Treatment – Script – Screenplay for Basketball
Introduction
This is my continuing treatment - script - screenplay for 4-on-4 full-court basketball, 3-on-3 full-court basketball, 2-on-2 full-court basketball, or 1-on-1 full-court basketball. My intention is to make basketball more exciting again, with more fast breaks, dunks, great passes, amazing blocks, and so on.
This treatment and script is for entertainment in any media, including a web series, TV show, TV series, TV reality show, regular TV show, basketball games, basketball leagues, 4-on-4 full-court games, 3-on-3 full-court games, 2-on-2 full-court games, or 1-on-1 full-court games, social media, movies and all other digital media or media yet to be invented.
Clips of 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 full-court basketball will allow for a new way to advertise products. Indeed, this treatment and script will allow for better ways to advertise products for businesses on social media, and other media, because basketball is the number one sport on social media.
Wanting 4-on-4 full-court and 3-on-3 full-court basketball is the result of studying basketball statistics, mathematics, and analytics since the invention of the 3-point line and comparing that information to earlier times.
Everything is included in this treatment
Everything on this blog www.4ballUSA.com is part of this ongoing treatment and or script for shows or games or any form of entertainment involving basketball.
Expression
The main expression of this idea for entertainment involving basketball is playing with fewer than 5-on-5 players. Instead playing 4-on-4 full-court or 3-on-3 full-court, 2-on-2 full court, or even 1-on-1 full court. Another expression is using that concept to create a viable league or entertainment industry, or at least attempt to do so as part of a reality TV show or other entertainment. Expressions of this idea possibly include a reality TV show, a scripted TV show, games, tournaments, creating a basketball league, creating a traveling team, using basketball highlights in old and new ways for advertisers, the ability to create entertainment for various media channels as desired, the ability for any episode to be a complete game, or to be a mixture of reality TV and a game, or to be a mixture of reality TV and highlights, or to be a mixture of fictional or scripted entertainment with basketball, and so on. Another way to express the main idea is to have potentially many persons involved in any way be filmed. As noted, fictional events or characters can also be included.
Plot device/points
One plot device is playing basketball 4-on-4 full-court, or 3-on-3 full-court, to increase the number of fast-breaks and basketball highlights. The concept is to make the game more wide open so that more highlights can occur. With some tweaks, basketball can go from running from 3-point line to 3-point line to running full-court again. Another plot device/point that could be used is incorporating new technology such as software, cameras, social media, and things that involve the fans more than ever before. One episode, for example, can be about playing 5-on-5, then going to 4-on-4, then going to 3-on-3, then going to 2-on-2, then going to 1-on-1.
Highlights
Basketball highlights are enjoyable. There seems to be an insatiable demand for more of them. They can be put at the beginning and ending of every episode. They can be used throughout the episodes as transitions. There can be a mixture of reality highlights about people and their lives with basketball highlights.
4-on-4 full-court
Have an episode or episodes about 4-on-4 full-court basketball. The dialogue can be about or between those who are for 4-on-4 full-court arguing or discussing with those who are against 4-on-4 full-court. There are many excellent issues. Discuss the history of basketball and how changes have affected the game.
3-on-3 full-court
Have an episode or episodes about 3-on-3 full-court basketball. Discuss the pros and cons. Discuss the history of basketball and how changes have affected the game.
Playing Games
Episodes can vary from being more about playing the games to more about the people who were involved in 4 on 4 basketball or 3-on-3 basketball. It will be interesting to see the ratio of which is more popular, more focus on the people's personal lives or more focus on the games themselves.
Creating A League
It is very difficult to create a basketball league. This will create many obstacles and difficulties that will have to be overcome by the characters. All of these events can be filmed as part of reality television or real life drama. Overcoming these obstacles can be scripted or unscripted.
Reality TV Show
It’s a story about people and players and basketball. People and players have to collaborate to create a television show, movie, or web show about playing basketball 4-on-4 full-court or 3-on-3 full-court. People have to step up to be the director, producer, actors when and if necessary, lawyers, owners, managers, coaches, professional players, retired NBA players, college players, former college players, high school players, former high school players, street ballplayers, and so on.
Characters Primary
Charismatic and interesting people! Remember, camera work can make people more interesting.
People who start the whole thing might be able to be primary characters.
- Entrepreneurs
- Basketball players
- Director
- Producer
- Actors when necessary, mixed reality and mixed fiction sometimes.
