This is a presentation about how to develop a film treatment before starting a documentary film project.
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@coachjohnlucas74514 жыл бұрын
I’m about 3 weeks in to my first documentary and this was one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen yet! Thank you for giving us real examples of how you do the pre-production!
@IraGardner4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad you found it helpful. Thank you! I'd love to see your project when you complete it!
@kentintarantino74694 жыл бұрын
how to please a person to document his story, should i offer something to him or get him paid?
@joisagirlsname3 жыл бұрын
I came here to get tips on how to pitch a documentary I want to make as an amateur and now desperately want to see YOUR documentary.
@ashishlohra3 жыл бұрын
Same to same!
@juliomontero56922 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ira for putting the time and effort to share this useful presentation. Coming across this video is really making a positive difference in the development of my upcoming documentary. All the best to you!
@kelleythorrington48205 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful resource this video has proven to be - thank you!!!
@ericnov2 жыл бұрын
hey Mr. Ira Gardner, this was insightful, I have watched a turn of documentary film treatment videos, this one, in particular, has taught me so much, am into the initial stages of my award-winning film. thank you, sir.
@BrianDeanHoff6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Ira, this is just what I needed to help me collect my thoughts.
@ishmaelmakwaeba37173 жыл бұрын
Same to me. I just wish he provided his sample as a template document to refer from.
@makanakamultimedia3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the detailed explanation...Years of learning packed into a 30 - min lecture
@ivonna.tinkle5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this information, I'm almost done with my treatment....
@RodneyKimbangu3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ira. You gave more torch lamp! God bless you!
@jasonlight88133 жыл бұрын
Writing my first documentary, this has been very helpful. I'll be returning to this resource many times. Excellent insight and example doc
@mickaeldocouto4 жыл бұрын
This is a real gold mine of informations !! Thank you !!! 🙏
@ohyoubastarrrd4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Ira! In the past year, I have read through countless documents explaining the ways to write a treatment and finding your video now, I'm finally getting the answers I've looked for.
@IraGardner4 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to hear that it is helpful!
@pathwithin15194 жыл бұрын
This was so helpful, I will watch this many times!👍
@roslynwilliams49176 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this video, it was really helpful!
@moonproduction88345 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for that tutorial. I appreciate it.
@LivingstonGina6 жыл бұрын
Very well explained thank you! I’m working on my very first film documentary
@alpha_asibor6 жыл бұрын
Gina Livingston, please, what is a documentary film?
@Hst52123 жыл бұрын
this was really amazing ,can you please upload more where experts do the breakdown of their own work. A nd thanks once again for this video .
@anganatiluthando85945 жыл бұрын
@Ira Gardner Thank you so much for sharing this information with us, it has helped me so much in creating a proper synopsis for my documentary.
@markharris57716 жыл бұрын
No idea how I ended up watching this, I take photographs and have no intention of ever making any videos or films. Having said that I’m really pleased I did watch it, it was fascinating and you kept the viewers interest all the way through. Very well done indeed.
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
Mark Harris thank you so much!
@reelreverb97426 жыл бұрын
This video is great! Thank you!
@GoFarAway53386 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Would you be able to point us to a PDF sample of one of these treatments...esp. one that has already been produced ...to use as a guide?
@bolokada13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Its help greatly 💕
@southernroseproductionsllc90496 жыл бұрын
Thank you, you have provided great information. I am making some changes to my treatment.
@ismaelcruz58405 жыл бұрын
Very underrated channel, so glad I found it!!
@IraGardner5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I will have a lot of new content coming out in the next two months!
@thewanderess3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ira! This helped me very much.
@nateperaccini89126 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly for taking the time to produce this video. Are the documents you referenced available online?
@ricardomiranda77373 жыл бұрын
Wow, powerful. At 18:30 "Things are not like they used to be in American news media...the work he was doing from behind the iron curtain was more objective and truthful than the work he sees being done here in the American news media."
