
Live Reading with Professional Actors
Benefits of live reading your script:
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eliminate wooden, un-inspired, or on-the-nose dialogue
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add subtext between characters
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adjust dialogue to increase suspense and payoff from one scene to the next
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fix scene transitions to hook the audience
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increase use of foreshadowing, clues or warnings in dialogue
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add dialogue to shock and surprise the audience
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brainstorm plot twists
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re-write structure of script to increase excitement or mystery for audience, i.e. introduce or eliminate narration, flashback or flashforward, montage, sfx, superimposed text, restructure acts, introduce new characters, etc.
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streamline action sequences
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excize superfluous scene description
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add interesting visuals, set peices and sfx to your script


Why do a Live Reading?
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Live reading of your screenplay with professional actors brings your script to life.
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Use the footage to impress investors and win additional funds.
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Visualize camera angles and movement for specific scenes in the script.
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Save tens of thousands of dollars, by spotting needed script changes upfront, prior to production.
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Live Read filmed in HD at professional film studio in Los Angeles, CA. (www.glixstudios.com or loyalstudios.tv)
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Receive a disc drive of the unedited HD raw footage of the live reading.
Fees & Deliverables:
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Includes: HD Camera (i.e. Canon, Panasonic, Sony, Alexa, EPIC 5k).
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Includes: cast of up to 15 professional, credited, non-union actors via LACasting.com
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Includes: film studio sound stage with full crew: camera operator, audio equipment & engineer, electrician/lighting technician.
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Includes: one single-camera read-through of full screenplay with up to 15 actors maximum reading multiple parts; and additional close up shots of up to 10 scenes.
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Deliverables: full HD resolution 1920×1080p, audio (24b/48h wav), plus Final Cut Pro/AVID .MOV footage on disc drive.
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FEE: $9,950. paid upfront in two installments.