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Premise and Treatment

Premise and Treatment. BREAKING IT DOWN. Premise , the fundamental idea that drives the plot. Plot a series of events that determine or make up the story . Story , defined as narrative, the building blocks or frame work that connects all events . PREMISE.

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Premise and Treatment

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  1. Premise and Treatment

  2. BREAKING IT DOWN • Premise, the fundamental idea that drives the plot. • Plot a series of events that determine or make up the story. • Story, defined as narrative, the building blocks or frame work that connects all events.

  3. PREMISE • Premise, the fundamental idea that drives the plot. • Examples, “what if you lived the same day over and over again?” • Groundhog Day, 1993 – Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis “ A man refuses to conform to life in a rural prison” - Cool Hand Luke, 1967 – Don Pearce

  4. PLOT A weather man is reluctantly sent to cover a story about a weather forecasting "rat" (as he calls it). This is his fourth year on the story, and he makes no effort to hide his frustration. On awaking the 'following' day he discovers that it's Groundhog Day again, and again, and again. First he uses this to his advantage, then comes the realization that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity in the same place, seeing the same people do the same thing EVERY day. He soon realizes he must change his ego-centric ways in order to overcome the repeated events of the eachday, ultimately finding a love interest in his fellow co-worker. Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang, who, while refusing to buckle under to authority, keeps escaping and being recaptured. The prisoners admire Luke because, he seems to be unbroken. Nevertheless, the camp staff actively works to crush Luke until he finally breaks.

  5. Story/treatment Writing the treatment is an excellent way to force yourself to get the intricacies of your story down on paper before you even think about writing FADE IN. Most of us are guilty of having jumped into a new draft when there were still gaping holes in the story, and that never ends well! The more work you put into your treatment, the less time you’ll spend writing and rewriting… and rewriting… And when it’s time to rewrite, the treatment is right there to help guide you. A strong treatment is practically guaranteed to make your script better, so why limit yourself?

  6. Why the treatment/outline is important… • Screenwriter David Goyer explains… • Works include • Batman Begins • Dark Knight • Man of Steel • DaVinci’s Demons • Blade • Puppet Masters

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