ACQUISITIONS

Brief

Scanner-Rhodes  are always looking for new and innovative scripts. Whether it be through an agent or a first time writer, each script will be given the same care and attention. Scanner-Rhodes  also has available a number of treatments, which require a writer. 

Criteria of Content For Acquisitions  

Each project must have innovation, originality and marketability. We are looking for scripts, which have the positives of American and British cinema. The good American films are uplifting, exciting & life changing. The qualities of which British films are more known are being Moral, Funny & Clever. We want to produce scripts, which have a combination of the American and British cinematic qualities.

When assessing your script we will be looking at the following elements: Pacing, Structure, depth of story, quality of dialogue, interesting character's and if the script manages to keep a level of interest on every page.  

The scripts will be optioned with distribution at the forefront of our decision making. We will be spending a year developing your script and another 1-2 years producing it. If  the project doesn't fit into the distribution criteria, we would have wasted three years work. Distributors will look for the following elements: Genre, Hook, Stars, Known Source & Originality.

Genre

Scripts must fall into any of the following Genre’s:

Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Horror, Period, Thriller, Sci-Fi

These are the genre’s, which will perform at the box office and home video. 

Rules of acquisitions

• No first drafts please

• No hand written scripts

• Please ensure correct formatting. Scripts received in an incorrect format will be returned unread.

• No short films all scripts should be over 85 pages in length

We will immediately send confirmation on receipt of your work. We do not provide a script report service so any scripts received requiring this service will immediately be returned.

Contact

Please send no more than two scripts at a time. Please address e-mail for the attention of:

Scanner-Rhodes Acquisitions Department

acquisitions@scanner-rhodes.co.uk

Freelance Writer Opportunities

Scanner-Rhodes have written a number of treatments which are aimed at the teen audience. We are looking for writers who are familiar with this Genre. We will need  to see at least a 20 page extract of your work and a showreel or any produced work.

Should you be interested in learning more, please send us an introduction e-mail to:

development@scanner-rhodes.co.uk.

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