What is the reason to write a movie treatment?
Actually, a treatment is a description of the action without showing the dialogue. Many screenwriters will make a treatment to flesh out the ideas for the story before writing the actual script. Here is an example of what I am talking about: SCENE 12 (EXT DAY) The Municipal Baseball Diamond We come upon the baseball diamond on a hot and sunny morning, as the Oakdale Yankees are facing the much better Springfield Bluejays. RICK JOHNSON is pitching for Oakdale and JIMMY LIGHTNER pitches for Springfield today. We see from the scoreboard that this is the bottom of the ninth inning and that Springfield is ahead 8 to 2. Oakdale is at bat for the last time and the boys all know who will be winning this game. KENNY WATERS is at bat and he’s tired. The UMPIRE announces that there are 2 strikes. KENNY raises his bat and prepares for the pitch. We switch back and forth between the faces of KENNY and JIMMY. There is the unmistakable air of confidence on JIMMY’S face and a defeated look on KENNY’S.
