Write Your Screenplay With Movie Magic Screenwriter

Learn one of the most used screenwriting programs to create professional looking screenplays.

What you'll learn

Learn how to create professional, industry-standard-formatted screenplays

Learn how to use Movie Magic Screenwriter's powerful outlining features to create a powerful story before you even begin to write

Learn how to use Movie Magic Screenwriter's production features to handle script changes during a shoot

Learn how to use Movie Magic Screenwriter's flexible settings to adjust it to your personal writing workflow

Learn how to import and export standard screenplay file formats (like Final Draft's FDX) from and to Movie Magic Screenwriter

Requirements

No prior experience with screenwriting programs needed. It helps if you have a basic understanding about opening, saving, and copying files on your operating system (Windows or Mac).

Description

Movie Magic Screenwriter is one of the screenwriting programs that can do it all.It is one of the most used screenwriting programs in the industry because it has so many features that make your writing life a lot easier.First of all, its outlining features are second-to-none. Although the program comes with a lot of ready-made structure templates, you are in total control of all the structure elements that you want to use. Movie Magic Screenwriter has one of the most flexible and easy-to-use structure/notes systems that show you exactly the information that you need at a certain point in the story, but at the click of a button you can hide it and concentrate on the writing without distraction.Apart from that, its one of the most feature-rich screenwriting applications out there. It has professional-level tools that you can set up the way you want, so they help you, but don’t get in your way.Movie Magic Screenwriter has its own file format but it is compatible with other known applications like Final Draft.Also, Movie Magic Screenwriter has very advanced production features. That’s why it is used by many production companies to keep track of daily script changes during the shooting process.If you want to use a professional-level writing application with all the bells and whistles, Movie Magic Screenwriter is a great choice.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 Prerequisites

Lecture 3 About Writing Software

Section 2: The Screenplay Format

Lecture 4 Screenplay formatting

Section 3: The Interface

Lecture 5 The Interface

Section 4: Writing

Lecture 6 Templates

Lecture 7 Title Page

Lecture 8 Index Cards

Lecture 9 Dual Dialogue

Lecture 10 Cheating

Lecture 11 User Lists

Lecture 12 Find and Replace

Lecture 13 Change Character Name

Lecture 14 Thesaurus

Lecture 15 Streamline

Lecture 16 Speak Text

Lecture 17 Dictation

Lecture 18 Editing Preferences

Lecture 19 SmartCheck

Lecture 20 Spelling

Lecture 21 Misc. Preferences

Lecture 22 Element Styles

Lecture 23 Keyboard Preferences

Lecture 24 Animation Dialogue Preferences

Section 5: NaviDoc

Lecture 25 NaviDoc Notes

Lecture 26 NaviDoc Scenes

Lecture 27 NaviDoc Outline

Lecture 28 NaviDoc Bookmarks

Lecture 29 NaviDoc Preferences

Lecture 30 Outline Preferences

Section 6: File Handling

Lecture 31 Exporting

Lecture 32 Importing

Lecture 33 Saving Portions of a File

Lecture 34 Merging Documents

Lecture 35 File Preferences

Section 7: Production Features

Lecture 36 Revisions

Lecture 37 Multilocking

Lecture 38 Revision Preferences

Lecture 39 Production Breakdowns

Lecture 40 Tagging

Lecture 41 Watermarks

For beginners who want to laern one of the most used screenwriting applications in the industry.,Experienced writers who know the basics about Movie Magic Screenwriter but want to use it at its full potential.,Experienced writers who know other screenwriting software programs but want to (or have to) switch to Movie Magic Screenwriter.,Writers who want to use Movie Magic Screenwriter during the production process and need a software with powerful production features to keep track of daily script changes.