The No Film School Podcast

How Your First Ten Pages — Or AI? — Will Determine if Someone Finishes Your Script

Listen Later

Getting your script into the hands of the right people is extremely difficult. What is a desperate screenwriter to do if they seek feedback on their screenplay? Are script coverage services helpful or just another cog profiting from an emerging filmmaker’s hope? 


In today’s episode, No Film School’s Charles Haine, GG Hawkins, and Jason Hellerman discuss:

  • Recalling memories from March 2020 when the world “shut down”
  • Why we are surprised that Nikon bought RED
  • The acquisition of BorrowLenses 
  • The importance of the first 10 pages of your script 
  • Why the opening scene of The Godfather is so powerful 
  • The Gauntlet - a controversial script coverage service 
  • What infuriates us about AI script coverage
  • Why AI cannot evaluate creative screenwriting
  • Hollywood, the hope machine


    • Memorable Quotes

    • “In those first ten pages you know, what is this movie and who is it for.” [14:55]
    • “The idea of AI evaluating your script is fucking horseshit.” [26:08]
    • “We keep engaging in this fantasy that AI can think. AI cannot fucking think.” [30:52]
    • “That’s what Hollywood is. It’s a hope machine. You always have perpetual hope that tomorrow you can become famous.” [40:46]



      • Mentioned:

      Lensrentals To Acquire BorrowLenses


      Heard of The New, Controversial Script Coverage Service The Gauntlet?


      Why All AI Script Coverage is a Scam 



      Find No Film School everywhere:

      On the Web

      https://nofilmschool.com/


      Facebook 

      https://www.facebook.com/nofilmschool


      Twitter 

      https://twitter.com/nofilmschool


      YouTube 

      https://www.youtube.com/user/nofilmschool


      Instagram

      https://www.instagram.com/nofilmschool


      Send us an email with questions or feedback: [email protected]!

      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

      ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store
      The No Film School PodcastBy No Film School
      • 4.5
      • 4.5
      • 4.5
      • 4.5
      • 4.5

      4.5

      418 ratings

      More shows like The No Film School Podcast

      View all
      Filmspotting by Adam Kempenaar & Josh Larsen

      Filmspotting

      3,950 Listeners

      The Treatment by KCRW

      The Treatment

      612 Listeners

      The Business by KCRW

      The Business

      661 Listeners

      Scriptnotes Podcast by John August and Craig Mazin

      Scriptnotes Podcast

      2,437 Listeners

      The Next Best Picture Podcast by Evergreen Podcasts

      The Next Best Picture Podcast

      494 Listeners

      IndieWire: Screen Talk by Indiewire: Screen Talk

      IndieWire: Screen Talk

      329 Listeners

      The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast by Directors Guild of America

      The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

      737 Listeners

      IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit by Chris O'Falt

      IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit

      104 Listeners

      The A24 Podcast by A24

      The A24 Podcast

      1,057 Listeners

      The Big Picture by The Ringer

      The Big Picture

      5,630 Listeners

      The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna by Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

      The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

      973 Listeners

      Team Deakins by James Ellis Deakins, Roger Deakins

      Team Deakins

      1,119 Listeners

      Script Apart with Al Horner by Script Apart

      Script Apart with Al Horner

      206 Listeners

      The Town with Matthew Belloni by The Ringer

      The Town with Matthew Belloni

      1,091 Listeners

      Ankler Agenda by TheAnkler.com

      Ankler Agenda

      106 Listeners