Treatment, synopsis, loglines.
Using the Rosellini example discussed last week , develop a concept for 3 x 90 sec short films. They must be episodically linked. Nominate three key attributes for legth, theme and genre: eg short, environmental, comedic. Develop an animatic storyboard using still images as part of your development work. Put together a call sheet for your team, and nominate three team members to direct one of the three episodes.
Write a treatment, logline and synopsis as outlined below.
Treatment: a very thorough summary of the project (i.e. a long synopsis), in present tense prose, and without dialogue. Spec treatments for features normally run three to four pages, and are not NOT scene by scene summaries. see definition
Synopsis: usually one or two page story summaries that describe the situation, main characters and important action. see definition
Loglines: one or two enticing concept sentences, about 25-35 words total, to convince someone to request the script. It answers the question: what is your story about? see definition
For further detail refer to the brief.
