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♦ Recipients don't need any software and are not required to sign-up to see your Packet.
Opens a web page with the most recent info on your project along with the latest revisions of your script and project documents — no more annoyingly long emails (that rarely get read).
The Packet is an evolving document that starts simple and grows as you choose to add information.
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Script is guaranteed to be the most recent revision.
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Normally, if you've sent your script out to multiple people, or your manager has sent it to whomever they are reaching out to, updating everyone with a new revision of your script is often challenging and can even be embarrassing (especially if it's frequently). With the Packet, you simply upload your most recent revision and everyone is updated. The link stays the same, but will always give them the most recent revision of your script, project documents, and any other information such as who is attached. |
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Can restrict printing or downloading of script.
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By default, the Packet allows recipients to download a PDF version of your script, if they wish. However, as security option, you can restrict people from being able to download so they are limited to only seeing the script within the Packet's script viewer. This viewer does not allow the user to mark and copy or print the text of your script. |
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Can disable access to the script after it's been sent.
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If at any time you are concerned that the Packet link you sent has propagated beyond your intended recipients, you can simply delete that link and create a new and different one. Those clicking on an expired link will be presented with a friendly message that the link is no longer valid. |
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Recipients can subscribe to be notified of updates on your project.
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If a recipient isn't interested enough to commit to your project but would be if something exciting happens, they can click the Subscribe To Updates button and enter in their email address to receive email updates whenever something changes with the project. They can even choose which types of updates to be notified about. |
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Imports into ScriptHop's full platform for agencies and studios.
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In the coming months, ScriptHop will be releasing a platform for studios, agencies, and production companies that will allow them to manage their entire library of screenplays as well as the ScriptHop Packets they receive. Should an agency receive your packet, it will import into their library and allow them to search for projects like yours or to match your character roles to the talent they represent. |
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It doesn’t matter who you are, the same thing happens at each agency, studio, and production company your script is sent to: a reader (often an intern) writes "coverage" of your script. This means they judge and write a summary of your work for execs who don't have time to read everything. This distillation may be all that ever gets read of your script — a random person you don't know is basically handling your marketing!
If you think a bible or lookbook will solve this problem, think again. 'Lookbook fatigue' is a well-known Hollywood ailment (it's a chore navigating your 20 page document).
Take control: the Packet makes your vision resonate beyond any bland distillation and creates a dynamic, interactive and navigable experience. It's also a transposable source that industry readers can transfer into their coverage — maintaining your version of the logline and synopsis — and enabling them to focus on intently reading your script and giving your writing its due when they evaluate it, rather than waste their own time abridging it.
The Packet is also heading off insidious forms of tech at the pass. The need to digest content is so great that many are pursuing AI to read and choose which scripts will be successes. That's another reason we created the ScriptHop Packet, so you won’t be relegated to having someTHING misrepresent your work.
The synopsis viewer offers a unique way to interact with both character information and the script itself.
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Place links strategically within the synopsis, character descriptions, and more that transport readers directly into the corresponding pages of your script.
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The moment viewers open your packet, you can present an animated display of imagery, dialog samples, and more to immediately capture their attention.
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An intelligent media system that manages images, storyboards, and even helps you build a soundtrack.
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On board a yacht, "The Star Bird," Mara Guerdon is woken by a mysterious white light that washes over her. She's frozen in place and gasps for air, as if the light exerts some kind of psychic force. Pulling free of it, she darts to the bathroom, retching. Shining a penlight into her eye, she's horrified to see a light still slowly receding in her pupil like some tide. 
Shaken, Mara skypes with Ty Bushnell, her rehab sponsor. He's guiding her through the final stages of OxyContin withdrawal. She's confined herself to the boat, taking meds to mitigate her addiction, and she assumes the nightmare she just experienced was a side effect.
Mara is traveling to the Virgin Islands to meet her fiance, Riley Johns. They're planning to dive to explore a shipwreck. As she makes landfall to rendezvous with him, we learn she's a sharpshooter who survived the horrors of Fallujah. She was discharged from the military for stealing oxy from a base.
Sailing on The Star Bird, Mara shows Riley photos of The Advena, the Civil War era wreck which was carrying silver when it sank. She's wearing a necklace with a doubloon she and Riley found from the ship. They estimate there are millions in undiscovered treasure, but there's a ticking time clock on their efforts - an approaching tropical storm. That night, she wakes, bewitched by noises she's hearing where they've set anchor. Her pupil appears to dilate again and she's assaulted by someone or some thing that smashes her face into the mirror!
