- Full-featured word processor designed specifically for script writing.
- Collaborate with a writing partner over the internet using i-Partner or send PDF files to agents, editors, or producers.
- Have your computer read your story aloud to get a sense of how it sounds.
- Import your script or novel from MS Word and other programs.
- A Preferred File Format of the Writer's Guild of America West.
Award-winning Movie Magic Screenwriter is unsurpassed in features
and flexibility. Whether you write novels, plays or movies this
will format for you, leaving you to think about only the story.
The power feature, SmartCheck, even finds and corrects common
formatting errors before you print or send your story.
Movie Magic Screenwriter 6
Movie Magic Screenwriter is the best selling screenplay
formatting software and the choice of Hollywood professionals.
Screenwriter automatically formats while you write so you can
focus on what you're writing, not where it goes on the page. It
also formats for television, stage, novels and comic book scripts
so you've got an all in one package for any story you want to
write. With a massive set of features designed to make the
rewriting process fast and simple you can get from FADE IN: to
FADE OUT effortlessly. Integrated outlining, online
collaboration, the ability to compare drafts of screenplays and
the most comprehensive production features of any screenwriting
software all make Movie Magic Screenwriter the clear choice for
getting your stories from concept to screen.
The Official Screenwriting Software of the Writers Guild
of America, East
New in Version 6:
* Integrated outlining lets you create and manipulate outlines up
to thirty levels deep.
* The NaviDoc technology lets you navigate through your document
effortlessly and has four panels: * The Outline panel
lets you add, remove, and rearrange outline elements
* The Scenes panel lets you navigate and sort your scenes at the
click of a button
* The Bookmarks panel lets you set bookmarks to jump to any place
in your document
* The Notes panel lets you create and sort color-coded notes &
note categories
* Over 30 new templates for a total 104 templates and 12 sample
files * 25 new TV show templates for a total of 86 TV
templates
* 2 new sample files (comic story arc & radio play) and 2 updated
sample files (screenplay and stage play) for a total of 12 sample
files
* 3 new Instructional templates (classic film structure outline ,
screenplay, & sitcom structure) for a total of 8 instructional
templates.
* 4 new blank templates (generic comic, Gossett-Kayle comic,
radio play, & radio show) and 1 modified template (stage play)
for a total of 10 blank templates
* Courier MM Screenwriter custom-made font for superior onscreen
display and printing--not available anywhere else on the market
* Improved tool bars & context menus
* Fit width zoom automatically adjusts the text size of your
script as you resize the window
* Redesigned look and feel to accommodate the latest versions of
Windows and Mac.
* Menus reorganized for easier use
* Send documents as email attachments in RTF or Adobe Acrobat PDF
formats
* Retain previous versions of documents
* Makes back up copies of documents
* Automatically checks for Updates
What Does a Script Formatter Do?
Writing scripts for film, television, and theater has
traditionally been a time-consuming task. There are many elements
in a script that must be correctly placed in your script.
Following these conventions is essential in making sure your
script is receiving proper attention from agents, producers and
contests.
Screenwriter 6 works by your side, automatically formatting
action, character name, dialog and other elements as you write
your script. Even better, there are no function keys or special
command keys to memorize-your fingers stay on the keyboard,
always ready for creative thoughts to flow onto the page!
FREE Technical Support!
Unlike Final Draft, technical support for Movie Magic
Screenwriter is provided at no additional charge. Whether you
call by phone, fax or email your questions, or visit our first
rate support web site, you are not charged by the minute (or at
all) for technical support.
Why Movie Magic Screenwriter?
All writing tools are not created equal. Naturally, Screenwriter
uses a simple TAB-ENTER system to quickly get your creative
thoughts flowing into the computer. Screenwriter has index cards,
script notes, simple entry of character names, spell-checking,
and of course, smart margin changing. The comparison ends here.
Screenwriter alone has a full suite of internet features, such as
real-time internet collaboration, online script registration, and
export to Adobe Acrobat PDF format; superior production features,
such as built-in script breakdown and detailed export to Movie
Magic Scheduling; Script Analysis features; and the finest import
and export facilities in the world of screenwriting.
Nothing Could Be Easier
Just hit the "Tab" and "Enter" keys to move between different
script elements such as Character, Dialogue, Action, etc. That's
all you need to know! Since Screenwriter is instantly and
automatically handling all the hassles of Industry Standard
Formatting, you can focus on writing your story as fast as you
can get your thoughts onto the screen!.
Integrated Outlining
Just Screenwriter 6's new outline feature lets you outline
levels up to thirty levels deep. Now it's easier than ever to
block in your ideas wherever you want in the document. Take
advantage of Screenwriters instructional templates, such as the
one for classic film structure, and see for yourself how useful
this feature can be for your writing.
Move Through Your Script with the Click of a Button
Instantly find and jump to any scene in your script with NaviDoc
Scenes panel. The Scenes panel lets you sort the scenes by
different criteria without affecting the document. It also can
show you as many lines of a scene as you want: from one to
everything! This helps to quickly identify the scene you are
searching for.
Better Than Post-its
Jot down revision notes, casting suggestions, and research
questions quicker than you can slap on a Post-it. The new NaviDoc
Note panel feature allows you to quickly organize, access, view
and print your script notes. You can hide or show your notes, and
print them separately in a report with page-number references.
You may even create dozens of different, color-coded note
categories.
