Media Studies 78: Spring 2004
Intermediate Media Projects: Sound/Image

Treatment Assignment
DUE DATE: TUESDAY 3/9


 

The treatment should be a concise description of your project. It should convey to the reader a sense of what your project is about, what it will look like, and how you will go about completing it. After you graduate, your skill in writing a good treatment will be crucial to your being to obtain funding or other forms of support for your projects, whether you choose to work in the independent or industry sectors.

A good treatment should be clear and concise, and it should contain the following information:

What is the format of your project? Is it an audio piece, a film or video, installation, or performance? What is the proposed scope of the project—is it one large-scale project (worth 50% of your grade) or a series of smaller-scaled projects addressing the topic in a variety of approaches and formats? What is its genre (experimental, documentary, narrative, etc.)?
What is the subject of your project? Give your reader some background knowledge of your subject. Also discuss why it is important for this subject to be addressed or explored.
Your methodology. How are you approaching your subject? Will you conduct research (if so, where?) What are your primary sources? How will you orchestrate the different visual, audio, and other information in your project?
Your production plan. A timeline can be useful in describing your process. Some will include a budget with their treatmentÑmost grant proposals require an itemized budget. In large proposals, documents such as letters of support—if you are collaborating with an organization and other references may be included.

For the purposes of our class, please address the topic of "sound/image" in your treatment. Discuss how you are responding to and interpreting it in your project. Please bring two copies of your treatment to class.

 

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