HOURLONG
DRAMA
STUDIO
SCRIPT COVERAGE
8
- 15 Pages
$140.00
Studio
Script Coverage offers the deepest level of analysis into your screenplay.
From top to bottom, every issue with your screenplay is isolated and analyzed,
with real, easy-to-implement solutions. Included in this review is:
- Act-By-Act
Breakdown
- 2 - 4 pages - Takes you through your story from beginning to end, analyzing
the structure and development, focusing on the twists that take your script
into each commercial break, that keep the audience surprised and interested,
leading up to your climax, which should always have the feeling of being "surprising,
yet inevitable."
- Tone/Genre
Analysis - 1/2 - 1 page - A look at the genre of the show you are
writing. Comparisons with other episodes and similar shows to keep the tone
consistent throughout your story, and consistent with the style of the show.
- Spec
Analysis
- 1/2 page - There are a great many rules for spec scripts that may not apply
to scripts written by staff writers for given shows. Is your idea a "special
episode"? Do you introduce a brand new character? Is it a "holiday
episode"? These and other no-no's are explored so you are sure to avoid
common pitfalls that cause producers to toss scripts before reading beyond
page 3!
- Summary
- 1/2 - 1 page - Bullet point list of the weaknesses in your script and the
steps for fixing them.
- Synopsis
- 1/2 - 1 page - You say you know what your story is, so why read a summary?
Reading another's summary of your story can give you great insight into whether
you've gotten what you want to say down on the page.
- General
Impressions - 1/2 - 1 page - An overview of the structural elements
of your script.
- Story
And Structure Analysis- 1 - 2 pages - An in-depth
analysis of your story progression, isolating holes in your plot, and breaking
down your storytelling technique.
- Dialogue
Analysis - 1/2 - 2 pages - Comprehensive analysis of your use of
dialogue, breaking down several excerpts from your script to show you where
dialogue can be sharpened to increase its impact for the audience.
- Character
Analysis - 1/2 - 1 page - Isolates your main characters and looks
at their development from start of your story to the finish. Helps you to
focus your character's motivations, desires, and obstacles to work in unison
with the story you are trying to tell.
- Grammatical
Analysis
- 1/2 - 1 page - An easy to understand chart of grammatical errors and the
changes that you need to make to correct them.