A Treatment will usually include a:
TITLE: Usually a good title is used to present a solid central idea
LOGLINE: A one/two sentence stating an idea proposal
SYNOPSIS: Outlines the key idea in more detail (300-500 words)
CHARACTERS: outline each main character with a short description and introduction
TOPLINE: an 'elegant sentence which sums up the action'
BIG QUESTION: What is the enigma which will unfold?
NEXT:
- After writing the treatment, you create a STORYBOARD (hand drawn on sheets we are given) which presents a brief visual idea of a storyline
- and a SHOTLIST
BRAINSTORMING IDEAS:
We initially brainstormed multiple different ideas and genres . We have access to a boat house, and therefore thought planning something which involves that location would be successful as well as using contrasting lighting to create certain moods within the audience.
FILM IDEAS:
Props:
- Pin Board
- Documents
- Pictures
- Files
- Doctors notes
Plot:
- Genius girl with access to the whole/majority of her brain, is being stalked (IQ-166)
Effects:
- Clips from YouTube
- Titles
- Background music/sounds
- Filters
Suggested Locations for Shots:
- The Mansion corridors
- Isolated places
- Woods
- Empty car park
- Walking down an empty dark road
- Flats near my house
- Elevator
- London
Crime board-black shot-hand over mouth-blackout
TITLE: Abnormal, The Exception, Nature of Human Mind, Unsettled, Extraction
CHARACTERS: The doctor, the stalker, the girl who's being stalked (main)
Solid evidence of some interesting initial brainstorming, as yet not fully formed. The bare bones look promising. Take this to the next stage.
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