Differentiate between synopsis, treatment, first draft, scene breakdown & shooting script.?

Question

Script writing

Answer 1

Synopsis - a detailed summary of the story.

Treatment - an even more detailed summary of the story, written in prose, with some smatterings of important dialogue if the writer has already come up with some. Treatments may also include an analysis of the story, and other written material meant to "sell" the project to people interested in funding/producing/otherwise contributing to it.

First Draft - pretty much the first version of the script, written in screenplay format.

Scene breakdown - a step that actually comes between the synopsis/treatment and the first draft, it's a summary that breaks the story down into all the different scenes that are going to be required for the screenplay...even more detailed dialogue (which isn't necessarily the final dialogue, but something that gives the reader the idea of what information needs to be conveyed when) as well.

Shooting script - basically a script that (presumably after countless revisions) is at a point where it's ready to be shot. Sometimes the term refers to a version of the script that tends to be more descriptive of the kinds of shots and the camerawork and action involved (as opposed to "selling" scripts, which focus on the story and dialogue and don't linger too much on the details of what is seen onscreen).

Answer 2

Synopsis - a detailed summary of the story.

Treatment - an even more detailed summary of the story, written in prose, with some smatterings of important dialogue if the writer has already come up with some. Treatments may also include an analysis of the story, and other written material meant to "sell" the project to people interested in funding/producing/otherwise contributing to it.

First Draft - pretty much the first version of the script, written in screenplay format.

Scene breakdown - a step that actually comes between the synopsis/treatment and the first draft, it's a summary that breaks the story down into all the different scenes that are going to be required for the screenplay...even more detailed dialogue (which isn't necessarily the final dialogue, but something that gives the reader the idea of what information needs to be conveyed when) as well.

Shooting script - basically a script that (presumably after countless revisions) is at a point where it's ready to be shot. Sometimes the term refers to a version of the script that tends to be more descriptive of the kinds of shots and the camerawork and action involved (as opposed to "selling" scripts, which focus on the story and dialogue and don't linger too much on the details of what is seen onscreen

Answer 3

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