Mara comes to - Riley's banging on the bathroom door. They're both shocked to see she has shards of glass from the mirror embedded in her cheek. After they treat her wounds, she relates the incident to Ty (via Skype again), and there's some suspicion that side effects from her withdrawal have her acting against her own self-interest. She insists that she didn't, but Riley and Ty argue she must have locked herself in the bathroom. Ty instructs Riley to do a search on his fiancee for her own good, and he discovers a pinprick between her toes (though he keeps this a secret from Ty). Ty relates that if she's using, a telltale sign is the shrinkage of her pupils. Her eyes are small in the light, but not "pinpricks" as Ty has described. While Riley administers a drug test, which she passes, Mara notices a flesh wound on his hand, building some of her own suspicion toward him, though he tells her that it's from digging the glass out of her face.
The couple sails to San Juan to have the dosage on Mara's meds changed. Dr. Stans explains that it's unlikely she'd be having any hallucinations from the meds, but it's a possibility. Riley is dismayed to discover that Mara didn't tell him she had ovarian cancer before she met him; trust seems to be eroding between them.
Resuming course toward the wreck, the storm is about a hundred miles off and Mara sees a ghostly figure displacing the rainfall. When she runs out to the deck to confront the apparition, it's dissipated. Riley assures her there are no stowaways and nothing to fear. But later, Mara sees a specter behind her in the mirror that actually reaches out to touch her arm.
She's on a boat trip to the Caribbean with her fiancé, Riley Johns, to salvage Civil War silver they discovered on another
trip.
But she's also using the trip to rehab: confined on the boat, she has only Riley and her rehab sponsor, Ty Bushnell, to talk to (the latter via Skype). She's become very closed off, refusing to talk about the action she saw in Fallujah. As she begins to experience paranormal events on the boat, Riley begins to question whether he can trust her (and at times we will
too).
She's also in remission for ovarian cancer. By script's end, we'll come to learn that Riley has been dosing her in order to cloud her judgment, that he has designs on taking all the silver for himself, and that she'll have to take lethal measures against him to survive.
He appears, at first, to be understanding regarding her drug problem, struggling in earnest to fathom what she's going
through.
But in reality, he's been dosing her and using her in a scheme that involves both the silver (which he intends to steal) and
heroin.
It becomes clear he has murderous intentions.
He cares about her - to an extent that becomes very clear when he tells her she's basically the most important person in his
life.
Though he may be crossing a professional line with his feelings for her, at heart he proves to be the moral sort of man Mara will come to realize Riley never was.
But when Mara stands up to him, revealing she's a marine, he quickly is cowed. Basically, his tough guy attitude is mostly facade - this is a kid trying to
survive.
Mara tells him more than she tells most people.
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INT. THE STAR BIRD (YACHT) - BATHROOM - NIGHT
-- into the cramped bathroom space. Flips on the light and
faucet in a singular motion...
She splashes her face --
-- considers herself in the mirror. Her face, slick with a
sheen of sweat, almost aglow...
Suddenly, she launches herself to the toilet and --
RETCHES, heaving...settles herself and returns to the mirror.
She tugs at one eyelid, examining the white, the iris and
pupil of the eye.
She opens a drawer, rifles through toiletries, finds a
grooming kit and inside it -- a PEN LIGHT.
Mara shines the pen light into her eye, watches in the mirror
as her PUPIL CONTRACTS...
But deep within the black hole of the pupil, for a fraction
of a second, slithering light recedes...
EXT. THE STAR BIRD - FORE DECK - PRE-DAWN
The first lick of sunlight on the horizon. The sea's surface
placid, like a vast and perfect plain of glass.
Mara clutches a ceramic mug emblazoned with: "Keep Calm and
Carry On." The cat mews, curls around her legs...
EXT. THE STAR BIRD - FORE DECK - MORNING
THE STAR BIRD courses through crystalline water. Mara’s at
the fore deck, a LAPTOP splayed open.
ONSCREEN -- TY BUSHNELL (40), black, shaved head, faded gang
tats snaking up his neck.
TY
-- I wouldn’t lie to you, Mara.
It’s not easy. The stats, the
rates of relapse. You know these
things...And I don't want to sound
defeatist. But odds are you will
relapse. It’s just facts.
(pause)
How’s the nausea -- ?
A format that won't frustrate overworked decision makers, giving them more bandwidth for meaningful analysis of your project.
Your packet makes it easy to attach lookbooks, bibles, outlines, financials, and more, all in one place.
Whether it's the latest revision of your script or a new actor joining the cast, everyone will always see the most recent information.
Receive alerts letting you know when someone clicked on a link to view your Packet, chooses to view the full synopsis, or starts reading your script.
You're going to be judged. Shouldn't you have a chance to get ahead of the problem that the recipient "just doesn't get" your vision? Provide an argument. The Packet protects you against itchy trigger fingers with every single aspect of its design.
