Script Readers.
Dear Aspiring Scriptwriters,
Script Readers are usually unpaid interns or assistants. Little peek behind the curtain, the first job you stop doing once you’ve moved up in a production company/office is script reading. It’s work considered to be beneath running for coffees and is mostly delegated to the very bottom of the totem pole. Also, spoiler alert for anyone looking to go into it, it isn’t paid work.
That said, people underestimate the power of script readers. Since the work is considered so beneath anyone of any standing, everyone listens to what script readers say about a script for the simple reason that they can’t be bothered to actually read scripts themselves.
Even the lowliest have power in this industry.
Sincerely,
Dan
