Movie Magic Screenwriter
Encyclopedia
Movie Magic Screenwriter is a word processing
program sold by Write Brothers, Inc.
to format screenplay
s, teleplay
s and novel
s .
' first software program, Scriptor (1982), was the world's first screenplay formatter.
Screenwriter was originally developed by ScriptPerfection Enterprises, Inc., under the name ScriptThing. The program was purchased by Write Brothers, with the transition completed in 2001.
Editor's Choice Award for the year 2000.
Due to its popularity, Movie Magic Screenwriter was named a preferred file format of the online registry of the Writers Guild of America, West
.
Movie Magic Screenwriter is the official scriptwriting software of Project Greenlight
, Writers Guild of America, East
, The Script-a-thon , Screamfest, Cinema Seattle, Austin Film Festival
, the UCLA Online Screenwriting Program and, most recently, Scripped
.
. This is done mainly via the Tab and Enter/Return keys.
Import/Export: Import documents written in standard word processors (Microsoft Word
, WordPerfect
, etc.) and other writing software programs. Export documents to many file formats including word processors and Adobe Acrobat
PDF
.
Production Revision Tracking: Allows users to lock scripts in order to keep track of exact changes using Auto-revision Marks, Revision Draft colors, A-pages and A-scenes.
Script Tagging: Snippets of words/phrases can be tagged into production categories for breakdown reports and exporting to EP Scheduling (Movie Magic Scheduling).
iPartner: This feature allows two users of Movie Magic Screenwriter to connect to each other to work together, in real-time, on a document. This feature also includes Text and Voice chat.
SmartCheck: Checks for formatting errors, such as extra blank spaces, leading spaces, etc., against industry standard formatting.
Text-to-Speech: Documents can be read back to the user using the pre-defined voices in the speech engine; speed and pitch of the voices can be adjusted.
Cross-Platform: Documents can be used on (and exchanged between) Windows and Mac platforms.
and Windows
operating system
s.
Windows
Macintosh
Word processing
Word processing is the creation of documents using a word processor. It can also refer to advanced shorthand techniques, sometimes used in specialized contexts with a specially modified typewriter.-External links:...
program sold by Write Brothers, Inc.
Write Brothers
* For the airplane invention team Wright Brothers.Write Brothers, Inc. is a computer software publisher founded in 1982 by Stephen Greenfield and Chris Huntley as Screenplay Systems. The company's first program was Scriptor, the world's first screenplay formatter...
to format screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
s, teleplay
Teleplay
A teleplay is a television play, a comedy or drama written or adapted for television. The term surfaced during the 1950s with wide usage to distinguish a television plays from stage plays for the theater and screenplays written for films...
s and novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s .
History
Write BrothersWrite Brothers
* For the airplane invention team Wright Brothers.Write Brothers, Inc. is a computer software publisher founded in 1982 by Stephen Greenfield and Chris Huntley as Screenplay Systems. The company's first program was Scriptor, the world's first screenplay formatter...
' first software program, Scriptor (1982), was the world's first screenplay formatter.
Screenwriter was originally developed by ScriptPerfection Enterprises, Inc., under the name ScriptThing. The program was purchased by Write Brothers, with the transition completed in 2001.
Awards and Partnerships
The Mac version of Screenwriter won a MacworldMacworld
Macworld is a web site and monthly computer magazine dedicated to Apple Macintosh products. It is published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California...
Editor's Choice Award for the year 2000.
Due to its popularity, Movie Magic Screenwriter was named a preferred file format of the online registry of the Writers Guild of America, West
Writers Guild of America, west
Writers Guild of America, West is a labor union representing film, television, radio, and new media writers. The Guild was formed in 1954 from five organizations representing writers, which include the Screen Writers Guild...
.
Movie Magic Screenwriter is the official scriptwriting software of Project Greenlight
Project Greenlight
Project Greenlight was a contest and television series focusing on first-time filmmakers being given the chance to direct a feature film. It was created by Alex Keledjian, developed by Eli Holzman and produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Sean Bailey, and Chris Moore through their production...
, Writers Guild of America, East
Writers Guild of America, East
Writers Guild of America, East is a labor union representing writers of television and film and employees of television and radio news. The 2006 membership of the guild was 3,770....
, The Script-a-thon , Screamfest, Cinema Seattle, Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...
, the UCLA Online Screenwriting Program and, most recently, Scripped
Scripped
Scripped is an online screenplay services company offering three services: script writing, script registration, and script coverage. Scripped currently does not facilitate collaboration among screenwriters. It combined with Zhura in 2010...
.
Program features
The program is designed to automate the formatting of Action, Character Name, Dialog and other elements associated with writing screenplays using Command line completionCommand line completion
Command line completion is a common feature of command line interpreters, in which the program automatically fills in partially typed commands....
. This is done mainly via the Tab and Enter/Return keys.
Import/Export: Import documents written in standard word processors (Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
, WordPerfect
WordPerfect
WordPerfect is a word processing application, now owned by Corel.Bruce Bastian, a Brigham Young University graduate student, and BYU computer science professor Dr. Alan Ashton joined forces to design a word processing system for the city of Orem's Data General Corp. minicomputer system in 1979...
, etc.) and other writing software programs. Export documents to many file formats including word processors and Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a family of application software developed by Adobe Systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format . All members of the family, except Adobe Reader , are commercial software, while the latter is available as freeware and can be downloaded...
Portable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
.
Production Revision Tracking: Allows users to lock scripts in order to keep track of exact changes using Auto-revision Marks, Revision Draft colors, A-pages and A-scenes.
Script Tagging: Snippets of words/phrases can be tagged into production categories for breakdown reports and exporting to EP Scheduling (Movie Magic Scheduling).
iPartner: This feature allows two users of Movie Magic Screenwriter to connect to each other to work together, in real-time, on a document. This feature also includes Text and Voice chat.
SmartCheck: Checks for formatting errors, such as extra blank spaces, leading spaces, etc., against industry standard formatting.
Text-to-Speech: Documents can be read back to the user using the pre-defined voices in the speech engine; speed and pitch of the voices can be adjusted.
Cross-Platform: Documents can be used on (and exchanged between) Windows and Mac platforms.
System requirements
Movie Magic Screenwriter supports the Mac OS XMac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
operating system
Operating system
An operating system is a set of programs that manage computer hardware resources and provide common services for application software. The operating system is the most important type of system software in a computer system...
s.
Windows
- PentiumPentium compatible processorA Pentium compatible processor is a 32-bit processor computer chip which supports the instructions in the IA-32 instruction set that were implemented by the Intel P5 Pentium processor family...
or higher - Windows 95Windows 95Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products...
or higher - 32 MB RAM
- 25 MB of hard disk space
- CD-ROM drive (network installation not supported)
- iPartner requires Internet connection, optional microphone and speakers for voice chat
- Video Card w/8MB or greater recommended for Full Page View.
Macintosh
- PowerPCPowerPCPowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM...
or higher - OS 9.2, OS X
- 32 MB RAM
- 25 MB of hard disk space
- CD-ROM drive (network installation not supported)
- iPartner requires Internet connection, optional microphone and speakers for voice chat
- Speak script function requires Macintosh Speech extensions