Director's treatment - free course from Skillbox, training, Date: November 26, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 04, 2023
Directors and producers
You will learn how to present your project at tenders. You will understand how to sell an idea to a customer, and you will be able to effectively interact with him. Learn how to type up treatments yourself and write texts for them.
Presentation designers
You will learn how to create presentations taking into account the specifics of the film and video industry. You will understand how to work with references and storyboards. Expand your portfolio and be able to do treatment for advertising projects.
Lyricists and ghostwriters
You will learn to express ideas visually and master PowerPoint and Keynote. Study the treatment structure and find out where to look for references. You can create beautiful, functional presentations and make money from it.
Worked as a ghostwriter and creative director. He was the showrunner of a sports series for the Olympic channel. Filmed for Porsche, Mobil 1, Adidas, S7, Yandex.
Worked with Gucci, Walmart, Miller, Sally Hansen, Target, Megafon, Beeline, Wayfair.
What is treatment
You will find out what treatment consists of, study the algorithm for working on it. You will understand how tenders work. Learn to sell your ideas.
How a director can write text for his treatment
Learn to write a story, make a storyboard, reveal images, designate locations, scenery and camera movements in the text.
Working on treatment with the team
You will learn how to provide accurate technical specifications to a designer and ghostwriter. You will understand what mistakes specialists make most often when working with a team. Learn how to properly prepare documents.
How ghostwriting works
Learn to understand the director and the client. Find out what needs to be agreed upon and with whom. Once you understand how the industry works, you can start your career in it.
Structure and style of text in treatment
Learn to build a treatment narrative and understand how “selling text” works. You will be able to speak the same language with the director, producer and client. You will learn how to build a balance between text and visuals in treatment.
How a designer works on treatment
Get acquainted with the specifics of the treatment designer's work. Learn to communicate the concept of a project and make changes.
References and main elements of the presentation
Learn where to look for references and create moodboards. Learn to work with the basic elements of presentation design.
Fonts and layout
Learn to choose appropriate fonts and layout presentations.
Communication between the designer and the director and production
Get familiar with industry terminology. You will learn what needs to be agreed upon with the director and how communication with production works. Learn to evaluate your work and create a portfolio.
Final project
Create a treatment based on one of the client briefs to choose from. You’ll come up with a director’s idea, select references, write the text and put together the final presentation.