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The main characters. The climax, which is the confrontation between the hero and the villain. The resolution of the main conflict. Executives are looking for unique and marketable subject matter that an audience can relate to so they can sell it! Treatments are evaluated on several levels: Is this a good, marketable story?
Does the writer have the talent and ability to translate this into a great screenplay? Executives and producers use treatments as both a selling tool to get your movie made and as a way to identify story, characters, and structural strengths and weaknesses.
Whether you write a treatment based on your original idea, an adaptation of a novel, or true story, the reader will evaluate your ability to dramatize the project into a riveting story complete with captivating characters and a solid structure.
It must have energy and follow the conventions of the genre. The reader must get a vivid sense of your story: What the world looks like and how it feels. Use visual imagery to describe your settings and time periods. Distinguish your characters so the reader has a clear understanding of who they are such as profession or personality and what motivates their actions.
What makes both your story and your approach unique? Your plot must continue to build momentum from page one line one right through to the very last sentence. Below are three film treatment examples that you can model from some older movies and some newer movies. Click the links to view and download the treatments. Lights out directed by David F. He gave it his best shot, and this is what he came up with. You can see he hit the essential points of the outline; we gave earlier in the post.
He had already had a deal with the production company. The Terminator directed by James Cameron. This treatment only consists of the acts and the who what when where and why portion, which are the most critical parts of the treatment. So the question I had that you might have right now is, why is this so long? To answer that question you would have to see the movie. Think about The Terminator. You can start off talking about act one of a half man half machine creature from the future.
You have to engulf them in this world. Smith directed by Doug Liman. This treatment comes the closest to the format Hollywood suggested with its working title, character set up and story. The story portion contains all three acts as well as the when where who section. This is the case because the writer went to film school and it paid off. That small minute detail and is not necessary. Say if you already are writing your script.
You might have half of it written already. Rember you should stick to the prose. The only way this would be acceptable is if you had an agreement with Natalie Portman in being attached to the script.
So now that we went over everything about script treatments its time to dive into things that are related. Something that is cut out is:. There is no need for this section.
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