WHAT DOES A SCRIPT RESEARCHER DO? (In the Entertainment industry. What does a Script Researcher Do?)

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WHAT DOES A SCRIPT RESEARCHER DO? (In the Entertainment industry. What does a Script Researcher Do?)         

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What does a Script Researcher do? 

A Script Researcher

Researchers support story and script personnel, ensuring stories and scripts reflect accurate research and reflect real life from the beginning. There is not much difference in role between high-end and lower budget production.

Researchers originate or develop programme ideas, drawing on their knowledge and understanding of industry requirements, and present their findings to decision makers. They are also fact checkers and brief writers who write scripts for on-screen presenters. They work across all genres of television production.

Research is an essential part of the screenwriting process, especially when you are not writing about a world and/or characters you know well from personal experience. When you can’t write from first-hand experience you need to do research and become a mini authority on the subject you’re dealing with to make your story as authentic as you can.

However, while you need to become a mini expert on the subject you are exploring you also need to ensure you aren’t getting too drawn into too much research and spend months without writing a word. So, how do you make sure research doesn’t keep you from writing the actual script?

Refrain from cramming all the knowledge into your script just because you know it and don’t add scenes just for the sake of showing off your knowledge. Don’t overload it with scientific facts to the point that the story gets lost or it reads like a manual. The story and the emotions come first. Always. The tremendous amount of research you did should be like 90% of an iceberg which remain invisible, and the plot and characters are the tip of that iceberg.

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