Murdoch University Delivers Cohort-Wide Feedback to Students with Prescene
Murdoch University's Screen Production program uses Prescene to provide cohort-wide feedback to boosting learning outcomes.
Key Achievements
Summary
Murdoch University’s Screen Production program turned to Prescene to generate script coverage that meets rigorous academic criteria while saving hours of manual effort. By automating character breakdowns, thematic analysis, and strengths-and-limitations assessments, the program now delivers rich, cohort-wide feedback almost instantly—empowering students to iterate faster and instructors to focus on creative mentoring.
The Challenge
Third-year screenwriting students in the micro-budget production stream need feedback for professional development and to prepare for production. However, faculty faced tight timeframes and heavy workloads. Traditionally, only the 3-5 scripts selected for production would receive detailed notes, leaving the majority of students without the feedback essential to improve their writing and align with industry expectations.
The Solution
Prescene ensures every student receives the same caliber of professional analysis that working screenwriters get in development processes. Faculty can now:
- Provide industry-standard coverage to every script including character breakdowns, thematic analysis, and marketability assessments using comparable films.
- Generate comprehensive PDFs that mirror professional development reports, detailing characters, arcs, style, themes, strengths, and limitations.
- Deliver producer-perspective feedback within minutes, helping students understand how their scripts will be evaluated in real-world production scenarios.
Results & Impact
Academic Efficiency
- Feedback preparation reduced from ~3 hours per script to under 20 minutes
- Cohort-wide coverage generated in a single session
- Supports tight production schedules
Student Experience
- 100% of students now receive detailed coverage (previously only 15-20% of scripts got comprehensive notes)
- Industry-standard analysis including marketability and comparable films assessment
- Producer-perspective feedback preparing students for real development processes
- Immediate, actionable insights into script strengths and limitations
- Greater clarity on character and thematic development
Program Impact
- Scalable feedback as enrollment grows
- Enhanced alignment with industry-standard script evaluation
- Stronger preparation for micro-budget productions
Why Prescene
Industry-Standard Coverage Reports
Hollywood-caliber analysis of characters, arcs, style, themes, marketability, and comparable films.
Time Savings
Automates manual coverage tasks, freeing academic hours.
Fits Academic Workflows
Templates align with Murdoch’s bespoke teaching criteria.
Immediate Cohort Sharing
Exportable PDFs make it easy to distribute feedback to every student.
"As the Program Chair of Screen Production within the School of Media and Communication – Murdoch University – and teaching within a screen curricula designed for 3rd year student scriptwriters moving towards micro-budget screen production I found the Prescene software and AI based platform to be an invaluable tool for presenting detailed, constructive and informed feedback – particularly in the area of Script Coverage. Prescene allowed me as an academic to read the script from the student based on our specifically designed teaching criteria and grade as such but also present to ALL of the class cohort a comprehensive PDF of their script focusing on Characters, Arc, Synopsis, Style, Themes and most pertinently the Strengths and Limitations of the short-script in more detail than the course allows and within a more time-effective cost factor. Prescene perfectly complements my knowledge base and industry experience against the evident time constraints of my workload and student need for instant feedback and constructive criticism. I would recommend Prescene to any other academic department involved in (student) script writing, treatment construct and ultimately script breakdown with a view to going into actual production – as expressed it is an invaluable and complimentary tool."