...On to the Scripts!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | 1:36 PM

Stu here, and as Steve's last entry revealed, our treatments have been approved!

Let me say this - I learned more about writing treatments in the past week-and-a-half then I ever learned in film school. It's one of those lessons that can only be learned practically, no matter how many times you do it in the classroom. There's a lot of give-and-take, a lot of differing opinions, a lot of questions.

As a writer, I tend to be more 'elusive' - I want you to ask what's coming next or be questioning (in a good way) what just happened and why. I think it's good to have an audience engaged and active in your story.

But with treatments...you are dealing with an entirely different animal. You need to be direct, to-the-point, and spell out whatever is going to happen. There's no room for 'style' in a treatment, and I found that out pretty fast. There were details I wanted to explore further in the scripts, but, with this being a short web series, it was important for us to hammer out every single story beat in advance.

I think everyone, from Steve, to Stun, to IFC and Red Bull, really got me to open up the story and ask the hard questions earlier than I normally would. It got me actively thinking about where this whole series was going, and what was the best path to reach that end-point.

So, I know my destination. And I know the path. Now it's just time to get there.

There are few greater joys in this world.