Murdoch University Delivers Cohort-Wide Feedback to Students with Prescene
Murdoch University's Screen Production program uses Prescene to provide professional script coverage to every student, transforming how feedback is delivered in film education.
Overview
Murdoch University's Screen Production program turned to Prescene to deliver professional-grade script coverage to every student in their cohort. By automating character breakdowns, thematic analysis, and strengths-and-limitations assessments, faculty now provide rich, industry-standard feedback in minutes rather than hours—empowering students to iterate faster while instructors focus on creative mentoring.
The Challenge
Third-year screenwriting students in the micro-budget production stream need detailed feedback to develop professionally and prepare for production. However, faculty faced significant constraints:
- Time limitations: Comprehensive script analysis traditionally takes 2-3 hours per script
- Resource constraints: Only 3-5 scripts selected for production received detailed notes
- Feedback gap: 80-85% of students never received the professional-level feedback essential for growth
- Industry disconnect: Students lacked exposure to how their work would be evaluated in real-world development
The Solution
Prescene enables faculty to deliver industry-standard coverage to every script in the cohort. The platform provides:
- Professional analysis including character breakdowns, arc development, and thematic exploration
- Marketability assessment with comparable films analysis to contextualize each script
- Comprehensive PDF reports that mirror professional development documents
- Producer-perspective feedback helping students understand real-world evaluation criteria
Faculty can now read and grade scripts against their teaching criteria while Prescene handles the time-intensive coverage generation.
Results & Impact
Academic Efficiency
- Feedback preparation reduced from ~3 hours to under 20 minutes per script
- Entire cohort coverage generated in a single session
- Faculty time redirected to creative mentoring and instruction
Student Experience
- 100% of students now receive detailed coverage (vs. 15-20% previously)
Why Prescene
Industry-Standard Coverage
Prescene generates Hollywood-caliber script analysis covering characters, arcs, style, themes, marketability, and comparable films—the same elements professional readers evaluate.
Massive Time Savings
What traditionally required 2-3 hours of manual analysis now takes minutes. Faculty can process an entire cohort's scripts in a single session.
Academic Workflow Integration
Coverage templates align with Murdoch's bespoke teaching criteria, complementing rather than replacing faculty expertise and grading standards.
Instant Distribution
Exportable PDF reports make it easy to share professional-quality feedback with every student immediately after generation.
“Prescene perfectly complements my knowledge base and industry experience against the evident time constraints of my workload and student need for instant feedback. I would recommend Prescene to any academic department involved in script writing, treatment construct, and script breakdown with a view to going into actual production—it is an invaluable and complementary tool.”
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