Re: New Black List Thread - Franklin Leonard answers your questions
I have to say: why does it matter? I don't read for the Blacklist and haven't at this point submitted anything to it. But I did recently read for a big contest, occasionally as a tiebreaker when two prior readers disagreed with each other. I could have read their coverage before the script. I didn't, and I think most readers doing this sort of job wouldn't. Why? Because we want to make up our own minds and trust our own judgment about a script, and we're reading scripts under these circumstances to sharpen those skills.
And here's another thing. I DID read their coverage AFTER I finished my own. In one instance, first reader gave a fairly positive review, but passed on the script. Second reader gave a scathing review, but moved the script forward.
So you can never tell. How many different opinions do you read here in these pages? There's probably that same range of opinions and taste that you'll find in any group of anonymous readers. You really can't game it. Hopefully, a good script rises to the top.
Me, I didn't like it and didn't move it forward.
Originally posted by entlassen
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I have to say: why does it matter? I don't read for the Blacklist and haven't at this point submitted anything to it. But I did recently read for a big contest, occasionally as a tiebreaker when two prior readers disagreed with each other. I could have read their coverage before the script. I didn't, and I think most readers doing this sort of job wouldn't. Why? Because we want to make up our own minds and trust our own judgment about a script, and we're reading scripts under these circumstances to sharpen those skills.
And here's another thing. I DID read their coverage AFTER I finished my own. In one instance, first reader gave a fairly positive review, but passed on the script. Second reader gave a scathing review, but moved the script forward.
So you can never tell. How many different opinions do you read here in these pages? There's probably that same range of opinions and taste that you'll find in any group of anonymous readers. You really can't game it. Hopefully, a good script rises to the top.
Me, I didn't like it and didn't move it forward.
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