In this post I will be telling you some information about Film Treatments, here are some questions that I will be answering on the subject.
What is a treatment?
A treatment is the step between scene cards and the first draft of a screenplay which will be used for mainly television program, radio play ECT. It is generally longer and more detailed than a script inculding more detail on the location and what the plot is. 'When you write a treatment it must be written like a short story only written in the present tence and describing the event that actually happen.' example from Wikipedia.
What is the purpose of a treatment?
The purpose of a treatment is to allow your audience to smell, taste and experience your environment as if its actually happening in the mind (picturing the film) the more detailed the better the film, before creating it of course.
A film treatment (or treatment for short) is a piece of prose, typically the step between scene cards (index cards) and the first draft of a screenplay for a motion picture, television program, or radio play. It is generally longer and more detailed than an outline (or one-page synopsis), and it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits. They read like a short story, except told in the present tense and describing events as they happen. There are two types: the original draft treatment, created during the writing process, and the presentation treatment, created as presentation material. (Wikipedia)
