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How it works

How a script gets from the writer to the studio.

Four pictures. Who receives the script, what your team actually has to do, what gets written down, and how anything is ever shared.

  1. 1Who gets the script→
  2. 2What the studio does→
  3. 3What gets recorded→
  4. 4How sharing happens→

The short version

Locked, compared, then — maybe — read.

  1. 1

    A writer sends a script

    Through the official page on your website.

  2. 2

    We lock it

    Only the writer has the password. Not us, not you.

  3. 3

    We compare a short summary with your project list

    Privately, on our own servers.

  4. Too close to something you’re making?

    You never see it. Nobody is told why.

    Not close?

    You can read the summary. The script only if the writer unlocks it.

1 · Who gets the script

Not your staff. Gatehouse, on your behalf.

The script never lands in an executive’s inbox. Gatehouse receives it and locks it. Your team sees only a summary that’s clear of your projects — and only if it wants to.

  1. 01 · The writer

    Sends a script through the official page on your website, after signing your terms.

  2. 02 · Gatehouse

    Receives it, locks it, and compares a short summary with your project list. Writes everything down.

    • Receives
    • Locks
    • Compares
    • Records
  3. 03 · Your studio

    Sees only a summary that’s clear of your projects — and only if you want to.

2 · What the studio does

Your team steps in only if it wants to.

Set it up once. Then Gatehouse receives every script, checks it, keeps the record and deals with the writer.

  1. 1

    Agree the terms

    The terms writers sign before they send anything. Your lawyers approve them.

  2. 2

    Give us your project list

    One line per project. Or we’ll phone once a month and keep it for you.

  3. 3

    Wait

    Gatehouse does the work.

    • Receive
    • Compare
    • Keep the record
    • Deal with the writer

    Gatehouse · not your team

  4. 4

    Read, if you like

    Read a summary that’s clear of your projects. Or do nothing.

3 · What gets recorded

If anyone asks later, you have the facts.

Four lines answer almost every question a claim raises: who sent it, which version, when it arrived, and who saw it later — and when.

Gatehouse · Record

Salt Lines

Who sent it

Mara Ellison

Identity checked · over 18 · owns the work · release signed

Which version

Draft 2 · 104 pages

Exact file kept, locked; new drafts recorded separately

When it arrived

3 March 2026, 14:03

Terms signed at 14:02 — copy on file

Who saw it later

Summary only · 2 people

Pictures team · 12 March, 11:48 · writer-approved version

NotedScript: never unlocked

4 · How sharing happens

Either side can stop at every step.

The studio never has to ask. The writer never has to agree. Only what both sides have agreed to is ever shared.

  1. 1 · Writer

    Sends the script and approves a summary

  2. 2 · Gatehouse

    Compares the summary with your project list

    Can stop here. Too close to your projects? It stops here, and nobody is told why.

  3. 3 · Studio

    Reads the summary, if it wants

    Can stop here. You never have to look.

  4. 4 · Studio

    Asks for the script

    Can stop here. Most never get this far, and that’s fine.

  5. 5 · Writer

    Unlocks it — or doesn’t

See a little, then more.

You never read a whole script to find out it isn’t for you. Choose a step to see what the studio would see.

What Northlight seesStep 2

SALT LINES

Summary · page 1 of 4 · approved by the writer

During a three-day storm, a retired coastguard officer running a remote weather station shelters a young woman who says she’s a stranded hiker. As the radio fails, he begins to suspect she has come for something his late partner hid on the island decades ago…

Clear of your projects · approved by the writer · recorded

Want the finer detail — how files are identified, how the record is kept, who can access what? It’s on the page for legal teams.

You don’t have to open your inbox to every script.

Gatehouse handles the receiving and the record keeping. Your team decides whether anything is worth reading.

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