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)
