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offline wizards teeth from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-07 11:38 [#02027857]
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hi

im writing a screen play

anyone know of an online place i can find a word doc which
is set out in the industry standard format? its a pain in
the are doing all the fomatting mod when using word, when
setting out dialogue and monologue

thanks
teeth


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2007-01-07 13:51 [#02027937]
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there are specific word processors for screenplays, I
believe.

blow me down, there's a Wikipedia bit called Screenwriting software,
I'm sure there'll be a link to please you in there
somewhere.

I think Final Draft is the most used.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2007-01-07 13:55 [#02027942]
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my friend would know but he's no where to be found


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-01-07 14:25 [#02027950]
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I downloaded one of those Screenplay word-processors.
Impossible to use.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-01-07 14:33 [#02027957]
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The others are right about using specialist wordprocessors.
"Final Draft" is the industry standard one in the UK.
They're on version 7 or 8 now. You can get Final Draft on
P2P fairly easily.

HTH.


 

offline OK on 2007-01-07 17:27 [#02028079]
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cant you use a predefined stylesheet in latex or even a word
template or something. try finding one! googlemagic


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-01-07 17:58 [#02028088]
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Actually, wizards teeth is a classic Xltronic character and
neither boring nor untalented.


 

offline DirtyPriest from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2007-01-07 18:02 [#02028089]
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What you said.


 

offline chr on 2007-01-07 18:04 [#02028091]
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you guys are totally not following the industry standard
screenplay format!


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-01-07 18:06 [#02028093]
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You, on the other hand, are following the industry standard
screentwat format.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-01-07 18:28 [#02028096]
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depends on what kinda screen play you're writing. if you
wanna follow the industry standard screenplay format, than
something like final draft would be what you're after.
if it's something small or alternative, you could just just
stick with sticky pads and toilet paper for the time being.


 

offline uviol from United States on 2007-01-07 19:46 [#02028099]
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I used Final Draft in a scriptwriting class a couple years
ago and it worked like a dream.


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2007-01-07 20:52 [#02028105]
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Yeah, wizards teeth is cool. Right up there with The Baron
for great posts!


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2007-01-08 09:53 [#02028367]
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Further to my previous post after checking the details with
a friend:

Apparently, Final Draft is the standard for films and using
anything else looks a bit amateurish if you're trying to get
someone else to make your film. For stuff for TV, it's a bit
less set in stone and different companies/organisations all
have slightly different house styles/conventions (much like
literary publishing houses). The BBC make their prefered
format available on their website.

See here.

Wizards teeth - email me if you want any help, I am good
friends with a couple of professional script writers and
would be happy to pass any questions you have on to them. If
your screenwriting is half as funny as your posts/website,
it'll be hilarious. Best of luck mate.


 

offline wizards teeth from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-08 12:04 [#02028426]
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cheers for the motivational comments mr jc

ill check out the site you pointed me in the direction of

it would be good to share thoughts from the pros, maybe to
find out how to get into the 'magic circle'!

i assume i can get in touch via the email on your profile?

cheers
teeth


 

offline wizards teeth from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2007-01-08 12:16 [#02028436]
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which web site have you seen chr?


 


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