Script Writing Software???

[Bonesone4]

Anyone know of a pretty good/easy to use script writing software for mac? Im trying to write a script for a short film and would like some sort of template to go by

Bones

 

[bigbossbmb]

A very popular option is Final Draft.

 

[sturigdson]

FD is definitely the industry standard. you can try the eminently free-er Celtx, however, and you'll probably find it to be a better experience all around.

 

[Bonesone4]

FD is definitely the industry standard. you can try the eminently free-er Celtx, however, and you'll probably find it to be a better experience all around.

Thanks I think ill look into the free one, celtix. I dont need something crazy. I just want to jot down some ideas in an orderly fashion.

Bones

 

[highjumppudding]

Final Draft

Final Draft Rocks.

 

[D*I*S_Frontman]

I think FD is a bit quirky at times, and for what it does it is a bit overpriced.

Having said that, it is an industry standard and it is all I use. Scriptwriting contests and Hollywood itself are pretty finicky about format, so it brings piece of mind. All of the "mores" and "cont'ds" are placed just where you need them.

 

[Willis]

FD is definitely the industry standard. you can try the eminently free-er Celtx, however, and you'll probably find it to be a better experience all around.

I do script writing at college within my media course, and I'm just in the process of writing out 10 minutes of script for an assignment. I find it fantastic myself, but I didnt understand why I would need seperate software to do what I do in Pages..

Now that I had a look at Celtx, it literally does have everything all in one place. I'm toying with the idea of getting it. Just thinking if I would use it enough to be worthy of HDD space

 

[baseballdude345]

Celtx

I just downloaded Celtx. It is an extremely easy program for the Mac. It is free and it didn't say anything about it being a demo. The link to download is : http://www.celtx.com/download.html
It is EXTREMELY easy to use and it comes with templates. It has several templates and it is in shorter terms...amazing. It does everything and more (I think from my knowledge of) Final Draft. It has a drop down bar where you can select characters, dialogue, action, etc. I am hoping that nothing happens to it (like a demo expiration would pop up). This program is amazing I am just praying no random pop ups that say "Your demo has expired click her to purchase a liscence." This program is amazing. Get it here:

http://www.celtx.com/download.html

 

[DPA]

I have Final Draft. I bought the scriptwriter's suite which came with Final Draft 7, Final Draft A/V 2.5, and Final Draft Tagger. Final Draft A/V is very useful for the editors, it gives column for audio and beside that column is a column for video. The file attached are screenshots of Final Draft A/V and Final Draft Tagger. Final Draft Tagger i used to mark parts of your script with colors according to if they are an action, dialogue, character, scene heading, etc. Final Draft Tagger comes with any purchase of Final Draft 7.

 

[kaltsasa]

I use Scrivener for a lot of creative writing tasks. It has some FD integration as well. I've even used it for piecing together research papers. It's pretty amazing software, I think it's geared toward fictional writing but it works for just about anything creative where you need to keep your ideas straight.