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Script reading is an entry-level job, which means students on work experience are reading our work.
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Now, onto an overview of the rest of the LSF365 Live Script Edit pile.įor a mammoth rundown of the format issues B2W sees regularly, plus what to do about them, CLICK HERE.
Little White Lies by Ian Masters & Jon Smith. The Republic of Dave by Vladimir Bern and Michael van Koetsveld. How Heather Survived The Apocalypse by Amanda Graham. Never forget that a reader’s personal response/preferences always has to play its part too. Congratulations to those LSFers who made this list, which makes up the top 30% of the submissions.Ĭommiserations to those whose work didn’t … Don’t be despondent if yours doesn’t make this particular list. Here are the scripts that grabbed my attention as I was reading, plus I found myself thinking about afterwards too. There was high concept and character-led stories too. These included short films, features and television, plus also nearly every kind of genre as well as drama. The LSF365 pile was one of the most diverse in the history of B2W’s involvement with the Live Script Edit … in more ways than one! There were lots of characters of colour, plus stories of all types. I decided to pick out the scripts that had familiar problems like dialogue taking over, or characters saying what they mean ‘too much’.įinally, on to my feedback for real … Ready? Let’s go! Most screenwriters love to write dialogue, but can have blind spots on the issues dialogue can create for their writing. I thought I would take this opportunity to illustrate how they DO … and why it’s always a great idea to avoid writing familiar stuff in the first ten pages. Lots of writers don’t believe that lots of samey, familiar things crop up again and again in the spec pile. With this in mind, I grouped them together. This year visuals were at an all-time high, but there was quite a lot of ‘misfiring’ scene description that made me go ‘eh?’ Teasers are great for setting the tone, genre and storyworld too, but they frequently ‘misfire’ as well. Screenwriting is a visual medium, so we need to invest in our scene description. After all, 9/10 it cleans up the page and avoids any pain-in-the-ass pendants out there! ii) Visuals & Teasers This is why B2W always recommends ‘reader-proofing’ scripts of any obvious ‘pet peeves’. Here’s more details … i) FormatĪs we all know, format is ‘the least’ any writer can do, but it’s also the element of screenwriting new readers focus on the most. I chose these headings as I felt they are the most relevant to the ‘first sift’ approach I took in assessing the screenplays in the LSF365 pile. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to read all 52 submissions in their entirety, but but I did read every page one at least twice, with some advancing to the first 10 pages.įrom there, I grouped the issues I identified in this first sift under four main headings … Only after that do readers, interns and assistants (and beyond!) read the whole thing. This means they check out the first page, THEN the first 10 pages. That’s right … There’s so many submissions out there, readers frequently do a ‘first sift’ of the submissions. The reality is far scarier … You probably have just ONE page! OPEN SCRIPT WITHOUT SLUGLINE FULL
Most writers know they have just ten pages to grab a script reader’s attention to get a full read. (You need to be a delegate, but there’s still time … It’s all year round!).
To catch up with my LSF265 session, CLICK HERE or check out the app. I actually attempted to deliver my thoughts on every single submission last night and also delivered short, written feedback to everyone who submitted and/or watched the session. With this in mind then, I decided to do a ‘first sift’ of every submission to LSF365’s Live Script Edit.
‘What if I could discuss ALL the submissions this year?’ This is not the most I’ve ever received for this session, but it’s definitely up there. This gave me a crazy idea …
LSF365 is the first time I did the session virtually. I’m never failed to be impressed by the plucky writers who offer up their pages for dissection in this session! Seriously, let’s all be upstanding for them … Round of applause! So, it was the B2W LSF365 Live Script Edit last night! I have been doing the Live Script Edit for the festival for years now.
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