the shopping herself.

Libby takes a look at the shopping for herself to investigate. In one of the bags, she finds a letter addressed to her. Inside are some instructions for a spell that can be made using all of the items in the bags. Called the 'Elixir of Journeying", the note claims that drinking it would allow her to visit anyone, anywhere at anytime. Desperate to see her grandmother and already having the ingredients, Libby decides to try her luck.

The spell involves drawing a sigil on the ground using salt and placing candles at its points. She then mixes several of the ingredients in various bottles and flasks as instructed on the note. Finally, she combines the liquid into one bottle which is placed in the centre of the sigil and adds a crumbled up biscuit, her grandma's favourite. Instantly, the candles go out. Libby then drinks the gross-looking green liquid and quickly falls unconscious.

She is awoken by her grandmother and finds herself tucked in bed. Her grandma has brought her a cup of tea and wishes her a good morning, telling Libby that she thinks the two of them need to have a chat. Libby tells her grandmother about her troubles in school and at home, as well as how much she misses her. Her grandmother gives her advice about making friends and ignoring the bullies and tells her that her mother is only strict because she loves her. She says that Libby needn't miss her because she is always with her in her heart. Libby yawns and her grandma suggests that she should go back to sleep to get some rest. Libby asks if that will return her to the 'real world' and her grandma says that it will, but not to worry as she can visit her any time she likes, jokingly adding that she is only allowed back if she brings more biscuits. Libby laughs and lays back down, telling her grandma that she loves her. Her grandma says that she loves her too, and Libby falls asleep.

Sometime later, though it is not specified how long, we see Libby and her mother doing the shopping together. Libby is happy and she and her mum laugh and joke with each other as they shop for groceries. Libby also mentions that she will be sleeping at her friends house the following night and so her mum will not need to cook for her. Libby picks up a packet of biscuits and begs her mother to buy them. Her mother laughs and allows her to put them in the trolley, commenting that Libby is addicted to the biscuits as she always asks for them. She remarks that they were her grandma's favourite, and Libby says "I know" and smiles. The pair walk off deeper into the store together and the film ends.