I read scripts for development teams. Coverage, notes and assessment on features, television and underlying IP — for production companies, competitions, funds and scouts who need another trusted pair of eyes. Ten years of reading in English and Spanish, to your template or mine. Here is what that looks like.

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Four extracts, with titles and identifying detail removed.

01 Feature Screenplay Coverage · 96 pp · 2026 Open →
02 Feature Screenplay Funding Assessment · 129 pp · 2026 Open →
03 Underlying IP Book-to-Screen · Novel · 2024 Open →
04 TV Pilot Contest Report · 2026 Open →

Existing templates, scorecards and internal development criteria can be followed.

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Script Assessment

Concept, execution, structure, character, market potential and overall viability.

02

Development Notes

Notes designed to move a project forward, not simply describe its problems.

03

Overflow Reading

Submission support when development teams have more material than capacity.

04

Book-to-Screen / IP

Novels, manuscripts and other IP evaluated for adaptation potential.

05

English / Spanish

Reading and analysis across English- and Spanish-language material.

06

Competition / Fund

Structured scoring and written assessment against existing selection criteria.

01 — Send the material

Script, treatment, deck, novel or submission batch.

02 — Set the brief

My framework or your own criteria and template.

03 — Receive the assessment

Clear written analysis, delivered to deadline.

04 — Scale when needed

One project, ten submissions or recurring overflow.

Abraham Barrie
Abraham Barrie

Bilingual English–Spanish story analyst with 10+ years assessing film and television material.

Work has included screenplay competitions, development services and industry-facing projects across the UK, US and international markets — coverage and development analysis across features, pilots, shorts and other scripted material, to both independent frameworks and client-specific criteria.

Fully bilingual reading and analysis in English and Spanish, with an understanding of both European and international screen markets.

Selected clientsShore Scripts · BAFTA Rocliffe · Stage 32 · Pulse Films · Number 9 Films · See-Saw Films · Circle M+P
FilmmakersTerry McDonough (Breaking Bad, The Expanse)
FormatsFeatures · TV · Shorts · IP
LanguagesEnglish · Español
TurnaroundBy agreement, to deadline
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