Film treatment

A treatment or more properly film treatment is a short prose telling of a story intended to be turned in a screenplay for a motion picture. It is generally shorter and less detailed than either an outline or a step outline but it may include details of directorial style that an outline omits.

Related Topics:
Screenplay - Motion picture - Outline - Step outline

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Treatments are widely used within the motion picture industry as selling documents, whereas outlines are generally produced as part of the development process.

Related Topics:
Outline - Development process

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