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1-Hour Script Analysis

Melody Jackson — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:23:51 +0000

Get a 1-Hour review of your script with a one-on-one phone consultation with Dr. Melody Jackson. Your feedback will be prioritized by focusing on the elements of your script that are most important to improve.

No matter where you are in the process, the conversation will appropriately focus on the broader strokes to the finer details of a polished script. For details on the 1-Hour Script Critique service on the Smart Girls Productions site, click here.

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The Screenwriters 7 Commandments of Success

Melody Jackson — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:24:48 +0000

Overcome These Barriers to Entry For A Legit Shot at Your Goal

This 70+-page ebook is filled with a ton of great in-depth information that can help you gain insight into the real details of what it takes to CREATE YOUR BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUCCESS… from networking the right way to developing your craft and your style in a memorable way.

Learn the basics of success with this simple, quick guide on what you must do right as a screenwriter to set yourself up for success. It’s not just the best screenplay that wins out. To get your script to the people who might do something with it, you have to have the right mindset and create the right conditions. This is what is necessary for Screenwriters.

The idea is that there is NO WAY to guarantee you’ll be success and there is a certain amount of good luck or serendipity involved, but if you follow these COMMANDMENTS, you will create the best foundation for success.

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Master Script Review

Melody Jackson — Sat, 29 May 2021 09:42:12 +0000

Get six pages of in-depth notes plus follow-up 1-hour phone consultation with Dr. Melody Jackson. The in-depth notes are clearly written with examples of how to fix any issues for added clarification. In the follow-up phone conversation, the conversation will go even deeper or clarifying the points from the notes as well as working creatively with the writer to solve script issues and answer any question about material written in the critique.

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1-Hour Review + Bullet Point Notes

Melody Jackson — Fri, 21 May 2021 19:57:45 +0000

In addition to your 1-hour phone consultation with Dr. Melody Jackson, you will receive 2-page bullet point summary of action items to serve as a checklist on fixing your script. This will cover major items from your 1-hour consultation as well as any other important points in bullet form. This works well for writers who like to have something written in front of them but prefer the heart of the critique to be a discussion.

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List of 60 Producers By Selected Genre — LIST ONLY

Melody Jackson — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:22:40 +0000

When you are ready to get your script out to Hollywood, you need to get it in front producers who could potentially be interested in your specific type of script. There are many factors that make a script be right for a given production company at a given time. And it's also a numbers game.

This service will provide you with a custom researched list of 60 production companies and their producer or development executives identified as good target prospects for your script.

While there won't be 60 perfect companies to target for your script, common sense requires that you play the numbers a bit and send to more than the 2 or 3 or 4 perfect ones you have in mind. By having a list of 60 potential companies to target, you will have a list of prospective companies to reach out to over time.

Your job is to hitch up with a production company or producer who will become your Hollywood Champion and will shepherd your script around to the people with the money.

This service will save you countless hours of research and fret over who to send to. Allow us to do the tedious research part that taps into our database of thousands or records and thousands of hours of research, categorizing, and updating. Use your time where it matters most... developing a personal contact with the people you reach out to.

We do the research on the list. You do the follow up that requires your personal touch.

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Screenplay Formatting Manual

Melody Jackson — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:11:52 +0000

Formatting Your Screenplay Hollywood Style: And the Reasons Behind the Rules

Don’t Get Your Screenplay Thrown Out Because Of Shabby Formatting/ Learn The Hollywood Style Of Formatting Your Script Properly To Give Your Story A Real Chance With This Manual

This 70+ Page Formatting Manual will walk you through the exact steps of how to format your script so that it passes the test in Hollywood.

Some of the things that are covered are:

Scene Headings
Character Introductions
Sound Effects & Music
The proper number of pages for your best chance in Hollywood today!
The best way to describe your characters so that the reader starts to picture stars playing the roles.
How to bind your script the right way so that you don’t look like amateur, even if you are.
The mistake that most screenwriters make on the Title Page, which immediately alerts the reader that you are a newbie.
Sample pages from scripts in the recent years.
and so much more

To Start Typing Your Script In The Proper Format Or For A Last Chance Look Before You Send It Out, Get Your Ebook Formatting Manual Today!

Get Instant Access to your Formatting ebook today!

Don’t let a little thing like formatting ruin your chances of making it Big!

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Screenplay Coaching – Limited Term

Melody Jackson — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:13:07 +0000

This Script Coaching Program is a Limited Term Coaching program to be used over 3 to 6 months to develop your scripts, treatments, outlines, and loglines over a period of time with consistency, feedback, and accountability. Terms of Execution and Delivery are detailed in a separate Document.

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Script Coaching – 1 Year

Melody Jackson — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 04:04:23 +0000

Speed up your writing process and deliver your best work with Weekly accountability. Coaching is done by Dr. Melody Jackson, who was rated a Top 5 Script Consultant in three different blind surveys carried out by Creative Screenwriting magazine.

Dr. Jackson brings her background of having worked with thousands of screenwriters to develop their ideas and take their scripts to the next level. She brings her educational background of a Ph.D. in mythology as well as having studied under most of the top screenwriters in Hollywood including Robert McKee, Syd Field, Linda Seger, John Truby, and Chris Vogler.

Her approach is to bring the heart of the Hero’s Journey as defined by Joseph Campbell and run it through classic structure of Aristotle’s Poetics to help you bring the emotion and power to your story in a way that broadens its appeal as widely as appropriate.

Melody specializes in integrating the character development, the plot, and the theme into a cohesive whole, which is where most screenplays fail.

Melody also wrote the Workbook “Analyze Your Own Script Workbook,” available on Amazon.

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Script Coaching – Limited Term

Melody Jackson — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 08:14:46 +0000

This package is designed to work on your screenplay over time with credits for working on any portion of your script as desired.

You'll have 360 credits to use toward having your choice of the whole script reviewed, a discussion, or any number of pages as you wish.

Each time you'll get a one-on-one phone consultation with Dr. Melody Jackson. Your feedback will be prioritized and focused on the pages of your script that are most important to improve in that time.

No matter where you are in the process, the conversation will appropriately focus on the broader strokes to the finer details of a polished script.

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Query Letter Marketing

Melody Jackson — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:07:03 +0000

Market your screenplay to Hollywood with a query letter and 60 targeted production companies.

See Full Description here: https://smartg.com/screenplay-query-letters/

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