Counting down - just under 72 hours to go until the Regular Deadline. Meanwhile, heres the question were asked more than any other: Q. What genres do well in the Academy Nicholl competition? A. Relatively speaking, over the years, genres do about as well as expected in advancing to the Academy Nicholl quarter/semi/final rounds. That is, if 40% of entries are dramas, then about 40% of quarterfinalists are dramas; if 14% of entries are thrillers, then about 14% of quarterfinalists are thrillers; if about 5% of entries are science fiction, then about 5% of quarterfinalists are science fiction, etc. With one exception: traditionally, comedy underperforms slightly. If 20% of the entries are comedies, then about 17% of the quarterfinalists had been comedies. Except in 2013, when about 20% of entries were comedies and just over 20% of the quarterfinalists were comedies. One difficulty with providing genre stats is the overlap among genres, multi-genre scripts and the genres selected by individual writers. This doesnt matter much when talking about thousands of scripts, but the variations become more apparent when discussing several hundred or several dozen scripts. This makes it problematic to present an accurate list of entry genres. In any case, here are the genres of the 50 finalist/fellow scripts over the past five years: drama - 14 historical drama - 5 drama war - 1 drama thriller - 4 thriller - 2 supernatural drama thriller - 1 supernatural thriller - 1 horror - 1 science fiction thriller - 2 adventure fantasy - 1 action / adventure - 4 comedy action - 1 comedy drama - 2 comedy - 7 romantic comedy - 3 romantic comedy fantasy - 1 The above list does not account for every genre word used by the 50 fellows and finalists, as we decided to simplify the list somewhat.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 00:39:25 +0000