Music Video Preproduction: Writing a Treatment
In the world of video production, a treatment is a one page description of all of the elements of your project. To write your treatment, reflect on what the content of your story will be. Who is your story about? What kinds of obstacles do your characters need to overcome? Where does the story take place? The requirements for your treatment are listed below.
Your treatment should include detailed description of the following:
Your treatment should include detailed description of the following:
- What is your story? What obstacles will your characters have to overcome? How will they do this?
- Who are your characters? Who will play your main characters?
- What will your performance footage look like? How will you differentiate it from the story footage?
- What kinds of props and costumes will you require? How will you acquire these?
- What locations will you need? Will you need to ask for permission to shoot in any of these locations? When are they available?
- What kinds of shots will your video include? How will you achieve these shots?
- Will you be attempting any special effects or special editing? How will you make these happen?