chapter 15
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screenplay synopsis is a vital tool in the filmmaking world, helping you sell your movie idea to agents, managers, producers, and studio execs. Before anyone commits to reading your full screenplay, they’ll want to check out a one-page synopsis. So it’s super important that you get it right.
The likes of screenwriting maestro Aaron Sorkin probably won’t have any trouble getting someone to read their script without a synopsis. But if you’re not in Sorkin’s league, you’ll probably spend a bunch of time emailing query letters to try to grab people’s attention. To do that, you’ll need to include a short synopsis that sells.
The difference between a film synopsis, logline, and treatment
It’s easy to confuse a synopsis with a logline or film treatment. But while they’re similar terms, there are a few important differences.
Synopsis: one-page script summary
Logline: one-sentence script summary (read our logline guide)
Treatment: longer scene-by-scene breakdown of the storyline that screenwriters use to pitch a movie idea before writing the full screenplay (read our film treatment guide)
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