Why Script Testing Is Essential For Screenwriters - Corey Mandell

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In this Film Courage video interview, Screenwriter/Instructor Corey Mandell on Why Script Testing Is Essential For Screenwriters.
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@friendlyone2706 3 года назад

One of the best lectures on writing books I heard, the speaker stressed "You can't go home with your book." If you have to explain ANYTHING to a reader, it is your fault not your reader's. Information deliberately delayed for effect is OK, but omitted is not. This sounds like the screenplay version of the same important advice.

@gabe_s_videos 8 месяцев назад

The version of that expression I always heard was "Are you going to go to every member of the audience and explain that?"

@coleschott007 4 года назад

This is some very serious, very valuable information. Thank you for sharing.

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Thanks Matthew. In all we think our interview with Corey is about 3 hours long. It's excellent from start to finish. Think we have almost 2 hours left. We're excited to publish more in the coming weeks.

@themittonmethod1243 4 года назад

I am not a scriptwriter, nor a published author. I write short stories and vignettes for my own entertainment and hope to one day have something that is good enough to publish. I had not heard of this technique, but it makes very good sense to me - ask "am I communicating everything I need to so the story stands on its own?". I believe strongly that many of the complaints by audiences of films could be eliminated or greatly reduced by this type of testing. Having an overall arc or theme for the story, especially when dealing with franchise films, makes a huge impact in how the details would be shaped in each of the stories within threads. Creating the details that remove all questions from the audience's minds (or at least most - sometimes that lack of knowledge can be used as a plot device or setup) makes for a much more entertaining piece.

@scottwatrous 4 года назад

I think the biggest challenge isn't even whether people do the testing; but whether they actually listen and properly interpret the results.

@Damacles9 4 года назад

I think segment goes well with Paul Joseph Gulino's feedback and book "The Science of Screenwriting: The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies". Why people feel what they feel when viewing a visual artwork, which my be a tangent of what Cory Mandell is stating here.

@SkullyReacts 4 года назад

This video was so good! Something I never heard of but will start doing!

@charlesku4308 4 года назад

shit, 7 friends?...who does Mandell think I am, a successful writer?

@steveleeart 4 года назад

This could work for any artwork critique really.

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Very true.

@formulaic78 4 года назад

It's hard enough getting one person to read a script and provide useful feedback let alone 7! Maybe this is the point of film school!!

@daxtaylor9514 2 года назад

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@WordsPictures997 4 года назад

This was profoundly helpful. Alot of Mr. Mandell's insights on Film Courage are just super! Thank you so much for this guys. Your videos have really helped me be less hard on myself while helping me learn so much. I'm definitely convinced when it comes to script testing as he's explained it.

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Thank you, we're happy to see you gaining insights from our videos. We really had a great interview with Corey. Think we still have about 2 hours we have yet to share... More importantly sending our best to you as you move forward with your work.

@ricardomiranda7737 4 года назад

From here on out I will always test my scripts. Great advice.

@indiefilmandmusic 2 года назад

Terrific interview. Thank you!

@1stNlass 4 года назад

Wow! Fantastic content . Inspiring. Thank you so much!

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Thanks, glad you found this one.

@sunlightpictures8367 3 года назад

Great video. This guy has some really interesting ideas.

@Wordsley 4 года назад

These Rock! Corey Rocks!!

@filmcourage 4 года назад

We agree! Thank you for watching.

@filmcourage 4 года назад

What are your thoughts on script testing?

@yappygm7433 4 года назад

I want to learn more about the questions!

@loststoryproductions 4 года назад

What are the questions for script testing?

@charlie9086 3 года назад

@@loststoryproductions If you are still searching: coreymandell.net/script-testing/ Next time, just try and google it^^

@justsignmeup911 4 года назад

Very useful. Thanks.

@cammichaelmoore 4 года назад

Incredible content

@svenusling 4 года назад

I wish there was a way to get ahold of the questions.

@FrancisOrtolan 4 года назад

here:coreymandell.net/script-testing/

@jebatman756 4 года назад

You didn't watch the whole video? He talks about it at 14:03

@svenusling 4 года назад

@@jebatman756 I did do that and nothing.

@svenusling 4 года назад

@@FrancisOrtolan Thank you. Couldn't find it.

@wesleytaylor2623 4 года назад

Thanks for the questions.

@ZaremaLove 4 года назад

This information is priceless, thank you Film Courage for your exceptionally helpful videos. On the other hand, I subscribed to Corey Mandell's newsletter (14:04) but the autoresponder didn't send me the questions. I wish there was a way to fix this.

@FrancisOrtolan 4 года назад

here: coreymandell.net/script-testing/

@jeetabhii 2 года назад

@@FrancisOrtolan thanks a lot!

@RidingwithStymie Год назад

The link no longer works.

@oneeyedphotographer 4 года назад

If I write a story, I am only telling a part of the story. My readers also contribute the to story. If I describe the butchering of a sheep, Senior Daughter will be pretty much unemotional about it. Other readers might be quite upset. I know her reaction, at around age 8-10, she watched my father do exactly that, throat cutting, ripping open the belly, the whole deal. She subsequently read Amazing Voyage and Amazing Voyage II (Asimov), she was studied the human body in high school and subsequently in university. I would expect very different responses from groups of seven different readers, and If the story is depressing some readers will feel that.

