First Idea (treatment)

Our idea is about a middle aged man who is telling his friend about how he is experiencing a recurring dream. The recurring dream which he has 2 times in the duration of the film consists of him being in a kitchen setting when suddenly a young boy who is covered in gasoline appears and through some means we don't understand, the man ends up nearly setting him on fire but wakes up just before he does. The film follows his decent into madness as the dreams get progressively worse, each time him getting closer to setting the child on fire. He speaks about his concerns to his friends as he's unsure about how much closer he is going to get in his fourth dream. Throughout each morning he wakes, and in the background the radio is talking about how their have been multiple deaths by fire in the area. The film ends, with him waking up mid dream and he is standing over the kid asleep in bed.

This is our primary idea to use as a basis to work off, we know its nowhere near finished but we wanted to share our process of our brainstorming idea.