Learning Screenwriting with Final Draft 12

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Roger S.H. Schulman

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[1] Introduction

[1] Final draft is a screenwriting power tool.mp4

01:30

[2] What we will and wont be covering.mp4

02:46

[2] 1. Whats with All the Formatting

[1] A brief history of screenwriting.mp4

02:39

[2] Basic elements.mp4

04:22

[3] Make formatting a tool, not an obstacle.mp4

02:36

[3] 2. Your Scripts New Home

[1] Final Draft user interface.mp4

04:13

[2] Making the Toolbar your own.mp4

06:05

[4] 3. Starting a New Script

[1] Choosing a template.mp4

03:04

[2] Just beat it.mp4

04:04

[3] Be an outlier in outlining.mp4

04:05

[4] Index Card view.mp4

02:39

[5] Best practices.mp4

04:26

[5] 4. Faster Formatting Facilitates Finishing

[1] Say hello to your little friends.mp4

03:15

[2] Go To and Find.mp4

05:54

[3] Other keyboard shortcuts.mp4

02:47

[4] MORE, CONTINUED, and other frills.mp4

02:51

[5] Creating your own macros.mp4

02:57

[6] Format Assistant.mp4

02:22

[6] 5. Ahoy, Navigator!

[1] Scenes Navigator and Scene view.mp4

04:39

[2] ScriptNotes Navigator.mp4

03:05

[3] Character Navigator.mp4

01:45

[7] 6. Revisions

[1] Track changes.mp4

04:01

[2] Alt Dialog.mp4

02:01

[3] Comparing two drafts.mp4

01:53

[4] Lets collab!.mp4

04:09

[8] 7. Importing and Exporting

[1] What Final Draft can import.mp4

03:59

[2] Reformatting.mp4

04:29

[3] Exporting.mp4

01:37

[9] 8. Tips and Tricks

[1] Splitting the window.mp4

02:49

[2] Cheating.mp4

02:31

[3] Creating a spike file.mp4

01:40

[10] 9. Final Draft for iOS

[1] The Final Draft Mobile interface.mp4

02:58

[2] Importing and exporting in iOS.mp4

01:57

[3] Normal, Page Two very different views.mp4

01:12

[4] Throwing a wrench into the works.mp4

01:19

[11] Conclusion

[1] Theres even more.mp4

02:27

[2] Goodbye and good luck.mp4

01:10

Description

Writing scripts for the big or small screen is a dream for countless aspiring creatives. As communication has grown increasingly visual—and video technology has become increasingly accessible—the art and craft of screenwriting has found powerful additional uses in everything from politics to marketing to education. Final Draft 12 is a leader in the creation and revision of screenplays of all types, and is the go-to tool for novices and veteran screenwriters alike.

This step-by-step, interactive course gets aspiring screenwriters—or pros who haven’t yet used Final Draft—up to speed quickly. Highlighted are the latest cutting-edge features in version 12 that enable brainstorming, alternate versions of dialog, and more. Your guide, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Roger S.H. Schulman, also offers insider tips and tricks to save time and improve the quality of scripts, and a bonus chapter on using Final Draft Writer on iOS—to take scripts wherever inspiration strikes.

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Roger S.H. Schulman

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Roger S.H. Schulman has been a working screenwriter for the past 30 years. He cowrote the animated feature Shrek, for which he won the British Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Oscar® for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay). He previously cowrote the animated feature Balto for executive producer Steven Spielberg, as well wrote the direct-to-video projects Mulan II and The Jungle Book 2 for Disney. Roger has also worked extensively as a producer and writer for television. He co-created the Disney Channel series JONAS, for which he was nominated for an EMMY, and was executive producer of 2gether for MTV and Living Single with Queen Latifah. He's currently cowriting a pilot for HBO with Tom Hanks. Roger teaches feature and television writing at the University of Southern California. He started out as a science and technology journalist for such noted outlets as Newsweek and Businessweek. He's long nurtured a love of all things tech. When he's not writing, Roger records introductions for a popular podcast about the Golden Age of radio.

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