- Full-featured word processor designed specifically for script writing
- Collaborate with a writing partner over the internet using i-Partner or send PDF files to agents, editors, or producers
- Have your computer read your story aloud to get a sense of how it sounds
- Import your script or novel from MS Word and other programs
- A Preferred File Format of the Writer's Guild of America West
Award-winning Movie Magic Screenwriter is unsurpassed in features and
flexibility. Whether you write novels, plays or movies this will format
for you, leaving you to think about only the story. The power feature,
SmartCheck, even finds and corrects common formatting errors before you
print or send your story.
Movie Magic Screenwriter 6
Movie
Magic Screenwriter is the best selling screenplay formatting software
and the choice of Hollywood professionals. Screenwriter automatically
formats while you write so you can focus on what you're writing, not
where it goes on the page. It also formats for television, stage,
novels and comic book scripts so you've got an all in one package for
any story you want to write. With a massive set of features designed to
make the rewriting process fast and simple you can get from FADE IN: to
FADE OUT effortlessly. Integrated outlining, online collaboration, the
ability to compare drafts of screenplays and the most comprehensive
production features of any screenwriting software all make Movie Magic
Screenwriter the clear choice for getting your stories from concept to
screen.
New in Version 6:
- Integrated outlining lets you create and manipulate outlines up to thirty levels deep.
- The NaviDoc technology lets you navigate through your document effortlessly and has four panels:
- The Outline panel lets you add, remove, and rearrange outline elements
- The Scenes panel lets you navigate and sort your scenes at the click of a button
- The Bookmarks panel lets you set bookmarks to jump to any place in your document
- The Notes panel lets you create and sort color-coded notes & note categories
- Over 30 new templates for a total 104 templates and 12 sample files
- 25 new TV show templates for a total of 86 TV templates
- 2 new sample files (comic story arc & radio play) and 2 updated sample files (screenplay and stage play) for a total of 12 sample files
- 3 new Instructional templates (classic film structure outline , screenplay, & sitcom structure) for a total of 8 instructional templates.
- 4 new blank templates (generic comic, Gossett-Kayle comic, radio play, & radio show) and 1 modified template (stage play) for a total of 10 blank templates
- Courier MM Screenwriter custom-made font for superior onscreen display and printing--not available anywhere else on the market
- Improved tool bars & context menus
- Fit width zoom automatically adjusts the text size of your script as you resize the window
- Redesigned look and feel to accommodate the latest versions of Windows and Mac.
- Menus reorganized for easier use
- Send documents as email attachments in RTF or Adobe Acrobat PDF formats
- Retain previous versions of documents
- Makes back up copies of documents
- Automatically checks for Updates
What Does a Script Formatter Do?
Writing scripts for film, television, and theater has traditionally been a time-consuming task. There are many elements in a script 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 contests.Screenwriter 6 works by your side, automatically formatting action, character name, dialog and other elements as you write your script. Even better, there are no function keys or special command keys to memorize-your fingers stay on the keyboard, always ready for creative thoughts to flow onto the page!
FREE Technical Support!
Unlike Final Draft, technical support for Movie Magic Screenwriter is provided at no additional charge. Whether you call by phone, fax or email your questions, or visit our first rate support web site, you are not charged by the minute (or at all) for technical support.Why Movie Magic Screenwriter?
Screenwriter alone has a full suite of internet features, such as real-time internet collaboration, online script registration, and export to Adobe Acrobat PDF format; superior production features, such as built-in script breakdown and detailed export to Movie Magic Scheduling; Script Analysis features; and the finest import and export facilities in the world of screenwriting.
All writing tools are not created equal. Naturally, Screenwriter uses a simple TAB-ENTER system to quickly get your creative thoughts flowing into the computer. Screenwriter has index cards, script notes, simple entry of character names, spell-checking, and of course, smart margin changing. The comparison ends here.
Nothing Could Be Easier
Just hit the "Tab" and "Enter" keys
to move between different script elements such as Character, Dialogue,
Action, etc. That's all you need to know! Since Screenwriter is
instantly and automatically handling all the hassles of Industry
Standard Formatting, you can focus on writing your story as fast as you
can get your thoughts onto the screen!.
Move Through Your Script with the Click of a Button
Instantly find and jump to any scene in your script with NaviDoc Scenes
panel. The Scenes panel lets you sort the scenes by different criteria
without affecting the document. It also can show you as many lines of a
scene as you want: from one to everything! This helps to quickly
identify the scene you are searching for.
Brainstorm and Organize Your Ideas
Do you prefer to work with
index cards? Screenwriter's built-in index card system lets you edit
your screenplay and rearrange scenes on fully editable index
cards-on-screen! As you develop a new story, you'll be able to quickly
write desired scenes, sequences, and plot points on blank index cards
and easily shuffle the scenes as the plot and story are fleshed out.
Screenwriter even reformats and re-numbers your scenes for you!
Better Than Post-its
Jot down revision notes, casting
suggestions, and research questions quicker than you can slap on a
Post-it. The new NaviDoc Note panel feature allows you to quickly
organize, access, view and print your script notes. You can hide or show
your notes, and print them separately in a report with page-number
references. You may even create dozens of different, color-coded note
categories.
