Film Courage: What if someone doesn’t know the difference between a synopsis versus a treatment?
Shane Stanley, Filmmaker/Author/Instructor: I think a synopsis versus a treatment a good answer at least that I can give what I see it as a synopsis is usually a paragraph or two, a 1,000 words or less is kind of it’s going to tell me what this is. Now a treatment usually is going to have a log line. It’s going to have what the tonality is. It’s going to have purpose, it’s going to have the message and then it’s going to give me five acts, a paragraph…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
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This is the third feature from Writer/Director Scott Dunn and Producer Gina Gomez Dunn. They successfully raised funds for the sequel via Kickstarter and managed to complete production only 2 days before all film productions shut down due to the pandemic. Because of the lockdowns, Scott Dunn had to tackle post-production by himself (editing, color correction, effects, and sound) and release the flick in time for the holidays.