I would just like to state for the record

[rm]

That screenplay format may kill me.

This shit is hard.

Granted, I entered this contest to force myself to acquire this skill, and plan is working, but UGH.

Because you know what is not useful to Google? "How do I indicate a swoopy tracking shot?"


ETA: First draft is DONE. Too ambitious and too weird for five pages. Probably TOTALLY student work, and you know what, I don't even care. I'm trying to get used to thinking in a text-based way about what is a storyboarding exercise. Hence doing this competition. So, successful on that front if nothing else. Also, I suspect, like with fiction, "short" is not my form.

I'm really proud of myself for doing this, as it's actually pushing a lot of my buttons and is sort of confronting.

Comments

[rm.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'm using the tool in Scrivener, which isn't quite as robust but meets my needs and is an app I already know, since I use it for my novel work.

[imaginarycircus.livejournal.com]

You can download and use the demo version of FD for free, but iirc you can only save 10 pages at a time with it. But I find it much easier to use than Scrivener for scripts. I do love Scrivener though.