@laurynrowland73092 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy I found this. I was so frustrated.
@sidshadow4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for ur efforts! Very helpful
@elyssametissa41153 жыл бұрын
Thanks a million for this!
@AngellaMunchiluePhillips6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@poetslanefilmhk70123 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much🙏🏾
@MatthewEncina2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for such great info!
@ericnov2 жыл бұрын
When I see people like you on this channel, its a guarantee for me. am consuming the right content for my work... big follower on all your socials✌
@TheGratty3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@ashishlohra3 жыл бұрын
Great video, thanks for putting it out there; I am using it to structure my first documentary's Treatment ... where can I watch your documentary?
@chuchuone5 жыл бұрын
Ira Gardner you are a saviour! loved every little bit of this. I write and was wondering how to put together some ideas I have but you have mapped the whole thing for me. Its like I was blind and you gave me my sight! Thanks so much and I hope many more will happen on this the way I happened on it...
@IraGardner5 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@damianoparravano70225 жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you so much for this really informative video. Is there any possibility to get a finalized version of the documentary film treatment of "Sitting between two chairs" for educational purposes? If not, any other similar document would be extremely appreciated. Best from Italy. D.
@MissFawlty5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this, it's illuminating! One question: on the first page of your treatment, there is an indication of copyright. I was wondering if you could give a few pointers about protecting treatments from a legal standpoint...
@IraGardner5 жыл бұрын
I will try to post something for you in the next couple of days. I do have a lecture about copyright but it is geared more towards photographs and visual art but the law applies equally towards writing.
@davidpaa-kwasiable37565 жыл бұрын
Impressive presentation. very helpful content, thank you
@IraGardner5 жыл бұрын
Thank you David!
@rockgrant8697 жыл бұрын
Really good stuff Ira!
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@marycobra7 жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!
@rayvegan85873 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the insightful and well shared module on this topic.. Is there any way you can post the PDF for your treatment?
@beauty3hd6 жыл бұрын
this is very helpful
@allareypictures72086 жыл бұрын
thankyou for sharing 😊
@RoeePeretz3 жыл бұрын
This is so helpful! thanks! Is it possible to get the presentation? It's better then most of my courses...
@MrWingoTube3 жыл бұрын
This helped so much
@sandrakavee49726 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank you
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sandra!
@AdeszkoArtur6 жыл бұрын
fantastic ! thanks alot !! aaa lot :))
@amandineguerre54097 жыл бұрын
thank you for such a detailed and comprehensive. did you publish any book about making documentary films?
@IraGardner7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I teach documentary video production but have yet to publish a book on the topic.
@iqris83833 жыл бұрын
Very good very very good
@joshuadg5758 Жыл бұрын
Very very good guide, thank for your share. I'm not native English and your example very hard to read because the Video just at 480px. Can you make it bigger or can you share the scripts's doc file. Thank you very much.
@TristypoozOA3 жыл бұрын
Hi there, what font would you recomend for the treatment? Thanks
@JBorda6 жыл бұрын
Hey Ira this is great info! ANy advice on historical documentary writing. I mean I'd like to talk about the evolution of Street dancing but I'm having issues connecting that to specicifc characters or a normal storytelling A- B - C. Any leads would be great!
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Do you know any current street dancers to use as your main character? Do any of the current street dancers have any historic influences? There are a lot of ways to go with a documentary on street dancing. An expository approach would allow you to have a narrator introduce the history (not my favorite approach) whereas interviewing a current street dancer(s) as someone that represents the genre and then diving into the history could be worthwhile. I'd love to see what you come up with. email me at ira.gardner.photo@gmail.com if you'd like to chat about it.
@JBorda6 жыл бұрын
Hey Ira. Great lights here.I've been debating between those two options and your opinion makes me lean on to the latter ;) I will put more ideas together and I'd love to share them with you for your feedback. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
@ishmaelmakwaeba37173 жыл бұрын
Hi Ira, Good work indeed on what I am urgently looking for. I wish you provided a sample document as a template. Are you willing to share, please?
