Who writes the descriptions on Netflix? [closed]

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Netflix has short descriptions of the films, TV series, and TV episodes in its listings.

Who writes those? Are they supplied by the studio or does someone at Netflix write them?

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Best Answer

According to someone who answered a similar question over at Quora, the studios are probably providing the description along with base metadata, and no one at Netflix is tidying it up:

https://www.quora.com/How-are-Netflix-descriptions-written

I used to be a designer there and I also worked for Ascent Media doing metadata for studios who stored their video files with them. From what I understood, studios deliver (or instruct their offsite file storage companies like Ascent to deliver) digital files and any associated metadata the facility had in regards to it. When I was at Ascent, the metadata associated with the titles was geared so that the files could be identified and filed properly, but associated descriptions were rarely any good since they were so numerous and were never touched by metadata processors, prioritizing the ID numbers over whether or not every episode of Sanford & Son and Soap had an artful and clever description. From what I can tell, its that kind of metadata where Netflix gets the initial descriptions for the volume titles, since they were comparably bad at Ascent and too numerous to hand-check without being flagged first.




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Who writes the descriptions for Netflix?

\u201cAll Netflix synopsis writers are full-time, experienced, professional writers hailing from digital and print journalism, film scholarship and creative writing backgrounds. Many have 10 or 20+ years of experience and this also includes bilingual staff who bring regional content expertise.

Who is Netflix Audio Description for?

Audio Description is an optional narration that describes what is happening on screen, including physical actions, facial expressions, costumes, settings, and scene changes. It is available for most Netflix original titles and many other TV shows and movies.

How do you submit ideas to Netflix?

Pitching an idea to Netflix If you have an idea, game, script, screenplay, or production already in development that you'd like to pitch to Netflix, you must work through a licensed agent, producer, attorney, manager, or industry executive, as appropriate, who already has a relationship with Netflix.

Who do you pitch to at Netflix?

"Netflix only accepts submissions through a licensed literary agent or from a producer, attorney, manager, or entertainment executive with whom we have a preexisting relationship. Any idea that is submitted by other means is considered an unsolicited submission...



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