Research & Writing
Original research from ScriptBook on AI, gender representation, box office prediction, and the future of storytelling. All findings based on analysis of thousands of scripts.
A data-driven investigation into whether female-led films really outperform male-led films at the box office — replicating and challenging a widely-cited CAA/shift7 study using ScriptBook's own dataset of 541 films.
Read articleHow ScriptBook's "story-aware" AI goes beyond current language models by introducing character awareness, style and theme awareness, and script structure awareness.
Read articleUsing deep learning to analyse thousands of screenplays for gender bias — going beyond the Bechdel test to measure dialogue, presence, interactions, and stereotypicality.
Read articleCan an algorithm truly judge a human creative work? ScriptBook tackles the most common criticism it receives — and demonstrates why AI and creativity are not mutually exclusive.
Read articleDoes AI only greenlight blockbusters? ScriptBook proves the opposite — showing that its algorithms outperform the industry at identifying profitable independent films.
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