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Originally posted by wildswan View PostGreg, I know how busy you must be and I think people bug you with too many stupid questions on this board, but I heard something last night that really disturbed me, and I'm hoping you can find a moment to respond. I met one of your judges at a party last night, and she told me that you guys aren't actually printing out the scripts this year. Your judges are being asked to read all the online entries on their computers.
Respectfully, I do realize it's expensive to print out so many scripts, and it's not the "green" thing to do. But I also know how difficult it is to read a whole screenplay online. Much less the dozens of screenplays your judges are being asked to review. So this is very disturbing to me, because I fear those of us who entered online are going to be at a real disadvantage. Your competition is such a career-maker, this is very important to those of us who entered.
Do you really think it's a good idea to ask your judges to read all of our screenplays online? Don't you think that makes the job of evaluating scripts much more difficult for them? And for those of us who entered online, doesn't that put us at a real disadvantage? I know you're out to find the best material, so surely you want to give all your contestants a level playing field and give your judges the best possible chance to find great scripts?
One day hopefully the Kindle technology will make it easier to read screenplays in a digital format, but at this stage of the game, asking people to read scripts on their computers seems like a real mistake."I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray." - Prince
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Originally posted by Furious Anjel View PostAre you serious?
You should be cool, printed or not. Good luck guys!
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Originally posted by -XL- View PostEntered a digital copy last year. Didn't do me any harm.
Curious to hear what Greg has to say...
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Originally posted by wildswan View PostThe difference is they printed out the digital submissions for the judges last year. At least, that's what I understand from this particular judge.
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This judge said it was much harder for her. And personally, I agree with her. I find reading a screenplay online much more difficult than reading a hard copy.
I guess she could print out all the scripts if she wanted to, but the cost of doing that would really add up, and they don't get paid that much to begin with.
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Originally posted by wildswan View PostThe difference is they printed out the digital submissions for the judges last year. At least, that's what I understand from this particular judge.
For the semifinals, we also gave the volunteer Academy members a choice; most chose paper copies.
Hundreds and hundreds of scripts into it, I have no concerns about there being differences in judging between paper and PDFs.
We can't have an official final count until we've processed every script. Since every script has to be "handled" at least twice, it takes a while.
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I see. If you only had 139 online entries last year, that makes sense. She was probably never asked to read a pdf last year, or she chose the paper copies when given the choice.
Just a suggestion: It would be good for us writers to have this info before we enter so we can make the choice. For me, I know next year I'll enter a hard copy of my script.
Thanks very much for your response!
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Originally posted by lucidimage View PostWell maybe this is just me, but outside of one of my own scripts- I have never printed a single script to read and I have read dozens and dozens. I don't find it hard at all to read a pdf, but again... maybe that's just me."I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray." - Prince
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Or, wait... Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying, Greg. I apologize. But if we submit hard copies of our scripts, will the judges have the opportunity to read them that way? Or will you just scan our submissions and the judges will end up reading them online no matter what?
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Originally posted by wildswan View PostOr, wait... Maybe I misunderstood what you were saying, Greg. I apologize. But if we submit hard copies of our scripts, will the judges have the opportunity to read them that way? Or will you just scan our submissions and the judges will end up reading them online no matter what?
I submitted online this year, and it never occurred to me that they would possibly print the script out for a reader rather than simply provide the reader with a PDF.
If readers really feel that they cannot properly evaluate a script unless they read a hard copy, I don't think that is the responsibility of the Nicholl competition.
The readers always have the option of printing it out at their own expense.
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