On April 9th ScreenCraft's event "Hollywood Gatekeepers" featured studio script readers, managers and producers talking about how scripts are discovered and developed.   If you'd like a full summary of the event with notes and quotes, you can download on the event page.  Let us know your thoughts and questions.  We'll be announcing a follow-up event soon!

Here is a video clip from the event:

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The first step toward getting a script produced is getting it read. Really read. In reality, this ought to be a simple task, but in Hollywood…the hub of the worldwide film industry, and a town that receives hundreds of thousands of scripts, books and intellectual property (IP) submissions every year through a multitude of official and unofficial channels…this is much easier said than done.

Unrepresented writers looking to sell their script(s), find an agent, find a manager and launch a career as a screenwriter and/or screenwriter for hire face the constant battle of gaining access to industry figures with means of making that happen.

Hollywood gatekeepers exist on distinct but interrelated levels:  agency, studio, development and production company assistants (people who are “on desks”) and external, freelance readers that are hired by studio and production company personnel to read scripts that are submitted to them and provide coverage.

If you missed this event (or simply didn't take notes), we've typed up a detailed summary (3 pages) of notes and quotes from the event here.  Let us know your thoughts on the event!