@kentintarantino74694 жыл бұрын
Hi thank you for sharing, one question.. how to please a person to document his story, should i offer something to him or get him paid? how much
@apexxxx105 жыл бұрын
*13:50** Look at the LEICA!*
@Trainofthought733 жыл бұрын
Do you have a link to your treatment as I find it hard to see
@victorbouveron896 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. What is the difference between the "overview" and the "logline"?
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
A logline is like a quick pitch and is most often a single sentence with a hook to make you want to know more and is focused on the story you are telling whereas the overview addresses the the overall topic of your film that is illustrated by your story. It's like setting the background for your story and why the issue you're presenting is relevant and important to your audience.
@victorbouveron896 жыл бұрын
I see. Thanks so much Ira.
@laurynrowland73092 жыл бұрын
is that Miike Snow at the end sir 😁?
@LubaLuba13 жыл бұрын
Can you send me a link to see sample treatments?
@chasingamurderer Жыл бұрын
Hey there! Thank you! You created a great video! I need help with for I am one-person video maker trying to make ethical and creative work for awareness. This is hard to get support on. Truthfully, I care more about others than I do myself. How can we, new channels combine news/ story creations? I would like to make money for once!
@thewanderess3 жыл бұрын
Hi Ira, where can I watch your documentary?
@gavnoah16 жыл бұрын
Ira Gardner did you create your documents after you finished the documentary?
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
No I developed the treatment in pre-production. I did end up re-writing the treatment AFTER I had gathered footage and reviewed what I had and what was missing as I got more clarity on what the real story was. Essentially in pre-production I had a rough idea of who the characters were but then after I had filmed the interviews I had much better clarity and rewrote the treatment and used it as a guide during the editing process. Having reviewed it yet again to make this presentation made me want to go back and re-edit this film and bring in footage from another project that I hadn't realized related so well to this story. Alas, a film is never finished!
@mikkelhansen63026 жыл бұрын
Do you have to make a film treatment for documentaries which is 5 minuts long? Im about to make a short documentary myself and I need an overview at the project.
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
I recommend doing a treatment. The extra time spent planning will make production go so much faster.
@mikkelhansen63026 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Hexarmin6 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This was really helpful. I am from Germany. I was asked to make a documentary for native people and their project-to open a school that teaches their native culture, traditions and forest medicine-. Could I get in touch with you. Could you help me with my treatment. I have all the ideas and angles, just have difficulty putting them into a clean format like your treatment. Thank you. Regards, Hermann
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
I'd be happy to help! Just email me at ira.gardner.photo@gmail.com
@IraGardner6 жыл бұрын
Let me know if I missed your email. I haven't seen one from you yet.
@lonceyswildcairns3336 ай бұрын
Thanks heaps but I need real life examples ad in show us one of yours on a pice of paper of what you actually wrote
@janetogonda79562 жыл бұрын
i need this information more, can we connect?
@alpha_asibor6 жыл бұрын
What is a documentary film?
@moonproduction88345 жыл бұрын
The documentary film is when you providing the audience with information about a specific subject that letting them understand every thing about it. I hope that I have exeplained it well
@hootenaneeproductions30405 жыл бұрын
He says a logline should be 2 lines then does a 5 paragraph logline as an example lol
@IraGardner5 жыл бұрын
The logline needs to capture the essence of the entire story in one or two sentences which is what I have demonstrated in this example. The rest is secondary support information that is optional. A logline is like an elevator pitch. If after reading the logline someone is interested in more information then the additional paragraphs are there. I see why you made this comment but I hope you understand that the logline us about making sure you get the story across in the first two sentences which I did in this example.
@hootenaneeproductions30405 жыл бұрын
@@IraGardner ah it's all good my friend. Honestly your video really helped me out a lot today when I was writing my own treatment so thank you for that :)