Synopsis, Outline, Treatment by fanli

Today I found one of important materils which Toula gave to us in the first lesson in this semster.I read it again and piont out some basic and vital information folowing. And this will help me to write in the second assignment.



It is a way of discovering and defining the fundamental essence of a project's story.

Synopses

The one sentenses synopsis should give the most concentrated version possible of the story, or at least its key event.

The one paragraph synopsis must state very briefly and simply WHO, WHAT and HOW.


The one page synopsis deals in WHo, WHAT, and HOW, but also established the other major characters and their lines of conflicts. The key event of any synopsis is a clear indication of the story's structure. That is, how the story begins, develops and ends. The reader of the one page synopsis will want to see that the story develops and builds with rising tension, even more loaded conflict and something of value riding on the outcome.


The drama outline

The outline is a document of three to eight pages. It expands the one page synopsis to acknowledge motive, demonstrate cause and effect and show the flow of the narrative as it will be told on screen.


The drama tratment

The treatment, as the term suggests, sets out the dramatic and cinematic way you intend to 'treat' the story in terms of style and unfolding narrative. It should convince a reader that there is a cinematic story and that the writer has a firm grasp of the story and its telling. The treatment will also include any subplots, indicating how they integrate, and reverberate, with the main plot.


In a treament version of story with multiple strands or subplots, it is perfectly legitimate to use such terms as "Meanwhile..." or "At the same time..." or "On the other side of ..." t indicate a transition to another strand or subplot.


There are standard definitions of what a treatment is, such as:"the telling of the story in the present tense, in a cinematic way-that is, confining the telling to only what can be seen and heard."


In a word, treatment is a statement of intent. It is a description of the film you want to make and think you can, given what you know and what you have access to when the filming begins.


These informtion display I think give me most knowledge pionts in the material. Fighting for the treatment due to next week!Hope it goes a right way.