Introduction to Film Direction
Treatment: the cornerstone of your vision
A course by César Pesquera , Director and Visual Artist
About the video: Treatment: the cornerstone of your vision
Overview
“In this lesson I will teach you what a treatment is, what its function is and the contents it must have so that it becomes the document where you can pour your vision from the mood boards and the texts that you write for each aspect of the production.”
In this video lesson César Pesquera addresses the topic: Treatment: the cornerstone of your vision, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Film Direction. Learn how to translate your vision into audiovisuals for the big screen and direct your own scenes.
Partial transcription of the video
“Treatment: the cornerstone of your vision I will teach you what a treatment is, its function and the elements it must have to turn it into a document that contains your vision. Treatment is a document where we express our vision as directors. After swimming through references, getting, selecting and ordering, we compose a document that allows third parties understand what is our vision, what is in our head and that they can, practically, enter inside it. The first function is to organize our ideas. It forces us to select, organize and put it all in one document spoiled. The second function ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Film Direction
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Film, Film, Video & TV, Lighting Design
César Pesquera
A course by César Pesquera
César Pesquera lives to tell exciting stories with a solid conceptual framework and room for visual experimentation. As a visual artist and director, he currently dedicates himself to filmmaking, directing music videos, developing advertising campaigns, and writing.
In his most recent personal projects Tramuntana and Santa Ana, he explores the crossover between visual experimentation and documentary. Both pieces were selected at festivals such as Cíclope, SXSW, Sitges, Cannes, Slamdance, and BFI London Film Festival, among others. In addition, his work has been recognized with several Laus awards, a Gold at ADC*E, and second prize at YDA Cannes. In 2018, Santa Ana received an Honorable Mention for Best Documentary at Salute Your Shorts festival in Los Angeles.
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