![]() Leviathan hit shows like Game of Thrones, Stranger Things and all the others don’t write themselves. Amazon, Netflix and their ilk have changed the game. The good news is Hollywood streamers and production companies are more hungry for great scripts, writers and ideas than ever. ![]() You can’t hit ‘n’ hope in something this competitive… There aren’t more (industry) eyes to read these extra scripts. There are more and more screenplays being written every year.īut the number of bona fide agents, managers, executives and producers hasn’t risen at the same pace. That, in a nutshell, answers “what is script coverage?” Why, today, is script coverage so vital then? So, in brief, script coverage is there to do three things: prevent extremely busy movers ‘n’ shakers from reading scripts that aren’t up to scratch help writers and filmmakers improve by delivering feedback and save writers from what we call “undercooked scripts”, and career self-sabotage. Getting pro script coverage before showing your work to anyone in the industry is absolutely vital. In addition, script coverage is also used by writers, producers, production companies and those on the purely filmmaking side of the fence to make scripts better.Īs you can see from the Jake Wagner quote below, screenwriting and script development are such competitive fields that screenplays get very few chances to impress. They can read a synopsis of a script, look at an evaluation of the script’s strengths and weaknesses, read an appraisal of its potential in the marketplace, and generally take a deep-dive without having to spend two hours reading the script themselves. On the one hand, executives, agents, managers and production companies still use script coverage for what it is was originally intended – as a way to absorb a lot of information about a script, in a short period of time. Script coverage today takes various forms but it’s most commonly used for two purposes, by two different sets of people. Out of this need to shortcut, then, script coverage was born. ![]() Script coverage originated out of an internal industry necessity – namely that production companies didn’t have enough time to read the scripts submitted to them. Script coverage is the process by which scripts are filtered, in Hollywood and other film and TV industries around the world. Questions? Visit our comprehensive knowledge base here. If TC is your primary motivation in booking we would recommend looking elsewhere as our primary objective is to deliver great notes. You are paying for the notes, and TC is a potential extra and not necessarily available. Through booking coverage with us you are not paying for TC. TC is a free, bonus, bolt-on opportunity offered at IS’ sole discretion. * “TC” stands for Talent Connector, and whether scripts submitted using that service are eligible for it or not. “GWC” stands for Guaranteed Word Count or the minimum length of your report. “Pick SC” means – you can choose your script consultant script consultant. “Pgs” means – the page limit of your script. Our standard turnaround time is within 14 days, but typically we’ll get it back faster. Submit a 10 pg series bible in addition to your episodic for $60 at checkout (report length increases accordingly).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |