Re: Page International Screenwriting Awards 2014
Holy moly, that was a lot of work there, sir!
Your numbers breakdown is pretty accurate, and as far as I can see you're correct about which genres these particular scripts are competing in, but let me just also explain that some scripts were entered and are still be read and considered in more than one genre category (Action/Sci-Fi, Comedy/Family, etc.). This is one of the reasons we don't indicate genre at this stage. Final determination of genre category will be made during this next round of the contest.
Also, as you point out, there are many more Dramas and Comedies still in the running than Historical Films, Family Films and Shorts. In the first couple of rounds of the contest, scripts advance proportionally to the total number of scripts entered in that category (top 25% & top 10%).
But that means that this next cut - where we trim the list down to the top 25 scripts in each category - will be much easier for some than others, as about half of the Quarter-Finalist scripts will advance to the Semis in the smaller categories, while only about 1 in 4 of the Dramas and Comedies will advance.
Hope that helps explain?
Congrats to all the DDP writers who have advanced this year!
Best regards,
Jen
Holy moly, that was a lot of work there, sir!
Your numbers breakdown is pretty accurate, and as far as I can see you're correct about which genres these particular scripts are competing in, but let me just also explain that some scripts were entered and are still be read and considered in more than one genre category (Action/Sci-Fi, Comedy/Family, etc.). This is one of the reasons we don't indicate genre at this stage. Final determination of genre category will be made during this next round of the contest.
Also, as you point out, there are many more Dramas and Comedies still in the running than Historical Films, Family Films and Shorts. In the first couple of rounds of the contest, scripts advance proportionally to the total number of scripts entered in that category (top 25% & top 10%).
But that means that this next cut - where we trim the list down to the top 25 scripts in each category - will be much easier for some than others, as about half of the Quarter-Finalist scripts will advance to the Semis in the smaller categories, while only about 1 in 4 of the Dramas and Comedies will advance.
Hope that helps explain?
Congrats to all the DDP writers who have advanced this year!
Best regards,
Jen
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