Characters
As a Script Consultant UK I see a lot of scripts with underwritten characters. Writers often think the problems with their script start and end […]
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Working on projects in the USA
As a UK script consultant I’m really busy at the moment with two very interesting (and fun) projects. Both scripts I’m working on (or about […]
Script Consultant UK rates and fees
Okay just a quick blogpost about my script consultant fees, because I get asked about this a lot… Unlike some professional writers I don’t charge […]
Age of Consent
I was struck by a photo on Facebook the other day, a friend had shared a picture of Helen Mirren, who is now in her […]
Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia
Sam Peckinpah’s Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia was made in 1974 – the year I was born. It’s hard to imagine now how […]
What does a script consultant do?
I realise there are script writers out there, sitting on the first draft of something that they’ve worked hard on, and they’re wondering what to […]
Horror I have been watching
The Church (1989) is an enjoyable retro horror from the pen of the great Dario Argento, it’s recently been rereleased on glorious BluRay that really […]
Matthew Cooper Script consultant UK
I’m back from my holidays and powering on with a couple of new projects and people are continuing to contact me for script reports that […]
Holiday Road
Okay, I’ve been fairly busy the last couple of months on script writing projects that have come to me through this website. As a professional, […]
Spending three weeks in the 90s
I’ve been a script writer for hire since the 1990s. My first short film was shown on Channel 4 in 1994; I was commissioned by […]