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Scriptreading Certificate Program

BRIAN O'MALLEY

Scriptreading Certificate Program

BRIAN O'MALLEY

$399.99

12/19/2024 - 2/13/2025

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This course will show you, step-by-step, how to write script coverage. We will cover key elements of screenwriting coverage, including writing a synopsis, analyzing a script, writing an evaluation, script formatting, and finding work as a reader. Whether you want to become a script reader, a story analyst, or just want to polish up your own script, a solid understanding of format and script structure will be essential. Writers put on a different hat after a script is written: revising a script is a different skill set than creating one.

Gain firsthand insight into what story analysts must look for when reading a script and specifics as to what will prompt them to reject or consider a project for production. You will also learn what movie executives demand in a winning screenplay and how the story analyst’s role fits into this scenario. By the end of this course, you will receive a certification of completion of this course to assist you in getting work as a story analyst.

$399.99

12/19/2024 - 2/13/2025

Enroll Now

This course will show you, step-by-step, how to write script coverage. We will cover key elements of screenwriting coverage, including writing a synopsis, analyzing a script, writing an evaluation, script formatting, and finding work as a reader. Whether you want to become a script reader, a story analyst, or just want to polish up your own script, a solid understanding of format and script structure will be essential. Writers put on a different hat after a script is written: revising a script is a different skill set than creating one.

Gain firsthand insight into what story analysts must look for when reading a script and specifics as to what will prompt them to reject or consider a project for production. You will also learn what movie executives demand in a winning screenplay and how the story analyst’s role fits into this scenario. By the end of this course, you will receive a certification of completion of this course to assist you in getting work as a story analyst.

Course outline

Course outline

Each session includes a written lecture and a writing assignment to turn in for personalized feedback from your instructor.

Meet the instructor

Brian O'Malley

B. O'Malley started reading scripts in 1994, at the literary agency Media Artists Group. In 1997, he went to work as for legendary B-movie maverick Roger Corman (Little Shop of Horrors, Death Race 2000, Rock and Roll High School), and in 1999 assembled a team of top-notch script readers and filmmakers to launch the script coverage service Screenplay Readers screenplayreaders.com

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