Final Draft 7/Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop DVD Bundle

by Final Draft, Inc.

Product Features

• Word processing combined with professional script formatting
• Designed for writing movie scripts, television episodics, and stage plays
• Automatically paginates and formats script to industry standards
• 50+ templates; text to speech, have your script read back to you
• Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop DVD for all skill levels included

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0001XNKP8
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 22, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,218 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #17 in Software > Education & Reference > Script & Screenwriting
  • #26 in Software > Home & Hobbies > Movies & Television
  • #34 in Software > Education & Reference > Writing & Literature

Product Description

Final Draft 7/Syd Fields Screenwriting Workshop is a great two-in-one shot of screenwriting applications! First, you'll learn how to write a professional screenplay. Then FInal Draft will handle the technical side, so you can get creative. This combination of powerful screenwriting software and effective writing workshops is perfect for any beginner. Take an educational journey into the world of writing, from the comfort of your home! Final Draft 7 automatically paginates and formats your scripts to industry standards Choose from over 50 television show, movie and stageplay templates as a base for your screenplay ScriptCompare highlights changes in any two scripts, showing storytellers the differences between files

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What They Write With & How To Do IT!!, May 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Final Draft 7/Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop DVD Bundle (CD-ROM)

Okay, so I found out that Final Draft is the Industry Standard in Tinsel Town. Great. I'll buy one. Check out who uses it on their website. Wow! But the software alone doesn't tell us, say, what goes where and why in a screenplay. It just lays there, blank, with blinking cursor... waiting for some brilliance to be entered by me. Enter Syd Field. I have his books on screenwriting and, although the DVD is a little 'talking head'-like, it did make me understand more about the craft of screenwriting, like plot, story structure, action points and character arcs - the things that make up a really great movie. Take notes while watching the DVD! It made me better and less insecure about taking the movie idea out of my head and Final Draft is a cool tool that formats for you and types things you type alot for you. An excellent combination!! Highly recommend.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Know How" comes with bonus tool!, February 15, 2007

By 

Ernesto Alcantara - See all my reviews

This review is from: Final Draft 7/Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop DVD Bundle (CD-ROM)

Final Draft is the industry standard for scriptwriters. The software is intuitive and easy to work with. It does all the formatting work for you and is loaded with templates from different types of scripts (Movies, Movie of the Week, TV series, Sitcoms...) even well known TV series like 24 - if you want to try writing for those guys. Smart entries remember scene headings, characters and many time saving information. You can print character reports to hand out to your actors, scene reports and track your actor's lines throughout your script.

But seriously folks, what piece of software would be worth anything without knowledge what can use it for. That's where Syd Field's workshop comes in handy. Field is a very respected scriptwriter and an even better mentor. The workshop takes you through the creative process of writing a story, giving life to your characters, letting the dialogue flow through them... in few words: using this blueprint to create a great script. Syd Field's knowledge and expert advices alone are worth the retail price, but you get the software as a bonus.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best screenwriting package money can buy, November 1, 2005

By 

Celeste Thoms "Moviemaker330" (Rochester,NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Final Draft 7/Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop DVD Bundle (CD-ROM)

This package is a must have. You really feel good about spending that much money because it's a good package. I bought mine from thewritersstore.com and I got even more stuff for $199.
This package is a great tool for all screenwriters. If you are having your doubts like I was about which software to get, just go with final draft and be happy.
I could rave all day about this software, but the time you can spend reading this you could have already bought the thing. Go buy it.