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With the 2010-2011 AAA Screenplay Contest:
3-5 Pages Of Judge's
Script Notes, $69.95
Brief,
Free Feedback Comes With Your Entry. Now, you Can Add 3-5 Pages Of In-Depth
Judge's Script Notes for $69.95
As an entrant
to this contest, you will receive by email free, brief
feedback.
When we began offering brief, free feedback from judges, may writers asked
for much more detailed script analysis than we can afford at the contest price. So, like some other
contests, we have begun offering three to five pages of notes from your
contest judge for a small extra fee.
How To Order Judge's Script Notes
To Your Online Entry
Start at this page: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OrderScriptNotes
That page will ask you for some brief information and then forward you to Checkout.
Judge's
Script Notes: Here Is What You Receive
You will receive three to five pages of notes after contest judging is
completed. Your notes will cover the same criteria as the
judges
use to judge your screenplay.
Here are the elements of your script that the
judge considers both in judging and in Notes to you:
IMPORTANT
NOTE:
Your contest judge will not necessarily provide feedback on every single
point
or question below. The judge will provide 3-5 pages of helpful notes on the elements he/she
thinks are most important to comment on.
Title,
Premise, Opening, Story:
The contest judge considers the criteria in this group in this
part of the judging and feedback:
- Is the title
appropriate, and did it catch the judge's eye?
- Did the opening
grab attention?
- Is the
premise/concept original and engaging?
- Is the world of
the story believable? (time, place, genre)?
- Is the conflict
set up effectively in the first 5-10 pages?
- Does the script
fit a known genre or market?
- Description: is
it tight, compelling, vividly written?
- After the
opening, did the story keep the judge's attention?
- Are there
believable surprises to move the story along?
Characters and Dialogue:
The contest
judge considers the criteria in this group in this part of the judging
and feedback:
- Is there a
vivid, memorable, active protagonist?
- Is the
protagonist's goal clear?
- Was it clear
what the protagonist stood to lose?
- Did the judge
see protagonist's internal flaw(s)/complexity?
- Did the script
establish protagonist's "Big Problem"?
- Did
the script make the judge root for the protagonist?
- Character arc:
Does protagonist change/solve problem?
- Is there a
vivid, memorable, active antagonist?
- Are other
characters memorable?
- Is the dialogue
real, natural, and appropriate to time/place?
- Does each
character have a distinct voice?
- Can the
characters be cast?
Format, Structure, Second Act
The contest
judge considers the criteria in this group in this part of the judging
and feedback:
- Is the script
written in standard Hollywood format?
- Are spelling,
punctuation, and grammar correct?
- Does the script
have three clear acts?
- Is there a
midpoint twist/complication to keep Act II moving?
- Is there a third
act lowpoint when all seems lost?
- How satisfying
is the ending?
Subjective “overall
merit”
In this part, the judge makes a subjective judgment on artistic merit,
theme,
marketability, and other qualities. In contest scoring,
this subjective score allows the judge to give extra
points
to
scripts which the judge thinks are especially deserving, or
alternatively, to
somewhat reduce the total score of a script that hit all its technical
marks but just wasn’t magnificent overall.
Submission
Deadlines And Entry Fees
(Deadlines
Are All At Midnight ) |
| Postmarked/Uploaded
By: |
Deadline
Extended 2
Weeks to
Midnight,
March 14, 2011
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| Feature |
$65 |
| NEW: Additional features in same submission |
$50 -- save $15 |
| Teleplay |
$50 |
| NEW: Additional Teleplays in same submission |
$40 -- save $10 |
| Judge's Script Notes |
$59.95 with order |
Judge's Script Notes
at this price must be ordered through the online entry form when a
script is
submitted (or by the special offer to writers who entered
before
judge's notes were added to the entry form). NOTE: We will
probably offer judge's script notes at a higher rate after the contest.
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Judging And Announcement Target
Dates:
- Semifinalists
by May 6-8, 2011
- Finalists
by May 20-22, 2011
- Winners by May 27-29, 2011
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$100
Prize(s) For Best Script Opening(s)
Among
scripts submitted by December 12,
2010.
For details on 'Best
Openings" prizes, CLICK
HERE
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The AAA
Contest strongly recommends that you copyright your screenplay with the
U.S. Copyright Office.
Also, it is common practice and a good idea to
Register
your screenplay with:
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