Newsgroup: it.arti.cinema
Titolo: CE sta UN PROGRAMMINO PE SCRIVE LE SCENEGGIATURE??????

COME IN OGGETTO.
FAB.

 FAB.
movie magicscreen writer writing:
http://www.screenplay.com/
 .
la cosa divertente e' che aprendolo con movie magic scheduling ti fa
il breakdown in automatico.
perfavore scrivi minuscolo che ho mal di testa.
GAbriele

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 COME IN OGGETTO.
Dipende cosa intendi: un word processor che ti aiuta nella formattazione
oppure un software per la creazione di storie? In ogni caso, ecco cosa
si trova all'indirizzo:
http://www.craftyscreenwriting.com/FAQ.html#program
Q.      Is there a good screenwriting computer program?
A.      There are screenplay formatting programs, and screenwriting
plotting programs that are mean to help you along the steps of making
characters, conflicts etc. Personally, I don't use a screenwriting
plotting program, but there are folks who swear by them. I don't know
how many of them are crafted screenwriters, though. 
Final Draft is a common screenplay formatting program; they also make a
freeware Final Draft Viewer so that you can read a Final Draft document
without having Final Draft. The makers of the indispensable Movie Magic
Budgeting and Movie Magic Scheduling programs make a script formatting
program called Movie Magic Screenwriter, and you can read about it here.
(
www.screenplay.com
)
A third company was kind enough to send me a review copy of their
screenplay formatting program, Scriptware. The manual is clearly
written. The program seems to be simple and intuitive to use.
(
www.scriptware.com
) 
With Scriptware, you can import a screenplay from any other program that
allows you to save your document as an RTF file, such as Wordperfect or
Microsoft Word. Earlier versions of the program did not do this well,
but you can download the latest version from their site. This has some
small bugs I hope they will fix (it inserts random spaces, and doesn't
like "smart quotes"), but it does take an RTF file and promptly and
conveniently reformat it as a proper Scriptware file. 
The Scriptware manual also states that you can import a Final Draft file
without going through RTF, because Scriptware specifically knows about
Final Draft, but since I don't have FinalDraft I will have to take that
on faith. 
Script formatting programs are crucial for a shooting script when you
are in pre-production because they allow you to lock pagination, do "A"
and "B" pages, OMITTED's, "X-changes" and a lot of other things you need
to know about when you're in production. Personally, I find that for a
selling script, which is what you're writing, a well-thought-out Word
style sheet (
http://modigliani.brandx.net/user/musofire/styles.doc
) will
do 98% of what a formatting program will do. I prefer to use all the
formatting and editing tools Word gives me, and I don't feel like
learning a new program. Heck, I'm still using Word 5.1! So my advice is
to save the $250, or spend it on a good script doctor
(
http://www.craftyscreenwriting.com/screenplay.html
). Also, see my
section on Basic Format in my screenwriting page
(
http://www.craftyscreenwriting.com/index.html
).
As far as screenwriting plotting programs go, Dramatica is a good
example. The creators of Dramatica have attempted to formalize the
process of story creation that goes on in a crafted screenwriter's head
as he or she comes up with a new story. It boils down story structure to
a branching tree of 32K possible "storyforms." By answering questions
such as 'does the main character succeed or fail' and 'is this a good or
bad thing,' the program helps you settle on one "storyform," from which
you can draw conclusions about why things aren't working or what needs
to happen for the story to be satisfying. 
Obviously the program doesn't actually write any of the screenplay for
you. But it is intended to help you crystallize your story; which is
half the battle. I generally spend two to four times the time creating
the story outline as actually writing pages. 
I have no idea whether Dramatica is worth the money or the week it takes
to learn the program (I kid you not); although they have some very happy
reviews on their website. But if you have trouble figuring out why your
stories come out wrong, or just have trouble creating a story structure,
Dramatica or something like it might be worth it. 
Remember, though, craft is all very well and good. But what gets your
screenplay bought is (a) a great, commercial hook, (b) an almost musical
sense of pacing and (c) characters that have the breath of life. Oh, and
did I mention a great hook?

 FAB.
- Dramatica Pro 4.0 della Screenplay System, (
www.dramatica.com
)
  che offre un ambiente per lo sviluppo e la strutturazione organica di     
un racconto, evitando disperisoni e casini vari
- movie magic screenwriter 2000 (
www.screenplay.com
), che si occupa di 
formattare il racconto tenedo conto dei vari elementi di una 
sceneggiatura (intestazioni delle scene, tempi, nomi dei personaggi, 
dialoghi, interruzioni di scena ecc ecc)
- story view 1.1 (sempre della screenplay, come gli altri due), che 
permette di rappresentare visivamente una storia e il suo sviluppo 
temporale in un formato più comprensibile, strutturato e organico dei 
tradizionali diagrammi a blocchi.
Purtroppo non sono free, ma shareware.
Ciao
Diego