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Academy Nicholl Fellowships - 2014 - Questions & Answers
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Greg,
Regarding the judge's comments...
There's no way to find out (or request to know) who made the comment on your script, right? The one for mine was, um, quite flattering
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Sorry I didn't see this sooner.
I put the title of the script with '2014 Nicholl Award' in the subject line.
I used a short pitch with logline and reference to 'Nicholl email notification below.'
I used an shotened version of Greg's email notification with the Academy 'Oscar' logo at the top immediately after my name.
Hope this helps. I've gotten six requests so far for the script out of about two dozen queries.
Good luck!
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Originally posted by Storytell View PostJust sharing my small success with using the "Nicholl Awards Quarterfinalist- email from Greg Beal with my contacts via email. DDers who are quarterfinalists have probably already thought of doing this so this is just FYI.
Sent 12 emails to contacts I have that had read work in the past (some from VPF). And receive 4 requests for the quarterfinalist script pretty quickly. Wasn't sure if anyone would be interested in a quarterfinalist script so was pretty happy with those quick responses back. "FYI - Nicholl Awards Notification- in the subject line seems to get their attention.
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Re: Academy Nicholl Fellowships - 2014 - Questions & Answers
Originally posted by BenJacoby View PostHi Greg,
For all the awesome Academy member credits you posted on FB, I'm just curious what categories those credits fall in. Do you guys give any indication of that? I assume that would be a time-consuming task so we certainly understand if not...
Academy member semifinal round judging.
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Hi Greg,
For all the awesome Academy member credits you posted on FB, I'm just curious what categories those credits fall in. Do you guys give any indication of that? I assume that would be a time-consuming task so we certainly understand if not...
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Re: Academy Nicholl Fellowships - 2014 - Questions & Answers
Originally posted by anxt View PostAnd, Greg, what is a "strong" score? Or is that synonymous with a "high" score?
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And, Greg, what is a "strong" score? Or is that synonymous with a "high" score?
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Originally posted by gregbeal View PostScores at 60 or above are considered "positive."
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Re: Academy Nicholl Fellowships - 2014 - Questions & Answers
Originally posted by gregbeal View PostA high score that guarantees a script a third read during the first round tends to be in the low 80s.
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Thanks so much for the quick reply. You guys are amazing.
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Re: Academy Nicholl Fellowships - 2014 - Questions & Answers
Originally posted by BenJacoby View PostHi Greg,
Just curious about the reader scores of the QFs, SFs, and Finalists. Do you guys ever show stats on the average score that advances to each successive round? I haven't seen it here or on the FB page, but I could be missing it.
Thanks!
Ben
The Academy Nicholl Fellowships uses a 100-point scoring scale.
A high score that guarantees a script a third read during the first round tends to be in the low 80s.
Scripts advancing to the quarterfinals usually have at least two high scores (and so at least two scores in the low 80s).
Scripts advancing to the semifinals tend to have at least five scores averaging in the low to mid-80s.
The top 30 scripts in the competition tend to have at least eight scores averaging in the mid-80s.
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Re: Academy Nicholl Fellowships - 2014 - Questions & Answers
Hi Greg,
Just curious about the reader scores of the QFs, SFs, and Finalists. Do you guys ever show stats on the average score that advances to each successive round? I haven't seen it here or on the FB page, but I could be missing it.
Thanks!
Ben
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Re: Academy Nicholl Fellowships - 2014 - Questions & Answers
Originally posted by LateNightWriter View PostFor those who've submitted a script that received positive reads or placed previously, and then this year the same script (or re-written into better shape) did not do well -- head over to the Nicholl Facebook page and check out the Nicholl staff's (Greg's?) very thoughtful and insightful post on subjectivity. It's worth reading.
Late Night Writer
Academy Nicholl Facebook Post on Subjectivity
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