I Got You Covered is an easy, fun, and comprehensible guide to script notes, critiques, and written coverage for screenplays, teleplays, short films, and series. Whether you’re an intern, assistant, producer, development executive, literary agent, or a writer who wants to know what will make your screenplay stand out to competitions, agents, and execs, you’ll find everything you need to get started as a “reader” in this book:

How to breakdown a screenplay.

How to spot the strengths and weaknesses of a script.

How to give notes in a tactful, motivating, and inspiring way.

How to remain objective rather than subjective.

What competitions, executives, agents, and networks look for.

How to get your first job as a script reader.

Don’t Just Tell the Story

Sell the Movie

Filmmaking is a business and getting a project greenlit is the key to success. This fundamental guide to story analysis gives you a set of tools that will help jumpstart your career in the entertainment industry.

I Got You Covered is part of the single-topic, companion book series, The Digital Filmmaking Handbook Presents. This series picks up where the best-selling Digital Filmmaking Handbook leaves off, tackling each topic exclusively, in-depth, and as always, from the perspective of working filmmakers.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Beverly Neufeld is a script consultant, screenwriter, and development executive who teaches screenwriting and script coverage at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.