Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 15:36:36 +1100
From: Felicity Coombs <coombs-AT-mpx.com.au>
Subject: documentary treatments and scripts


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First you should be aware that there are no set ways to write a
documentary treatment.
An observational documentary treatment is completely different to one
fully scripted containing re-enactments or full of interviews eg The
Thin Blue Line
I have just written a treatment for an observational documentary and it
was a lengthy process.  Also I wouldn't have started until I had sold it
as it is too much work for little money if nobody wants to see it.
After years of studying film/documentary and a couple of degrees and
books later it is still hard to put bread on the table.
If your intention is writing/making films - Good Luck.
There is an online screenwriting course at:
http://www.teleport.com/~cdeemer/book/index.html
For scripts there are the How to bibles of: Viki King, Linda Seger, and
Syd Field
which tell you how to write a structured film and on sale at any leading
bookseller
or web sites full of well known scripts such as:
Drew's Script-o-rama with over 600 scripts
http://www.script-o-rama.com/
or others such as
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/9350/screenplays.html
Writer Guild gives reviews of scriptwriting software at:
http://www.wga.org/tools/ScriptSoftware/index.html
a simple search will turn up hundreds.
Felicity Coombs

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