Chapter 7
The Picture Writer: Communicating Your Intentions
In This Chapter
• Various ways you can present your film concept to others in writing
• The difference between proposals, treatments, and synopses
• Identifying your themes and goals
• Identifying your audience
In the previous chapter, you developed your film idea through an understanding of various storytelling elements and methods, including writing a script. You now need to put your story into a written form appropriate to show other people whom you hope will either serve as your crew or will give you resources, such as money, equipment, or locations. This chapter and the next will discuss several ways of communicating your idea to others. Though presented in a sequential order, these ...
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