Video treatment template (free)

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What’s inside the Video Treatment.

12 slides with real content in place. Rewrite them, reorder them, or add your own.

1Slide 1Title card: a letterboxed 2.39:1 frame of a potter at the wheel, the title in light italic and a billing block of the crew
2Slide 2A note from the director: the concept in the first person, beside a full-height frame of hands at the wheel
3Slide 3The film in one line: the logline, the synopsis, four figures from the firing, and the three acts on a 90-second ruler with every beat
4Slide 4Story beats, part one: the wheel at 6:10am, dawn in the yard, glazing and loading 1,400 pieces, each a frame with its timecode, a line and its sound
5Slide 5Story beats, part two: lighting the kiln, five nights of stoking, the cooling week and the door coming down, before the end line
6Slide 6Look and feel: a mood board of twelve reference frames, with what we take from each
7Slide 7Light and colour: north light, firelight and ash with their colours, the film’s palette, and the grade before and after on one frame
8Slide 8Casting: the real potters of Kettlebrook rather than actors, the five faces we follow and how we ask them
9Slide 9Locations: the studio, the wood store, the kiln shed and the creek, with a plan of the yard and where the seven cameras stand
10Slide 10Sound and music: on-site sound, the kiln roar and a sparse cello and piano score on the film’s clock, the three cues, no voiceover, and the one end line
11Slide 11Shooting approach: the day unit, the fire unit and the opening as frames, and the format, kit, light, movement, crew and rules
12Slide 12Schedule and deliverables: a Gantt from pre-production to delivery, fixed by the firing, and the five things delivered on May 14

When to use it.

Video Treatment is a 12-slide director's treatment for production companies and directors pitching a brand film or commercial after the brief, and agreeing the film before anyone shoots. It opens on a letterboxed title card and a note from the director, then gives the film in one line with its acts on a 90-second ruler. Story beats follow as storyboard strips with frames, timecode and sound, then a mood board, light and colour with the grade, casting, a location plan with camera positions, sound laid out like an edit timeline, the shooting approach and a dated schedule with deliverables.

Made for

Marketing, SEO and web agencies
Freelancers and consultants
Design and video studios
Anyone quoting for client work

Make it yours in four steps.

Open it in Decks and work through it, or let Docsiv AI do the first pass with your details.

Step 1
Put your film's title, the client and your crew on the title card, and rewrite the director's note in your own voice.
Step 2
Set the beats, their timings and their frames; the ruler, acts and sound tracks run on the same 90-second clock.
Step 3
Swap the reference frames for your own tests or stills, and take the light swatches and palette from your camera tests.
Step 4
Introduce your cast, redraw the location plan from your recce, then change the schedule dates to your shoot.

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Is the Video Treatment template free?

Yes. Create a free account and it opens in Docsiv's Decks app, ready to edit and share. The Free plan includes every Docsiv app and 500 AI credits a month.

Can I change the colours, fonts and text?

Yes, all of it. The template uses Cormorant and Hanken Grotesk and Fragment Mono with #0d0c0b, #ede6da, #cf5f2a, #8c867e, and you can change any of them, rewrite every word and add or remove slides.

What can I export it as?

Decks in Docsiv offers: Slides, PPTX, PDF and HTML exports. Once it's saved, you can also share it with a link.

Can Docsiv AI write the video treatment for me?

Yes. Tell Docsiv AI about the client or project and it can draft the content in this template's style, which you then review and edit. AI uses credits; the Free plan includes 500 a month.

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