@PHASES_OFFICIAL 2 года назад

I really like this video. I've been through that before, people not understanding certain things in my story. But it helps you so much in the long run

@ianflawlez 4 года назад

I wish I have 7 friends...

@haydehero6561 2 года назад

Lol

@DavidHemmingsson 4 года назад

This is just great! Here’s the link to the questions on Corey’s site: coreymandell.net/script-testing/ If interviewing is a superpower, you have it! It would be interesting to count the number of times I’ve heard the phrase “That was a really good question”.

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Thank you, David! Appreciate the kind words. Interviewing someone (such as Corey) with lots of compelling and interesting takes on a subject also helps. Thank you for watching.

@OjukwuIsaac Год назад

Thanks because I couldn't find it when I tried.

@RidingwithStymie Год назад

That link no longer works.

@TheTSFChannel 4 года назад

So, the test questions didn't pop up on the auto response. Here's the link: coreymandell.net/script-testing/

@OjukwuIsaac Год назад

Do anybody know how to get to the questions or know the questions; I subscribe several times like he said and still didn't get it trhough the newsletter?

@brandenandersondelalooza6928 3 года назад

that killing herself bit really came in hot 👀😂

@eileenheath1968 2 года назад

I sent out a script to my cast to look it over. They loved it. Not a single one noticed I failed to introduce the villain until the very end where he gets nabbed walking across a parking lot. So work with other script writers when possible or with other authors. (Though the arguments I got into with a novelist were rather interesting as we read each other's works).

@chuzzbot 3 года назад

That's what the Breaking Bad movie ' El Camino' needed. To clarify why Jesse did not shoot his captor at the pivotal scene in the desert.

@James_Bowie 4 года назад

I've experienced a similar thing when asked to critique scripts. I start out by saying the deal is that I'll only do it as long as you agree not to take anything that I say personally -- let's remember that it's a business. Those who are mature enough to accept that 'notes' are a given are well on the way to becoming professional writers. And bear in mind that notes are just the beginning. After the sale, when you no longer own the work, a partial or even total rewrite of your script by another writer is not unusual either.

@SpockvsEgon 4 года назад

Where the hell are you finding seven people to read your scripts AND give feedback? I have one guy who gives me lots of feedback, two guys who give me a tiny bit of feedback, and a lot of people who don't want to hurt my feelings and just say, "It's fine." And I can't talk people into giving me feedback on my story, how is someone else going to persuade people to read my story?

@fashionxdcbrandon 4 года назад

lol. I feel this.

@BellinaSkyBright 4 года назад

I got someone off fiverr to read some of my prose. You don't have to worry that the reader will be nice 'cos you paid them ; she was brutal!

@matthewsaponar 4 года назад

didn't this dude write battlefield earth

@Ruylopez778 4 года назад

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@Novastar.SaberCombat 4 года назад

@MAtthew Spaonar -- yup, and he has an ENTIRE video describing how BIZARRE, complicated, elongated, and transformative to the original script/idea that entire thing was. It's... pretty bananas. In the sense that he started with "an apple", and after all the input, studios, buy outs and failures, re-starting and more... they came out with "an old muddy shoe". Basically. I summed it up, but... watch his video on it. It's a DOOZY. Long. But... lots to explain, clearly.

@VBVTV 4 года назад

That is involved.

@howardkoor2796 4 года назад

🙏🙏🙏🙏

@BlindedBraille 4 года назад

To be honest, this should be a no brainer. You are trying to make a movie for an specific audience, not for yourself (maybe both).

@igug5268 Год назад

lol this is the best way to see the problems in your story. No one can teach u better than a audience.

@xx-ct5yh 4 года назад

You say that was her brother. Who was that?12:10 or so.

@filmcourage 4 года назад

He's talking about the pilot episode of Game of Thrones.

@holyyolyeternally8665 4 года назад

I don’t have 7 friends....

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Hi Yolanda, Corey isn't saying you need 7 friends for this level of feedback. You don't need any friends. You just need to know 1 person who knows 7 people. We think this is actually more about people you don't know than ones you do.

@holyyolyeternally8665 4 года назад

Ok...I’ll look for that person

@TheGreatTimSheridan 4 года назад

Yeah the problem is people can't read. All the best Scripts have been rejected.

@partybhoy1967 4 года назад

lulz should have had even 1 more person read Battlefield Earth

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Here's the story on what happened behind the scenes on Battlefield Earth - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bwMcg6_AU_g.html

@JM-gd3hr 4 года назад

While he was the primary credited screenwriter, he wasn't responsible for the disaster that film became. Screenwriters usually don't have control over what happens to the scripts after they are handed over to the studio or whatever.

@rob-robi 4 года назад

Translation: Ask someone else's opinion .

@personafilmproduction 4 года назад

This guy wrote 2 screenplays about shitty/bad movies and he is giving a lesson about screenwritting, gimme a break dude!

@filmcourage 4 года назад

Corey was a paid working Hollywood screenwriter for 10 years. He wrote many more than two screenplays. This video here will give you a better understanding of his career - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bwMcg6_AU_g.html