Brainstorm and Organize Your Ideas
Do you prefer to work with index cards? Screenwriter's built-in
index card system lets you edit your screenplay and rearrange
scenes on fully editable index cards-on-screen! As you develop a
new story, you'll be able to quickly write desired scenes,
sequences, and plot points on blank index cards and easily
shuffle the scenes as the plot and story are ed out.
Screenwriter even reformats and re-numbers your scenes for you!
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A Cast of Performers at Your Side
Have a live script reading performed right on your computer with
Screenwriter's Text to Speech! Assign different male and female
voices to your different characters to hear a whole new
perspective on your script.
Are you an actor who wants to practice your lines? Simply turn
off the voice for your character and the program will
automatically pause for your dialogue, letting you play along
with the program, practicing with cues and all!
Your Personal Typing Assistant
Type just a few letters of the desired character name, set,
scene, etc., and Screenwriter will enter it instantly.
Screenwriter's intelligent interface that can virtually read your
mind, and pop up menus with the text items you want, without your
even needing to tell it you want them.
A Full-Featured Word Processor
Screenwriter is a full-featured word processor which includes
dictionary (110,000+ words), thesaurus (80,000 word links),
Real-Time Spell Checking with Auto-Typo Correction for basic
letter inversion corrections, and full support of foreign
characters. 10 levels of Undo/ Redo assures that none of your
changes are ever final!
A Virtual Proofreader
Screenwriter's SmartCheck scans your entire script looking for
and correcting common formatting errors. You'll never again have
to reprint your script to fix errors like extra blank lines or
characters who you inadvertently left speaking twice in a row. Go
to print and it scans the script, instantly zeroing in on the
most common typing & editing errors. It points them out to you
(optionally even automatically fixing them!) saving you from
wasting paper and hours of your time reprinting pages.
No Writer is an Island
With iPartner Internet Collaboration, Screenwriter allows you
and a partner to collaborate on a script live over the Internet.
iPartner lets either one of you watch over your partner's
shoulder as they compose and edit, allowing the viewing partner
to see all the edits and additions as they are made just as if
you were in the same room.
Don't Let Your Old Work Go To Waste
Screenwriter can import and export almost any text document
(e.g. RTF, MS Word, Word Perfect, ASCII), as well as scripts
written with most other screenwriting programs. And since
Screenwriter imports using context re, imported scripts
are much more accurate than with other script writing software
programs
Real-time text and voice chat lets you break the distance
barrier, without the long distance phone changes! (Click here to
listen to ZDNet Radio's story on Screenwriter's iPartner
feature.)
What's in a Name?
Your characters are unique, and their names should be too.
Create countless unique character names from NameBank's huge
database of male, female, and last names.
No Clutter
Do you like a typing environment clear of clutter and
distractions? Screenwriter 6 lets you customize the look and feel
to fit your desires. You can even turn off all Screenwriter's
buttons and toolbars to give you a beautiful blank page.
Over 85 Free TV Templates
Movie Magic's new and improved Television Templates are
formatted with the correct margins, script styles, act breaks,
set lists and character lists for easy 1-key entry, and even
include sample text. Get over 85 of the most popular sitcoms,
soaps, and episodic dramas, including: Alias; All of Us; Battle
Star Galactica; The Bernie Mac Show; Boston Legal; Cold Case;
Crossing Jordan; Days of Our Lives; Desperate Housewives; Drawn
Together; Entourage; Ghost Whisperer; Heroes; House; How I Met
Your Mother; Joan of Arcadia; King of the Hill; Malcolm in the
Middle; Monk; The OC; The Office; The Unit; Without a Trace, and
many, many more!
Protect Your Work
After your script is finished, protect your work quickly and
easily by registering it with Screenwriter's online registration
feature. (Windows only)
Ready for the World
Ready to show your script to the world? Screenwriter allows you
to save your script in web browser (HTML) and Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
formats so anyone with a computer can read your script. You can
even publish your script directly to your web site, or to any
site on the Web!
Optional Foreign Spellcheck Dictionaries
Danish · Dutch · French · German · Italian · Norwegian · Spanish
· Swedish · UK English
Calling All Assistant Directors and Script Supervisors
Movie Magic Screenwriter's Production Menu contains an entire
suite of production features, allowing you to do everything from
locking the script, to inserting or removing revision marks, to
production breakdown sheets of your script, to preparing
production information for export to Movie Magic Scheduling.
Full Production Revision
Screenwriter features A and B Pages and Scenes, locked Pages and
Scenes with multi-locking, an Automated Revision Draft process,
onscreen Revision Draft colors, and AutoRevision Marks which
automatically mark all editing changes made after the script has
been locked.
Complete Production Breakdown Report and Export to Movie Magic
Scheduling
Screenwriter's Tagging Mode allows you to go through your script
and literally TAG anything in the script as one of over 20
categories ranging from Props to Sound Effects to Stunts to
anything else you need. Once anything is tagged, Screenwriter
will include it in one of its many breakdowns in addition to
exporting that information directly to Movie Magic Scheduling.
Screenwriter generates internal breakdown sheets, and allows you
to sort breakdowns by script order, INTERIOR vs. EXTERIOR,
Location, Time of Day, and Characters. Production Breakdown
Graphs allow easy visualization of character use throughout a
script. Screenwriter can even generate Scene Character Lists and
Set Lists for TV production!
So why is Movie Magic Screenwriter the choice of Hollywood
professionals? Because Screenwriter doesn't just Do It
All--Screenwriter Does It Better. Way Better. Faster, More
Reliable, and Easier to use than all the rest. Period. End of
Story. Fade Out.
