Take a blank sheet of paper and down the left hand side literally write the numbers 1-50 or 1-60 (1 number, 1 scene)… Then fill each number in with a quasi-sentence no more that 15 words. (My online film school has launched 1000s of careers… It is all practical information… No romance… No theory)Ī Treatment has 12-15 scenes in it… Now before writing your first draft you need a solid roadmap… a blue print… an outline… Something that in Hollywood is called a “Beat Sheet” I did not say “Copyright”… Yes, copyright is better but the Library of Congress does not validate Treatments (They think they’re unfinished projects) with a copyright. Once you have typed your 3 page Treatment register it ($20) at the Writers Guild of America… Either the East branch or the West branch. Shakespeare calls this something…Īll the writing instructors of today call it “Structure”… And I call it the “5 UH-OHS, 5 OH-SHITS & 1 OMG”
Now, WRITE ACT II ( Bottom, Top and all of ) which is the roller coaster ride journey that your main character(s) go on from the introduction of Act I to the resolution of Act III. Then, after ALL CAPS, every other time you type the character’s name just Upper and Lower cases. Thus, in 2-3 long run-on, grammatically incorrect sentences tell the reader Who, What, Where… Don’t try to make the reader figure something out… they don’t want to… they want to be entertained…Īnd in a Treatment the first time you type a character, write his/her name in all CAPITAL LETTERS, then “comma”, then age, then a 7-10 word visual description of the character.īecause… All CAPS tells the reader “knew person just came into the story”… Oh OK. Write Act I… Start your Treatment by telling the reader the 5W’s & H…. (A Treatment is 3+ Pages with a Beginning, Middle & End) STEP 4: ACT I (Half of )
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(Bottom half) plus (top half) and all of is ACT II. (Bottom half, double space prose typing) is ACT III (Top half, double space prose typing) is ACT I Now expand your logline/pitch of 12-15 words into a 3-page Treatment. You got them… Give them the script and hopefully when they open it to page 1 you have a quick (more later) “Grabber” somewhere between Line #4 and Line #6. Key is the word conflict… For when, during your quick pitch, you state “And Complications Arise When…” then state the complication that the person you just said it to literally “raises their eyebrow” and goes “Do you have the script”? So keep it short, Grab their attention and have a Hook.īasically it’s give them (A) The Good Guy, (B) The Bad Guy, (C) The Situation and (D) The Conflict.
You must be able to grab someone attention and have them say “I want to read that” within the time it takes them to get into an elevator with you and you pitch it to them before they exit the elevator.
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(Always write scripts in the correct format… Use Final Draft, Celtx, Writers Duet or Movie Magic)Īlso called the “pitch”… Also called the “Elevator pitch”… Of course it can… but it makes it a lot harder to promote and market… Keep it to 1-3 words. So follow these 8 Steps and make sure Step 5 is solid and give it a shot… STEP 1: “THE TITLE” (1-3 Words)Ĭan a title be more than 3 words.
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Thus, give it a shot, 500-1000 sheets of 8.5×11 paper is cheap, the proper software is almost free… and the buyers… now with On-Demand platforms like Netflix, Hulu, WarnerMedia, Facebook, Apple, etc. Writing the great script, based on a great idea, with a great title, with a great story, with great sub-plots, with great characters with great dialogue is absolutely not easy… but it is not expensive to try…
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