I hear the argument for a detailed treatment and how it makes the writing process easier. My previous treatments were 1 page, 1 note per line affairs whilst my latest is the first to be indepth at about 20 pages but I'm not seeing any benefit to the creative process.
In the past I'd get an idea, noodle a basic plot and then run with it. The only difference I find with the detailed treatment is that fleshing out the details of every scene over 20 pages, as opposed to just having one sentence per scene on just 1 page, means it's easier to type up when finished.
What I'm trying to say is that the creative process hasn't changed. I get an idea and try out a few ideas. It doesn't matter whether the process takes minutes or days, once I'm happy with it then that's good to go. I don't find myself reflecting more just because I'm writing a longer treatment. As with all my scripts, I'll change what doesn't work but if I think all is fine then I'll plough on regardless. So if I have a crappy plot, a 20 page treatment isn't going to make it anymore apparent than my usual 1 pager.
I was hoping to find some enlightenment with the more detailed process but all I'm finding is that I'm fleshing out those 20 lines/scenes of my 1 page treatments. Even then it doesn't save that much time because I still have to convert the notes into a fully fledged and uniquely voiced script and I could have been working on that instead of detailing my one line scene summaries!.
In the past I'd get an idea, noodle a basic plot and then run with it. The only difference I find with the detailed treatment is that fleshing out the details of every scene over 20 pages, as opposed to just having one sentence per scene on just 1 page, means it's easier to type up when finished.
What I'm trying to say is that the creative process hasn't changed. I get an idea and try out a few ideas. It doesn't matter whether the process takes minutes or days, once I'm happy with it then that's good to go. I don't find myself reflecting more just because I'm writing a longer treatment. As with all my scripts, I'll change what doesn't work but if I think all is fine then I'll plough on regardless. So if I have a crappy plot, a 20 page treatment isn't going to make it anymore apparent than my usual 1 pager.
I was hoping to find some enlightenment with the more detailed process but all I'm finding is that I'm fleshing out those 20 lines/scenes of my 1 page treatments. Even then it doesn't save that much time because I still have to convert the notes into a fully fledged and uniquely voiced script and I could have been working on that instead of detailing my one line scene summaries!.
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