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Play treatment

  • 01-01-2010 5:51pm
    #1
    salmonshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭


    Hey, I was wondering if someone could help me out. I am pitching a play and need to write a treatment. I am very inexperienced but have a great idea (I hope). What is the general format for a treatment of a play?


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  • #2
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,663 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    With a treatment you are writing the story in a descriptive manner as if to explain to someone what its about. The treatment must cover everything to do with the play. There are no elements of surprise or mystery to a treatment. Every element is explained outright.

    E.G. if you were writing the treatment to The Sixth Sense, when describing Bruce Willis' character when he first appears you would mention then that he is a ghost but that the audience nor himself are aware of it this until the end of the script.


  • #3
    salmonshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭salmonshirt


    Great, thanks for the help. So it's basically a one page essay describing the story with no hidden plosts etc. Thanks again.


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