Writing Movie Treatments by HG Nadel Writing movie treatments is an essential task for successful movie screenwriting. Writing movie treatments is beneficial for the screenwriter, director, and those who may want to purchase your screenplay idea. Even if you don't sell your treatment, it will thoroughly help prepare you to write the full screenplay.
What Exactly is a Treatment? A movie treatment outlines the basic concept of the story. It lays down the vision of the director with the essence of the story and its themes. Movie treatments are not a document that describes a movie that has been released, but rather one that is focused on describing the events that take place in the story of a proposed script. The film treatment does not focus on the overall theme of the script, but rather it artistically describes each and every event that takes place in the story of the script to allow readers to obtain an in-depth synopsis of the story.
What is the Purpose of a Treatment? Movie treatments can be used for two main purposes. Firstly, treatments provide an edge and a sense of direction to screenplay writers, providing in-depth details of each and every action that takes place in the script and allows them to develop the screenplay accordingly. Another benefit of treatments is their usage in selling scripts of an undeveloped movie in the market. Movie treatments create interest and exposure in the minds of directors and producers, who may be willing to buy the script. The right treatment will garner the most attention towards the script and the best potential buyers.