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Seismic Scripts offers an intensive, first-class script consulting service with veteran producer, Robert Schwartz to help writers, directors and producers greatly improve their screenplay before submitting it in Hollywood or to investors.

 

Producer's Coverage  vs.  Countless Online Script Readers!  Here's what you need to consider.  There's an endless supply of self-appointed screenplay readers, doctors, or "gurus" as they are commonly termed, that you've never heard of before your Google search. They'll provide a screenwriter with their notes, online consultations, phone meetings, advice, etc. but ironically they’ve never made a commercial movie that you've seen in the movie theater or can rent at Blockbuster, Netflix, or iTunes, though they are somehow qualified to analyze your script!


Here's how the business works: If you're planning to send your screenplay to any production house, motion picture studio, talent agency, or to a name actor or producer, then 9 out of 10 times the script will be read by an underpaid, underappreciated college intern, office receptionist, or junior production assistant. This is just a fact of life as there are way too many screenplays coming into these places.  These assistants are the gatekeepers to their bosses.  Truly, there are several piles of scripts in their offices...ones that are fully financed with offers attached, scripts that have excellent coverage and may have attachments, too, and finally those scripts that have nothing yet. Which would you read first if you were an agent or manager? You need to grab their attention the first time!


Here's what we do for many writers, directors, and production teams: Along with unsurpassed creative story analysis, Mr. Schwartz will also assess your project’s viability in the marketplace on a financial and strategic basis. There is simply no other script coverage available anywhere that can compare on this intense and comprehensive level from a working professional producer.   Our producer's screenplay coverage has provided comprehensive notes for numerous ICM, CAA, WMA, and WME clients, as well as having worked with client’s projects at Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Brothers, Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, MGM, The Weinstein Company, Samuel Goldwyn Company, Avenue Pictures, Knightscove Entertainment, Lionsgate Films, Alliance Atlantis, Sundance Film Festival, The Heartland Film Festival, and many more.


Here's what you will receive from us:
Seismic Scripts will provide you with real, professional industry script coverage that will help you improve your screenplay and increase the probability that it will get past this initial script reader and to the person with real power.  Mr. Schwartz will personally read your screenplay and write a script coverage report himself, not some anonymous script reader that you know nothing about or what their experience is in the business.  Seismic Scripts will provide you with that "litmus test" of your screenplay and show you where your script succeeds, and where it could use some attention. Mr. Schwartz will be straightforward and honest with you, as he provides you with the information you cannot get from a typical reader who has never made a movie. As an experienced producer, he will also look at your screenplay from a strategic and financial perspective, helping you understand what steps you need to consider in many areas like copyright protection, casting, legal partnerships, distribution, and marketing along with superior story analysis. 

After you spend all the hard work it takes to create your story, you need intelligent, comprehensive "producer's coverage" to take your project to the next level.

PRODUCER Script Consultation with Robert Schwartz

Robert Schwartz defined the job of script consulting when he began analyzing scripts based on a system he developed as a producer of feature films. Since 1976, he has consulted on dozens of projects for both feature films and television. Mr. Schwartz has been producing movies for over 30 years for the studios and numerous independent production companies.  His experience is comprehensive in range from screenplay development and financing through to production and distribution. Seismic Scripts offers an intensive, first-class script consulting service to help writers, directors and producers greatly improve their screenplay before submitting it in Hollywood, or to investors, and to assess a project's viability in the marketplace on a creative, financial and strategic basis. No typical script reader will review and analyze your project in this manner.

Mr. Schwartz has worked in numerous countries around the world and has assisted many filmmakers in shaping their projects into a solid road map for production. His approach is flexible for projects that are in the early creative stages, and those projects that require a detailed focus as they marry the actual production and budget realities. 

Mr. Schwartz' clients have included Djordje Milicevic (Runaway Train, Iron Will), Jeff Arch (Sleepless in Seattle, Guide to Guys), Vadim Perelman (House of Sand and Fog), Peter Markle (Virginia's Run), Stuart Gillard (Kart Racer, War Games), LeVar Burton and Ralph Winter (Blizzard), Max Enscoe and Annie DeYoung (Wooly Boys), and many, many more.

Among Mr. Schwartz' many movies, there are two that exemplify his spirit and his goal to produce high quality films. Mr. Schwartz was the producer on Iron Will for Walt Disney Pictures starring Kevin Spacey which won numerous family awards and performed extremely well at the box office and on video. He was also the producer on Blizzard for MGM starring Whoopie Goldberg, Brenda Blethyn, Kevin Pollack, and Christopher Plummer which won the prestigious Crystal Heart Award. He spent years on the Disney lot developing many screenplays.

Mr. Schwartz is a founding member and serves on the Advisory Board of the Independent Feature Project (IFP) and a longstanding member of the Producers Guild of America (PGA) in Los Angeles.

 

Price Breakdown

 

Script Reading - $575

Includes 1-2 pages of working notes about the potential commercial success of the project, and possible next steps. If the client subsequently moves to a consulting service below, $200 of this price applies to any expanded service, if it's within a month.

Script Overview - $1,200

Includes 8-10 pages of notes. The notes include an analysis of structure, story, character, and theme, plus comments on what works, what doesn't work, and how to strengthen, tighten, and clarify the work. Additional read with polish notes after a rewrite: $500

Script Overview + Notes - $1,500

Includes the above, plus written notations in the script. These embedded script notes include suggestions for scenes that could be cut or condensed, dialogue that could be clearer, possible character changes and where to insert story changes. Additional read with polish notes after rewrite: $500

Script Breakdown - $3,500

Includes 15-20 pages of notes, including conceptual notes, and a page-by-page analysis. Additional read with polish notes after rewrite: $500

Script Consultation to Production - $7,500

Includes consultation on treatment and outlines, complete Script Breakdown service, plus top priority status and availability through the first week of production. Includes up to three additional reads with polish notes at no extra charge.

Production Consulting - Request Quote

For consulting on script through two to four drafts, then to rough cut of the film and availability in pre-production, production, and post-production. Includes up to four additional reads with polish notes at no extra charge.

        marker  An hourly charge of $350 for phone consultations, meetings, et cetera, applies in addition to the above fees.

 

SCRIPT CONSULTING AGREEMENT

TO: ROBERT SCHWARTZ, SEISMIC SCRIPTS, and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives.

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Dear Mr. Schwartz: I am submitting to you the above title material in accordance with and subject to the following terms and conditions below:

1. I shall be submitting the above titled material for your review, consultation, and notes. I have elected to choose the script consultation service, per the Seismic Scripts website (www.seismicscripts.com), and agree to pay you the sum of .

For the service rendered, I understand that I must use Paypal to pay this sum prior to the start of work. Paypal options will be offered after this request is submitted which will allow for SECURE credit card use or an individuals Paypal account.

2. I have retained at least one copy of the Material and I agree that you shall not have any obligation to return to me the copy submitted to you nor shall you be responsible to me, financially or otherwise, for any loss or damage thereto.

In the event you return the Material to me, I understand that such return shall not terminate or affect any rights or obligations under this Release and Agreement.

I DECLARE THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO ALL OF THE FOREGOING TERMS BY CHECKING THIS BOX

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