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from: Final Draft
Binding: CD-ROM
Brand: Final Draft, Inc.
EAN: 0603121810000
Format: CD-ROM
Label: Final Draft
Manufacturer: Final Draft
Publisher: Final Draft
Sales Rank: 11748
Studio: Final Draft
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
So you've got a blockbuster movie idea floating in your head and you want to break into show business? Final Draft won't put dialogue on the pages of your screenplay for you, but it'll do almost everything else. With plugs on the back cover from such notables as Tom Hanks and Oliver Stone, it's obvious that at least some folks in Hollywood actually use Final Draft for their final drafts.
Writing for stage and screen has its own arcane set of rules. Break them, and your masterpiece is likely to be tossed in the garbage before it ever gets considered. Courier is the only typeface that's acceptable, dialogue must be centered, 'foreground' is abbreviated f.g., while 'interior' is INT. Final Draft promises it will sweat these details for you while you just churn out those magic words that will make box-office millions. The program also converts text to speech, so you can assign different voices to characters and have your computer read your masterpiece out loud. A function called SmartType anticipates what a given word might be, saving writers from repetitive typing. If your script goes into production, the program has a revision mode to create A and B pages. ScriptNotes is another nifty feature that allows writers to create separate windows within a script for notes or comments--without taking up script space.
This isn't really a 'how to be a screenwriter' program. The assumption here is that the user already has a grasp of screenwriting basics. This program's format is designed for big screen, stage, and television episodics and movies--it won't work for television-news scriptwriting or any other format that requires two columns with visuals on the left and sound on the right. Now get out there and write the next Cats. --Anne Erickson
Amazon.com Product Description:
With Final Draft, screenwriting is easy. The Script Reader text-to-speech feature assigns different voices to different characters and allows you to listen to your script read aloud. It's like having a table reading without hiring live actors. Complete with full Internet capability, Final Draft lets you e-mail a scene to your writing partner, or the whole script to a producer. Visit the Final Draft Web site, or e-mail tech support, all with a click of the mouse, and without leaving the program.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - The Hands of Fate Have Issued a Gold Mine
To see a program work so well is very rare indeed. Looking at Final Draft made me uneasy for the price was so high. But do not, I repeat do not let the price take you away from this program. [the money] is well worth it. The interface is easy and very user friendly. I am not going to go in depth on what it has to offer, because you can just read it for your self at the website (finaldraft.com). If you are looking for easy to use format then this is the place. It is so good I am even thinking using ... Read More
Rating: - Can't live without it.
Agents, studios, instructors or just about anyone who reviews a screenplay will expect it in "standard" screenplay format. There are dozens of rules regarding font, typeface, margins, indentations, grammer, syntax etc. On top of that you need to write the screenplay iteself!
Enter Final Draft.
It takes the work out of formatting, remembering what goes where and what syntax to use and leaves you to do what you originally intended to : write screenplays.
Final Draft ... Read More
Rating: - A Screenwriting Marvel
This is a great combo. Final Draft 5.0, aside from being the leading professional screenwriting program, is extremely simple to use and very stable. With is Mac and Windows compatiblity, it can be used by anyone regardless of previous screenwriting knowledge. This softwares helf menu is very pleasing as well. If there is a term or function that you don't know the meaning of, it will explain exactley how to use the funtion in a professional way. For example, the 'INT.' means interior. If this ... Read More
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