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What Human Readers Add to Script Evaluation, and How Writers Can Leverage It

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Learn how aspiring writers can learn from developing script coverage--and why AI can never replace the insight of a human reader.

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As few as 1 day
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What you can learn.

Understand how the film and TV industries benefit from human readers
Get an overview of what writers learn from completing script coverage
Explore the difference in context and impact between AI tools and human script readers
Ask questions about what AI and humans can and can't do

About This Course

With emerging AI technologies integrating on every aspect of our lives, it’s more important than ever to understand how the industry benefits from experienced human readers doing coverage on scripts, and what writers can learn from doing script coverage work themselves, without the assistance of AI. In this course, we consider how there’s no replicating human emotion or lived-experiences when it comes to AI, and how AI coverage can only make suggestions from data fed to the system (copyright problems and all) – and not offer brand new ideas the way humans can bring to the table, especially experienced readers. Additionally, we discuss how aspiring writers can learn so much from reading and analyzing scripts – what works and what doesn’t work – in what can become a field of study on its own. Finally, we’ll open the floor to questions, to have a friendly discussion about AI and the future of our industry. 

Spring 2026 Schedule

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Saturday 10:00AM - 11:30AM PT
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Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

This course is held via video teleconference. As such, instructors use Zoom to offer a live class meeting at the designated time. Students must be present at the course meeting time to participate in the class.

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Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
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Sat May 2, 2026
10:00AM PT - 11:30AM PT
UCLA X Open
UCLA X Open