Hynek Spurný

The cooperation of a script consultant with a film producer in the development stage

The profession of a script consultant in the audiovisual industry is currently essential, as it greatly contributes to the successful completion of the film development stage and provides screenwriters and producers with a supportive point in creating a functional literary script. In my research, I focused on the perspective of a producer who approaches a script consultant and involves them in the development of a film script. I sought answers to questions such as: What types of projects and under what conditions are script consultants approached? Do they apply their services more for projects in early or late development? How do they approach working on the assigned script? Lastly, how do script consultants communicate with the producer during the work process, how is the entire workflow set up, and what are the other possibilities for the script consultants involvement in the project?

Hynek Spurný is a film producer who graduated in film production from FAMU in Prague. He founded and runs his own film production company Altum Frames, where he focuses on the development and production of fiction and animation films. His goal is to work with authors with a significant creative vision and a strong emphasis on authenticity. With his projects Hynek regularly participates in international co-production and pitching forums (Kids Kino Industry in Warsaw, Animation Production Days in Stuttgart and Visegrad Film Forum). At the moment, his short animated film “World I live in” by director Ester Kasalová is going into distribution and he is developing two feature projects, which are the docufiction documentary “Master Frank” by director Jiří Šlofar and the coming-of-age comedy “Busted” by director Lukáš Citnar.