Your screenplay deserves a director's eye

Structural analysis from a BAFTA-member director with 40 years of production experience. Not a checklist. Not an algorithm. A detailed diagnostic of what's working, what isn't, and what to do about it.

£150

Full 9-section coverage · Feature screenplay

1. Quick Verdict — Recommend, Consider, or Pass — with an overall score. Immediate orientation for the busy reader.

2. Logline — Discerned from the screenplay itself, not supplied by the writer. If your script is pitching one thing and delivering another, this is where it shows.

3. What the Script Is Trying to Do — Your intention is honoured before the critique begins. The script is judged on its own terms first.

4. Who Is Your Protagonist? — Psychological type, core fear, core need, survival strategy. The single most diagnostic section — because if the protagonist isn't working, nothing else can.

5. Structural Architecture — First half, turning point, second half, ending. Where does pressure build? Where does it release? Does the midpoint earn the ending?

6. Key Relationships — The three or four relationships carrying the most weight. Do they serve the protagonist's journey, or compete with it?

7. What's Working — Strengths the writer must protect in revision. Writers need to hear this before they hear what's wrong.

8. Scorecard — Eight dimensions — Protagonist, Structure, Supporting Cast, Dialogue, World & Setting, Theme, Emotional Impact, Originality — each scored with a one-sentence explanation.

9. Priority Actions — Maximum three. Ordered by structural impact. Actionable, specific, and respectful of the writer's voice.

The Approach

Every screenplay is driven by its protagonist's psychology. A character's deepest fear shapes the choices they make, the relationships they form, and the structural patterns that emerge across the story. When a script isn't working, the problem almost always traces back to one of three things: the protagonist's inner journey is unclear, the structure doesn't apply the right pressure at the right moments, or the supporting cast is working against the story instead of with it.

This coverage is built on a framework developed across four decades of directing and story analysis. It draws on character psychology, structural principles refined through hundreds of analyses, and the practical instincts of someone who has sat in the director's chair and made the decisions that coverage readers are preparing to make.

The result is coverage that doesn't just describe problems — it diagnoses them. And it gives you a clear, prioritised path forward.