Re: Trackinb Contest
Thanks, ATB. To follow up, here's something I posted on the Nicholl Facebook page recently:
Among the myths propagated about the Nicholl Fellowships is that only dramas do well in the competition. Like most myths, this one isn't true.
The Nicholl competition seeks talented writers who create screenplays in any and every genre. Here's a brief demonstration:
Genres of the 50 finalist and fellowship-winning scripts - 2007-2011
action drama - 1
action adventure fantasy - 1
action science fiction - 1
comedy - 6
western comedy - 1
romantic comedy - 2
dark comedy - 1
comedy drama - 6
romantic comedy fantasy - 1
drama - 7
family / coming of age drama - 3
period drama - 4
drama thriller - 4
thriller - 3
supernatural thriller - 2
horror - 1
war drama - 6
In 2011, 5.20% of all entries advanced to the quarterfinal round (and beyond). If all things were equal, then about 5.20% of each genre should have advanced.
Here's the breakdown of the nine primary genres in 2011:
Action - 5.35%
Adventure - 4.63%
Comedy - 3.75%
Drama - 5.15%
Horror - 5.63%
Science Fiction - 5.71%
Thriller - 5.70%
War - 9.60% *
Western - 5.44%
As we have noted for years, genres tend to advance about as expected with the exception of comedy, which always runs a little behind. Year to year, these numbers fluctuate for each genre. For instance, adventure typically is over 5% while horror and science fiction are sometimes slightly below. The one constant is comedy; our explanation is that comedy is hard, reactions to comedy styles vary greatly and, if a comedy doesn't make you laugh, it won't score well.
*War has the fewest number of entries each year, which means that a few extra advancing scripts will skew its percentages higher.
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Originally posted by ATB
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Among the myths propagated about the Nicholl Fellowships is that only dramas do well in the competition. Like most myths, this one isn't true.
The Nicholl competition seeks talented writers who create screenplays in any and every genre. Here's a brief demonstration:
Genres of the 50 finalist and fellowship-winning scripts - 2007-2011
action drama - 1
action adventure fantasy - 1
action science fiction - 1
comedy - 6
western comedy - 1
romantic comedy - 2
dark comedy - 1
comedy drama - 6
romantic comedy fantasy - 1
drama - 7
family / coming of age drama - 3
period drama - 4
drama thriller - 4
thriller - 3
supernatural thriller - 2
horror - 1
war drama - 6
In 2011, 5.20% of all entries advanced to the quarterfinal round (and beyond). If all things were equal, then about 5.20% of each genre should have advanced.
Here's the breakdown of the nine primary genres in 2011:
Action - 5.35%
Adventure - 4.63%
Comedy - 3.75%
Drama - 5.15%
Horror - 5.63%
Science Fiction - 5.71%
Thriller - 5.70%
War - 9.60% *
Western - 5.44%
As we have noted for years, genres tend to advance about as expected with the exception of comedy, which always runs a little behind. Year to year, these numbers fluctuate for each genre. For instance, adventure typically is over 5% while horror and science fiction are sometimes slightly below. The one constant is comedy; our explanation is that comedy is hard, reactions to comedy styles vary greatly and, if a comedy doesn't make you laugh, it won't score well.
*War has the fewest number of entries each year, which means that a few extra advancing scripts will skew its percentages higher.
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