A Cast of Performers at Your Side
Have a live script
reading performed right on your computer with Screenwriter's Text to
Speech! Assign different male and female voices to your different
characters to hear a whole new perspective on your script.
Are
you an actor who wants to practice your lines? Simply turn off the voice
for your character and the program will automatically pause for your
dialogue, letting you play along with the program, practicing with cues
and all!
Your Personal Typing Assistant
Type just a few letters of
the desired character name, set, scene, etc., and Screenwriter will
enter it instantly. Screenwriter's intelligent interface that can
virtually read your mind, and pop up menus with the text items you want,
without your even needing to tell it you want them.
Screenwriter is a full-featured word processor which includes dictionary (110,000+ words), thesaurus (80,000 word links), Real-Time Spell Checking with Auto-Typo Correction for basic letter inversion corrections, and full support of foreign characters. 10 levels of Undo/ Redo assures that none of your changes are ever final!
A Virtual Proofreader
Screenwriter's SmartCheck scans your entire script looking for and correcting common formatting errors. You'll never again have to reprint your script to fix errors like extra blank lines or characters who you inadvertently left speaking twice in a row. Go to print and it scans the script, instantly zeroing in on the most common typing & editing errors. It points them out to you (optionally even automatically fixing them!) saving you from wasting paper and hours of your time reprinting pages.
No Writer is an Island
With iPartner Internet Collaboration, Screenwriter allows you and a partner to collaborate on a script live over the Internet. iPartner lets either one of you watch over your partner's shoulder as they compose and edit, allowing the viewing partner to see all the edits and additions as they are made just as if you were in the same room.
Don't Let Your Old Work Go To Waste
Screenwriter can
import and export almost any text document (e.g. RTF, MS Word, Word
Perfect, ASCII), as well as scripts written with most other
screenwriting programs. And since Screenwriter imports using context
recognition, imported scripts are much more accurate than with other
script writing software programs
Real-time text and voice chat
lets you break the distance barrier, without the long distance phone
changes! (Click here to listen to ZDNet Radio's story on Screenwriter's
iPartner feature.)
What's in a Name?
Your characters are unique, and their
names should be too. Create countless unique character names from
NameBank's huge database of male, female, and last names.
No Clutter
Do you like a typing environment clear of clutter and distractions?
Screenwriter 6 lets you customize the look and feel to fit your desires.
You can even turn off all Screenwriter's buttons and toolbars to give
you a beautiful blank page.
Over 85 Free TV Templates
Movie Magic's new and improved
Television Templates are formatted with the correct margins, script
styles, act breaks, set lists and character lists for easy 1-key entry,
and even include sample text. Get over 85 of the most popular sitcoms,
soaps, and episodic dramas, including: Alias; All of Us; Battle Star
Galactica; The Bernie Mac Show; Boston Legal; Cold Case; Crossing
Jordan; Days of Our Lives; Desperate Housewives; Drawn Together;
Entourage; Ghost Whisperer; Heroes; House; How I Met Your Mother; Joan
of Arcadia; King of the Hill; Malcolm in the Middle; Monk; The OC; The
Office; The Unit; Without a Trace, and many, many more!
Protect Your Work
After your script is finished, protect
your work quickly and easily by registering it with Screenwriter's
online registration feature. (Windows only)
Ready for the World
Ready to show your script to the world? Screenwriter allows you to save
your script in web browser (HTML) and Adobe Acrobat (PDF) formats so
anyone with a computer can read your script. You can even publish your
script directly to your web site, or to any site on the Web!
Optional Foreign Spellcheck Dictionaries
Danish · Dutch · French · German · Italian · Norwegian · Spanish · Swedish · UK English
Calling All Assistant Directors and Script Supervisors
Movie Magic Screenwriter's Production Menu contains an entire suite of
production features, allowing you to do everything from locking the
script, to inserting or removing revision marks, to production breakdown
sheets of your script, to preparing production information for export
to Movie Magic Scheduling.
Full Production Revision
Screenwriter features A and B Pages and Scenes, locked Pages and Scenes
with multi-locking, an Automated Revision Draft process, onscreen
Revision Draft colors, and AutoRevision Marks which automatically mark
all editing changes made after the script has been locked.
Complete Production Breakdown Report and Export to Movie Magic Scheduling
Screenwriter's Tagging Mode allows you to go through your script and
literally TAG anything in the script as one of over 20 categories
ranging from Props to Sound Effects to Stunts to anything else you need.
Once anything is tagged, Screenwriter will include it in one of its
many breakdowns in addition to exporting that information directly to
Movie Magic Scheduling.
Screenwriter generates internal
breakdown sheets, and allows you to sort breakdowns by script order,
INTERIOR vs. EXTERIOR, Location, Time of Day, and Characters. Production
Breakdown Graphs allow easy visualization of character use throughout a
script. Screenwriter can even generate Scene Character Lists and Set
Lists for TV production!
So why is Movie Magic Screenwriter the choice of Hollywood professionals? Because Screenwriter doesn't just Do It All--Screenwriter Does It Better. Way Better. Faster, More Reliable, and Easier to use than all the rest. Period. End of Story. Fade Out.













