SCRIPT READING COURSE - Europe's #1 script reading course on how to find paid script reading jobs and write great script analysis, led by a Universal Pictures and BFI Film Fund script consultant...

EFFECTIVE SCRIPT READING FOR TV & FILM is the first UK script reading course to place equal emphasis on the skills required to find paid script reading jobs, as well as write quality script analysis.

Here are the next 3 course dates, scroll down to view other course dates and to book your place:

1. Friday 31^st May 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
2. Saturday 22^nd June 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
3. Friday 26^th July 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***

Our script reading course teaches participants how to analyse film & TV scripts effectively and produce quality script analysis, as well as delivering knowledge on how to source regular script reading jobs in the UK and beyond.

Our script reading course is ideal for those new to the industry looking to build a career in script development, sales or distribution, and is also valuable for writers, producers and directors looking to develop their script analysis skills, build contacts in development and earn an extra revenue stream from script reading.

The course focuses on how to deliver constructive script feedback to writers both in person and on the page, and participants also deliver a script report which will be marked by the course tutor. The course also delivers detailed information on the key production companies, distributers, sales agents and funding bodies operating in the UK marketplace, for whom script readers are vital.

***5 Cast-Iron Reasons to train with us...***

1. We have the best strike rate of converting people into fully fledged industry script readers, and due to our backers and industry credentials our course carries the most weight with executives.
2. Our course includes indefinite, ongoing email/telephone support from the course tutor: if you need advice after the course is complete our door is very much open.
3. Effective Script Reading is the only script reading course to focus attention on the skills required to source paid script reading jobs in film & TV (a very specialized skillset in itself, because these jobs are NEVER publicly advertised).
4. Our highly detailed course handouts and contacts documents hugely accelerate participants' progress by highlighting different types of company and paid/unpaid script reading jobs, cutting out the vast amount of man-hours required to source this information personally.
5. This is the only UK script reading course lead by a CURRENT, industry-trusted script editor presently assessing material for some of the top companies and individuals.

COURSE OUTLINE

10am - 3pm (how to analyse a screenplay)
- Introduction
- What makes a good film script?
- A question of genre and commerciality
- Script analysis vs. writer feedback
- Elements, logline & grid-box analysis
- The painful bit: writing effective synopses
- Assessing premise & structure
- Characters who "leap off the page"
***1 hour break for lunch at 1pm***
- Analysing inherent screenwriting ability: dialogue, pace & visual flair
- In-depth script analysis and a look at sample industry script reports

3pm - 7pm (how to source paid script reading jobs)
- Who needs script readers?
- Finding work: the early stages
- Getting regular script reading jobs, and keeping them
- Guerrilla tactics and good recon: how to source those special script reading jobs...
- Industry overview: the key film/TV companies and individuals right now, those who pay and those who don't, and the etiquette/tactics of how to approach them effectively
- Recommended reading...
- Q & A
- Informal networking drinks with the course tutor

POST-COURSE ASSIGNMENT: After the course, participants then email a script report to the course tutor who will mark it and feed back via email.

***IMPORTANT NOTE: our Effective Script Reading course contains some hard truths about script reading, and the film and television industries in general. Script reading - or indeed script development in general - is not a career one can simply "walk into". It is competitive and with this course we aim to provide attendees with a professional advantage***.

COURSE DETAILS

Our script reading course is held in Industrial Scripts' offices on Newman Street in central London, moments from Goodge Street tube.

Course Tutor Jon Gilbert - a screenwriter & director represented by Independent Talent, and script consultant to Universal Studios, The British Film Institute & Industrial Scripts. (read his full bio here).

The course fee is £156.99 (all inclusive, no hidden fees or VAT), which includes 50 pages of course notes (incl. sample industry script reports), an up-to-date contacts overview of the UK film & TV industries (incl. financiers, funding bodies, production companies, sales agents and distributors), a detailed recommended reading list, and refreshments. Lunch and networking drinks are not included.

Places are strictly limited and participants are advised to book early to avoid disappointment. Networking is firmly encouraged so please feel free to bring business cards, or your contact details.

Industrial Scripts is a Verified PayPal seller. To secure your place on the course simply select the course date you which to attend on using the drop-down menu below, click "Add to Cart" and then "Checkout", before following the on-screen instructions to book using any debit or credit card via the secure PayPal link (***note: you do not need to have a PayPal account already in order to book with us***).

***Please note all pre-course materials will be emailed to the email address with which you send payment - ie. the email address you fill in when using PayPal to pay, NOT the email address with which you register for this site. Please check all email addresses and junk mail folders associated with your booking before getting in touch to say you have not received your pre-course materials.***

***PLEASE NOTE IF THE COURSE DATE BELOW IS NOT LABELLED EITHER "COMPLETED" OR "SOLD OUT" THEN PLACES ARE AVAILABLE AND YOU ARE FREE TO BOOK - THERE IS NO NEED TO CALL THE OFFICE TO CHECK***.

EFFECTIVE SCRIPT READING completed course dates in 2012:

1. Saturday 28th January 2012  ***COMPLETED***
2. Friday 24th February 2012  ***COMPLETED***
3. Friday 30th March 2012  ***SOLD OUT***
4. Saturday 28th April 2012  ***COMPLETED***
5. Thursday 31st May 2012  ***SOLD OUT***
6. Friday 29th June 2012  ***SOLD OUT***
7. Friday 27th July 2012  ***COMPLETED***
8. Friday 31st August 2012  ***SOLD OUT***
9. Saturday 29th September 2012  ***SOLD OUT***
10. Friday 26th October 2012  ***COMPLETED***
11. Friday 30th November 2012  ***SOLD OUT***
12. Friday 21st December 2012  ***COMPLETED***

EFFECTIVE SCRIPT READING course dates in 2013, accepting bookings now:

1. Friday 25th January 2013 ***COMPLETED***
2. Saturday 16th February 2013 ***SOLD OUT***
3. Wednesday 27th March 2013 ***REARRANGED***
4. Sunday 28th April 2013 ***SOLD OUT***
5. Friday 31st May 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
6. Saturday 22nd June 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
7. Friday 26th July 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
8. Friday 30th August 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
9. Saturday 21st September 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
10. Friday 25th October 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
11. Saturday 23rd November 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***
12. Friday 20th December 2013 ***PLACES AVAILABLE***