Script Consultation & Polishing

Here is how this works in practice. Irish script consultation works inside an unusual sweet spot. Small enough that the community of working development executives. Writers, and directors knows each other personally. Deep enough that the canon has seven Best Picture Oscar nominations in the past decade plus four Best Animated Feature nominations from Cartoon Saloon alone. Our consultants come up through that ecosystem and review scripts against the standards set by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, In America), Neil Jordan (The Crying Game Best First Screenplay Oscar 1992, Michael Collins Venice Golden Lion 1996, Interview with the Vampire), John Carney (Once 2007 Best First Song Oscar Falling Slowly, Sing Street, Begin Again), Lenny Abrahamson (Room 2015 Best Director nom.

Here is the short of it. Brie Larson Best Actress 2016. Normal People HBO. Frank), Martin McDonagh (Banshees of Inisherin many Oscar noms 2023, In Bruges, Three Billboards), John Crowley (Brooklyn many Oscar noms, The Goldfinch, Boy A), Kenneth Branagh (Belfast Best First Screenplay Oscar 2022), John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary, War on All), and Colm Bairéad (An Cailín Ciúin/The Quiet Girl 2022, first Irish-language Best International Feature Oscar nominee).

Here is the breakdown. Our consultation process treats Section 481 cultural-test compliance as a design parameter rather than a tax exercise. Each script we review gets flagged on cultural-test points (Irish or EEA writer, director. Key cast. Post-prod location. Major Irish cultural content) so producers can fix issues before submission to Screen Ireland (Bord Scannán na hÉireann) or the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. We give dialect notes across the full Hiberno-English range (Dublin North/South, Cork city, Kerry Munster. Galway and Mayo Connacht. Donegal Ulster.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Belfast and Derry Northern Ireland) and Irish-language (Gaeilge) script-doctor reviews for TG4 and Gaeltacht-set shoots following The Quiet Girl model. Historical-period scripts get fact-checked against the Easter Rising, War of Independence, Civil War. Troubles. Famine. Emigration canon, and folk-heritage scripts get vetted against the Celtic mythology framework (Tír na nÓg. Fionn mac Cumhaill, Cú Chulainn, the Tuatha Dé Danann, the Children of Lir). Standard feedback: 48-72 hours. Rush 24-48. Feature-length full analysis 3-5 days.