YOUR FILM / TV PROGRAMME TREATMENT

  29/09/2017 PLANNING: TREATMENT

CLASSWORK and PREP: Write a PRODUCTION LOG entry in which you show that...

• you have written a treatment (explain that you have researched how to write a treatment, for example by researching here)
  • you have composed a 'topline' and 'big question' (first introduce your research about Frank Ash + a screenshot from his video + the link to his video. Give his job title etc.)
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      As part of my research into how to devise a treatment, I watched a FutureLearn video presented by Frank Ash.
      For Frank Ash, Creative Consultant who has taught storytelling and creativity techniques to teams across the BBC and beyond, it is important to focus on the audience: what will interest the audience? How will the narrative develop?
      
      

      

      
      
      "So, if you’re aiming for your film to reach a large audience online, making sure it has universal appeal will be key. We’ll be thinking about this in more practical terms later in the week, but let’s bring Frank Ash’s points together with the last step’s concerns:
      
      

      • Think about your favourite book or film or any ‘good story’ you recently watched online, could you sum up its narrative into ‘one elegant sentence’ to provide its ‘topline’?
      • What was its big story question, and how important was it to your appreciation of the text?"

       Thanks for the presentation to The University of Birmingham and FutureLearn:
      Video © BBC, Text © University of Birmingham