- Lawyers
- Owners
- Managers
- Coaches
- Cameramen, camera women.
- Amateur cameramen, camera women, using cell phone cameras
- Statistics character or analytics character would be very useful
Characters Secondary
Charismatic and interesting people! Remember, this show can be a commercial for some businesses and corporations, so they may be motivated to participate. Real life can be full of obstacles with all the secondary participants who are needed to overcome those obstacles.
- lawyers
- accountants
- agents
- players Street ball
- players recreational leagues
- players who played high school
- players who played college
- sponsors
- advertisers
- companies
- start up people doing software for sports leagues
- start up people doing highlights for sports leagues
- software people
- programmers who make cell phone apps
- recreational league people
- people creating software to run recreational leagues
- people creating software to run semi professional and professional leagues
Characters advertisers
Work the advertisers into the shows as much as possible. Makers of basketballs. Makers of tennis shoes. Makers of sportswear. Creators of software. Social media people and people involved in sharing videos on social media.
Characters software
Many people are creating better software for sporting events.
Many people are creating smart phone applications for sporting events.
Characters camera related
Many new ways are being developed to film sporting events. Almost everyone has a smart phone camera. Cameras can be positioned in new locations around any sporting event. The events or the event highlights can be shared online, or via smart phone applications. Anything that can be done to increase sharing and re-sharing on social media is a good idea. A lot goes into mounting cameras on baskets, on bank boards, even on the basketball rim. There are cameras that go on rails, or wires, above basketball courts that can film the action. Drones with cameras can be used. People who do these things can be primary characters or secondary characters.
Obstacles Dialogue List
These are all topics for unscripted or scripted dialogue:
- About the copyright issues
- About the patent issues
- About the problems forming a league
- About getting other people involved
- Talk about NBA players, their salaries, and other things about them. Same about the current college basketball players. Dip into talking about high school sometimes.
- Talk about the basketball draft.
- Talk about college signing day.
Obstacles that must be overcome and can be discussed
- creator obstacles
- producer obstacles
- director obstacles
- player obstacles
- actor obstacles
- budget obstacles
Obstacles Medical
Remember the human drama of medical issues. There are all kinds of medical issues that are specific to basketball, or occur frequently in basketball, or just happen for whatever reason to human beings, including their extended families. Take the audience through medical issues, meeting doctors, traveling to clinics or hospitals. Talk about cutting edge treatments like stem cells, platelet rich plasma, tendon cells, and so on.
Dialogue Sample
Trying to patent the idea and copyright issues.
“How did you copyright that?”
“Let me tell you, it was a nightmare.”
“Let me tell you about my favorite YouTube video. It’s by a copyright lawyer”
Dialogue Sample
"No practice?"
"We may not have time to practice."
“Doing entertainment like this may mean spending as little money as possible.”
“What about practice?”
“You remember what Allen Iverson said?”
Highlights - interspersed
Often use highlights throughout the reality TV show. Often use highlights throughout any show, whether it is a full game, whether it is a full reality episode, whether it is a fictional episode, or whether it is a mixture.
Budget
The entire project can be bootstrapped.
"That's too much," should be a recurring line of dialogue.
Discuss ways to keep the budget down.
"How about one NBA player, or ex-NBA player per team?"
Pay for the games on Saturday or Sunday only? Perhaps play the games in high school gyms that are not being used.
Connect with one of the startups doing league management?
Connect with one of the startups doing sports highlights for local leagues?
Business Ideas
One expression of this whole idea would simply be to create one team and have that team be a traveling team that goes around playing local teams all over. They might play the local high school stars or ex-high school stars for example.
Another idea would be to have one excellent player be in charge and organize each team. That would sorta be their team, as they could be the owner, manager, and captain, or any combination.
Scenes Idea Opening
Perhaps the main character is the first person to ever appear on camera, or perhaps that person will turn into one of the main characters. One opening scene idea is to have an amazing basketball highlight, followed by an intriguing person talking one-on-one to the audience about how and why he or she is going to accomplish all this.
Scenes List
Basketball tryouts can be turned into scenes.
Basketball warmups can be turned into scenes and highlights.
Dialogue Turning Prose into Dialogue
Everything that is narrative in this ongoing blog, www.4ballUSA.com, can be turned into dialogue.
Contact
If you are interested in 4-on-4 full-court basketball, 3-on-3 full court basketball, 2-on-2 full court basketball, or 1-on-1 full court basketball, please send me an email at Dr.Hennenfent@gmail.com
