Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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.

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.

Don't buy the bundle Buy the software and the DVD separately and save about $40....

I have found this product to be very comprehensive and extremely user friendly. I would recommend this to anyone starting out in screen writing.

My first screenplay was formatted manually, and I know I made some mistakes. Final Draft will help eliminate those errors. I am looking forward to thanking Final Draft when I win the Oscar for Best Screenplay!