Movie Magic Screenwriter with Chris Vogler’s book, “The Writer’s Journey”

by Write Brothers

Product Features

• Write scripts for film, television, and theater
• Includes index cards, script notes, smart margin changing, and much more
• Offers real-time Internet collaboration and online script registration
• Includes a free copy of The Writer's Journey
• A preferred file format of the Writers Guild of America

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006Q0DS2
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 23, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,263 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #42 in Software > Education & Reference > Script & Screenwriting

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Write screenplays! Collaborate with your partner! Hear your script perf ormed! Movie Magic Screenwriter won't find you an agent or sell your work, but it enables point-and-poke writers to create an acceptable-looking script, and h as enough added goodies to keep an aspiring Hollywood hotshot entertained.

This program automatically formats your script, putting character names, scene headings, and action in the appropriate places. It also does a good job of gues sing what you want once you've started writing: filling in a character's name a fter you've hit the first letter or automatically attending to details such as pagination, MOREs, and other script-writing tasks.

Program creators added templates from actual television-show scripts, so writer s can get a glimpse of formatting for everything from Friends to King of the Hi ll, an invaluable tool for writing spec scripts or just peeking into the workin g mechanisms of Tinseltown. There are 50 partial scripts in all. Extra bonus--u se this program to name your baby after you're done writing a masterpiece. Movi e Magic Screenwriter contains the most comprehensive name bank we've ever seen: first names from Abramo to Zola, and every surname imaginable.

This program also allows online collaboration, via voice or text, and can publi sh scripts on the Internet. There's a production-scheduling function and revisi on options should your work make it into production. Finally, one old-fashioned touch that we found rather charming in this high-tech, "does everything for yo u" screenwriting program: it can print directly onto index cards (provided) for writers who prefer to order their scenes like they did in the good old days be fore computers did everything for us. --Anne Erickson

Product Description

Writing scripts for film, television, and theater is usually a time-consuming task. There are many elements in a script (i.e. scene headings, character names, dialogue, scene breaks, etc.) that must be correctly placed in your script. Following these conventions is essential in making sure your script is receiving proper attention from agents, producers, and contest judges. Screenwriter works by your side, automatically formatting action, character name, dialogue, and other elements as you write your script.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to use, well-designed timesaver, November 25, 2006

By 

Michelle Carter (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Movie Magic Screenwriter with Chris Vogler’s book, “The Writer’s Journey” (CD-ROM)

I've had this program for years--I date back to its earlier incarnation, ScriptThing, which was recommended to me by Drama Books in New York as the best script writing software available. I use Movie Magic's playscript format so I can't speak to its screenplay format, though I've heard only good things. But I can tell you that the program is very easy to learn and facilitates your writing process brilliantly. Your fingers learn the commands and you speed your way around the page effortlessly--character name to dialogue to action to parenthetical. I had to tweak the saved playscript format to conform to industry expectations as I know them--action in italics, for example--but you can change the template in one easy step. One last thing, and this is not negligible: the technical support is outstanding. No long wait on hold and you get put through to a human being with a pulse and a personality who knows the product inside and out and will hang in there with you patiently till the problem is resolved. Great product. Not cheap, I know, but it'll become an indispensible part of your work life.

I see they're throwing in the Chris Vogler book, which is very smart and stimulating. Nice package. Go for it.