The program has some shortcomings, but many are already slated to be addressed. This one offers a dictionary definition of each word selected, as well as an impressive range of synonyms, antonyms and related and contrasting words. Or, hit return twice, and Final Draft AV creates a parenthetical space for stage directions.Īnother of my favorite built-ins is the Thesaurus. It will appear in all caps, without underlining, unless you reset the defaults. Type in “Narrator” and it becomes NARRATOR:, conveniently underlined, capitalized and punctuated. Automatically, the first word you type is assumed to be the name of the speaker. After you’ve typed in your shot in the Video column, you tab over to the Audio column. There are also some ingenious defaults that can be very useful. For those familiar with Microsoft Word, the key stoke shortcuts are identical, so navigating the page comes naturally.
Headers and footers can handle lots of information, or can be shrunk to one line for your basic title, date and page number. The video and audio for each scene stay linked, and inserting a scene is as simple as hitting the tab button, cutting and pasting. With Final Draft AV, those problems appear to be a thing of the past.įinal Draft AV is a dedicated two-column script program that’s about as foolproof as it can be, while still offering enough variations to meet the needs of most documentary writers. I find myself reformatting nearly all of the scripts. Currently I’m supervising a group of writers who are using Word for their scripts, and the results are wildly varied and almost always annoying.
It works just fine for me, except when the font suddenly changes for no reason, or cells appear outside of the two columns, or great gaps appear in the copy, never to be closed, or some quirky thing happens that requires my attention to formatting rather than writing-in other words, it works fine until things go wrong, which they often do. Most documentary writers I know use Microsoft Word’s “table” function for writing scripts.
Last year, Final Draft, Inc., in Encino, Calif., released a program for documentary writers that really DOES make things easier: Final Draft AV (Audio/Video).įinal Draft AV doesn’t prevent procrastination, but it DOES simplify the task of writing a two-column, Audio/ Video script. Therefore, I welcome anything that makes writing easier. Writing a script is hard, especially for those of us who, just as we sit down to the computer, discover a jillion other tasks to be done. A crispy tale that leaves the audience wondering whether there are more underlying tones to the entire drama than what have been portrayed.OK. The professor triggers off these questions in the girl's mind - "What are the basics of writing? What is the story structure? What is imagination? What is the exact difference between real life and fiction? Discussions and counter reactions over these issues soon start making a foray into their personal lives. The girl student is unable to grasp what her professor teaches at the academy and when he realizes that, he invites her home to give her special coaching. The play FINAL DRAFT takes off from this premise to explore a teacher-student relationship in such a scenario.
This phenomenon has given birth to new writers, directors, technicians and actors - and consequently to media schools where aspiring students are trained. This is the revolution era of the entertainment industry and you can find multiple channels and many tele serials being aired throughout the day. Gone are those days when one could watch only one channel of Doordarshan and a few regional channels as well.
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