DOCUMENTARY FILM TREATMENT
The working title of your documentary. This one’s essential.
Logline. Explain what your story’s about in a couple of lines.
Include modes
The fight to get a female driver into F1.
Participatory, performative, poetic
Explanation of act one. Where are we? What’s this documentary about? Who are the main characters? What do they want? What’s the setup?
It starts off with a quote from a female driver that raced in F1, maybe Lella Lombardi, and then some archive footage of female drivers from single seaters to rally, and then a timeline graphic going from a certain point in history to now. there is the the title of the documentary and then a quick explanation of how the modern f1 feeder series works using graphics, and an introduction to F1 academy with clips from the races and promotional videos, explaining what it is, why it was made, what has happened in the series so far and touching on the 2024 season and the new changes. We are then introduced into the interviewees, with names and roles. Also include some social media content of people talking about F1 Academy.
Explanation of act two. What’s the conflict? Where’s the story going?
There are clips from interviews and b-roll t9o show what they are talking about. There will be three main talking points. At this point we will take a look at the history and how the female drivers in F1 were discriminated against, one was refused to enter a race because she was a woman, discuss this with someone who knows a lot about that. Then look at the w series and talk about what happened with it, but how it went bankrupt. Then talk about the struggles female racing drivers face from karting to single seaters, with underfunding, discrimination and a lack of exposure.
Explanation of act three. How does the documentary reach a resolution? What’s the climax?
Then talk about karting, and ask the interviewees about their journey to where they are now, and talk to a range of drivers at different stages. See what hope there is, especially with F1 Academy supported by F1 teams and top sponsors and the new initiatives of super licence points and wild card entries, aswell as their races being alongside F1 and broadcasted live.
Final wrap-up. Where do we leave the ‘characters’? What happens at the very end? Is there an epilogue? (a final or concluding event)
What needs to happen to see women back in F1, what we as the audience can do by watching, interacting and helping the drivers get exposure. Some nice comments from the interviewees and a final ending quote that is motivational, maybe about breaking barriers, persevering and just trying. Then there will be credits and maybe a post credit scene of me watching the next F1 Academy race, more informal, and looking to the future.
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