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PLANNING: TREATMENT

Write a treatment for your film opening.
Title of blog post: PLANNING: TREATMENT
Once I green light the treatment, you start the storyboard, shot list and call sheets.

HOW TO WRITE A TREATMENT

A Treatment will normally contain a:

• Title:              A dynamic one. It seems obvious but a good title is often a sign of a solid central idea.
• Logline:         A powerful one or two-sentence statement of the idea being proposed (about 25 words).
• Synopsis:       A three paragraph synopsis outlining the idea in more detail (about 300 – 500 words).
• Characters:   Short descriptive outlines for each of the main characters 

PLANNING: TOPLINE AND BIG QUESTION

Order of PLANNING tasks (there should be separate posts on each of these) to be completed by the end of November:

1. Topline and big question 
2. Treatment
3. Shot list
4. Draw storyboard

Watch this presentation by Frank Ash then write your own Topline and Big Question for your film opening. You write up a blog post explaining all this. You include a visual from the Frank Ash presentation, explaining who he is and what you learned from the presentation. Your blog post title is PLANNING:  THE TOP LINE AND BIG QUESTION

For Frank Ash, Creative Consultant who has taught storytelling and creativity techniques to teams across the BBC and beyond, it is important to focus on the audience: what will interest the audience? How will the narrative develop?

"So, if you’re aiming for your film to reach a large audience online, making sure it has universal appeal will be key"

TOP LINE DEFINITION: Think about your favourite book or film or any ‘good story’ you recently watched online, could you sum up its narrative into ‘one elegant sentence’ to provide its ‘toppling’

BIG QUESTION DEFINITION: What was its big story question, and how important was it to your appreciation of the text?"