Three individual sections that allow the writer to passionately and strategically position the financial and narrative factors that make this an appealing project. These are powers of persuasion beyond the restrictive, albeit necessary logline.
An important section to tell an important story. Your chance to connect with the recipient as to what personally moved you to write this film or long spanning television series.
Recipients can click on your name to learn about you, and optionally, your catalog. It's an opportunity to sell yourself to the industry if you're new, or revive old projects if you're a veteran. If a reader was on the fence about this script, maybe they'll discover another one that's been gathering dust. So many bloom for a minute, but die on the vine - the Packet can literally resurrect a writer!
The Packet offers the writer an opportunity to jumpstart this process in an exciting way: as packets travel beyond agents and producers to actors, visuals and Entry Points within the character descriptions elevate passive text, escorting actors directly to scenes you know will literally talk them into the role. The Packet's casting options also encourage diversity.
When you just send your script as a PDF attachment, you lose all control once the send button is pressed. You're not even sure if they read your email, much less your script.
ScriptHop sends you a notification as soon as someone clicks to view your packet. Get peace of mind that your email was received and your project is being looked at. Additional information is included, as well, so you know if they decided to read the script, go in depth with your synopsis, or if they clicked on your name to learn more about you. We also preserve the privacy of the recipient by not passing along any identifying information.
If, at any time, you're concerned that your script is ending up in the wrong hands, you can deactivate the link. On top of this, the Packet also offers restriction features for printing or downloading that give you far more control than an emailed PDF. Soon, you'll even be able to restrict recipients from forwarding your packet to others.
Finally, to protect your work, ScriptHop has created an advanced "fingerprint" technology that will be able identify if another writer is attempting to pass off a work so similar to your own that it is more than likely copied material. COMING SOON
Added to all of these physical safeguards are the many anxiety-reducing features mentioned earlier that push readers to what you want to resonate, make your arguments, and guide them so as to not miss your award winning scenes.
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Have you ever read a funny Synopsis? Neither have we. The long form Synopses, by design, records the facts of your story, stripped of any real sense of character or dramatic flavor that would live up to the script. Even when executed by the most skillful writer, a Synopsis is a muted and matter-of-fact accounting of events rather than a rich experience. Yet, they're protocol in the business — make no mistake, your script will inevitably be distilled (even if you're at the top of the Hollywood food chain).
The Packet makes reading the Synopsis a dynamic experience that literally opens a portal into your screenplay. From the start, it automatically identifies and makes character names linkable. Clicking on a name will open the Characters Side Bar alongside the Synopsis to provide context with descriptions and even actor suggestions (chosen by you, the writer). The Packet's Entry Point system brings plot summaries to life by transporting the reader directly to the scene in the script.
Entry Points offer an opportunity that writers don't normally have in the industry's inescapable distillation process: the ability to entice execs & creatives beyond the Synopsis and Character Breakdowns to read the actual script!
It's a simple concept with a lot of power — an icon link that can be placed with the text itself that, when clicked, will transport readers right into the corresponding page of your script. If chosen strategically, Entry Points will excite the reader to "get into" the script and read it. They especially help those getting reacquainted with a project, causing your whole story to flood back into memory.
Even if you're Christopher Nolan, people choosing to read distillations over the script itself is a fact of life. Entry Points are another tool to get people back into your written material.
With easily setup animations, the Highlight Reel is your chance to visually capture your audience or impress them with your writing before they've even read a single page of your script.
ScriptHop automatically creates an initial Highlight Reel for you, selecting excerpts from your script, BUT you have total control over this process: you can customize your reel by choosing the dialogue or descriptions you like best, and by adding your own imagery.
Until now, writers have had no sense of whether the exec or rep they've sent their work to has merely skimmed the Story Department's "Coverage" of their work and missed the best parts - or read it at all. With the Highlight Reel, you can make sure from the moment the recipient clicks on the Packet link, they're enticed to read because they immediately see your script brought to life with dialogue and imagery you believe is resonant and crucial about your script. Like a movie trailer, this can "tease" your story.
Add images and music to assist with your world-building. Writing a sci-fi? Chances are that even the most prodigious imagination will have a hard time envisioning the look of your future. Using images found on the web, or creating your own - such as Storyboards - will bring your vision to life. On top of the Gallery section in the packet, those gallery images can also be transposed to the script itself (to specific pages and sequences) so that your screenplay literally pops.
The Gallery propagates to sections that correspond with the uploaded imagery, as well. That alien sketch can be assigned to a character and appear just under the description in the Characters section.
The Packet can even help you build and share your considerations for a soundtrack!
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