Intangible Cultural Heritage and Museums Field School 2011 Documentary Video Production Kit Writing Treatments A Treatment is a short document that tells the story of your film. It introduces the main characters, describes the issue, and explains how the film will develop from the beginning to the end. Your Treatment will give its reader a sense of what the audience will experience (see, hear) during the film. Technical considerations and dialogues are often left out unless they are essential to the story. The treatment can later be developed into an AV script that includes dialogue, camera angles, transitions, and sound design elements. The following questions may help you in writing your treatment: • What is the objective of the film, why is it being made? • Who is the intended audience? • What is the issue (conflict) and who are the involved parties? • Who are the main characters? • What does each of the main characters want? What is their goal? What is keeping them from reaching their goals (obstacles)? • What happens at the beginning, middle, and end of the film? • What will the audience know after watching your film? Specific to our study of Intangible Cultural Heritage: • What element of ICH have you identified at your field site, and what are the local challenges with safeguarding it? • Who are the local stakeholders that should be represented in your film? (Elders? Youth? Technical experts? Ritual or religious specialists?) • How will you visually and sonically represent this element ICH? • How will you visually and sonically represent local challenges (and successes!) in safeguarding it? • What will the audience learn about this element of ICH and the way that people at your field site are working to safeguard it? Links UNESCO – How to write a documentary script http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/programme_doc_documentary_ script.pdf
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Intangible Cultural Heritage and Museums Field School 2011 Documentary Video Production Kit
Writing Treatments
A Treatment is a short document that tells the story of your film. It introduces the main characters, describes the issue, and explains how the film will develop from the beginning to the end. Your Treatment will give its reader a sense of what the audience will experience (see, hear) during the film. Technical considerations and dialogues are often left out unless they are essential to the story. The treatment can later be developed into an AV script that includes dialogue, camera angles, transitions, and sound design elements.
The following questions may help you in writing your treatment:
• What is the objective of the film, why is it being made? • Who is the intended audience? • What is the issue (conflict) and who are the involved parties? • Who are the main characters? • What does each of the main characters want? What is their goal? What is keeping them
from reaching their goals (obstacles)? • What happens at the beginning, middle, and end of the film? • What will the audience know after watching your film?
Specific to our study of Intangible Cultural Heritage:
• What element of ICH have you identified at your field site, and what are the local challenges with safeguarding it?
• Who are the local stakeholders that should be represented in your film? (Elders? Youth? Technical experts? Ritual or religious specialists?)
• How will you visually and sonically represent this element ICH? • How will you visually and sonically represent local challenges (and successes!) in
safeguarding it? • What will the audience learn about this element of ICH and the way that people at your
field site are working to safeguard it?
Links
UNESCO – How to write a documentary script
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/programme_doc_documentary_script.pdf
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PRODUCTION TITLE:
AV format is often used for writing documentaries. You can also use scriptwriting software like Final Draft or Celtx (free) to format your writing.
Video Audio
Explain what’s on the screen • Moving images • Still photographs • Graphics
This is what the audience hears • Dialogue • Voice over narration (VO) • Music • Ambience • Sound FX (SFX)
Intangible Cultural Heritage and Museums Field School 2011 DRAFT AGENDA Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre Day 6 (Research and Documentation) DAY 6 PRE-PRODUCTION WORKSHEET OBJECTIVE DETAILS ICH Element chosen for film
What story are we telling in our film?
Who are the main characters? Why?
How will we document/illustrate the ICH element? Visually? Sonically? (take photos and make drawings for your storyboard)
What will viewers learn from this film?
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