Jason Hellerman writes on No Film School that I Got My Black List Script Rated By AI … And This Is What It Scored.

Jason says, “An AI-driven program called Greenlight Coverage gives instant feedback on your script. You just upload it, and the AI software spits coverage back to you. It rates different parts of the script on a scale from 1-10 and then gives a synopsis, positive comments, and notes on what would make it better. The program even creates a cast list and movie comps, allowing you to have an AI question-and-answer session to ask specific questions about the script.”

His script Himbo that was on The Black List in 2022 and rated incredibly high by ScriptShadow scored 6/10 on Greenlight Coverage.

He concludes:

“The truth is, I could see a read like this coming from a human being. Is it the best coverage? No. But as someone who has tested many services out there, I felt it gave better coverage than some paid sites, which are hit-and-miss depending on the person who reads your script. I look at AI as a tool that some writers may decide to use. I was happy I tried this tool, and I honestly was surprised by the feedback of the coverage.”

My take: I also participated in the beta test of Greenlight Coverage and asked the creator Jack Zhang the following questions via email.

Michael Korican: For folks used to buying coverage for their scripts, what are the main features of Greenlight Coverage that set it apart?
Jack Zhang: The speed, accuracy, consistency as well as reliability. Also the ability to ask follow up questions that can provide guidance on how to pitch to investors and financiers, all the way to how to further develop certain characters. In the future, we will also include data from Greenlight Essentials.

MK: Writers sometimes wait weeks if not longer for coverage. How fast is Greenlight Coverage?
JZ: 15 mins to 2 hours when they first upload their screenplay, depending on their subscribed package. The follow up questions are answered instantly.

MK: In your testing of Greenlight Coverage, how have produced Hollywood scripts rated?
JZ: It’s a mixed bag; the universally critically acclaimed ones usually get a very high score 8.5 to 9+, like The Godfather, Shawshank, etc.  The bad ones like The Room got 3/10. It really depends on the screenplay and the film.

MK: Greenlight Coverage uses a neural network expert system; the coverage section is highly structured whereas the question section is open-ended. How is this done and what LLM does Greenlight Coverage use?
JZ: We are using large language models to power our back end and it is not one, but a few different ones as well as our proprietary model that was fine tuned based on industry veteran feedback.

MK: Why should those folks who hate AI give Greenlight Coverage a try for free?
JZ: I totally see where they are coming from and personally I also agree that in such a creative industry, the human touch is 100% needed. This is just a tool to help give quick feedback and an unbiased opinion on the screenplay. It is useful as another input to the script, but not the end all and be all for it.

btw, not to brag but Greenlight Coverage gave my latest script, The Guerrilla Gardeners, 8/10. Wanna produce it?