How frustrating is it to not understand why the vision in your head is not being realized on the page? Why certain events don't seem to be as important to your readers, as you know that they are to your script? Or why certain characters don't carry the weight that you know they need to? When we create screenplays, we tend to do it alone. Ironically, I believe that one of the core elements of film is that it depends on audience response, and yet the writer always has a more intimate knowledge of their film than their audience. It is for this reason that a second pair of eyes, with experience in understanding structure and character, is key in the development process of any film.
I've been working in film and theatre for 8 years, and I've been fortunate enough to work in both development and production aspects of film, on multiple sizes and styles of films. Although, script analysis is important in script editing, I believe that the most important job of the script editor is to ask the