Why use Final Draft version 8? Industry Standards Font Cross platform Formatting rules/templates Page Count Production Business Rules Interaction with other industry tools Wanna-be claims versus reality

Industry Standards

Font

Cross platform

Formatting rules/templates

Page Count

Production Business Rules

Interaction with other industry tools

Wanna-be claims versus reality

Starting your Script New font, toolbar and floating palettes Title Page Creation Basic Screenplay Format Other Templates New Templates: Graphic Novels, Popular shows, Dramatist Guild Workspace Tab and Enter Functionality/shortcut keys SmartType – Auto-fill functionality

New font, toolbar and floating palettes

Title Page Creation

Basic Screenplay Format

Other Templates

New Templates: Graphic Novels, Popular shows, Dramatist Guild

Workspace

Tab and Enter Functionality/shortcut keys

SmartType – Auto-fill functionality

Mapping out your ideas Index Cards Scene View Opening files from 3rd party development apps. Scene Properties Inspector (SPI) Navigator Coloring Scenes Scene Titles

Index Cards

Scene View

Opening files from 3rd party development apps.

Scene Properties Inspector (SPI)

Navigator

Coloring Scenes

Scene Titles

Mapping out your ideas Scene Summaries Inserting Scenes Hide/Show Content Switch Views Rearranging Scenes/Ideas Printing Outline / Index Cards Other story development tools integrated with version 8

Scene Summaries

Inserting Scenes

Hide/Show Content

Switch Views

Rearranging Scenes/Ideas

Printing Outline / Index Cards

Other story development tools integrated with version 8

Writing your script Navigator Scene Colors Re-sorting ideas in Navigator Cheating options Spell Checking Auto-correction Script Compare Format Assistant Statistics Report for tracking writing goals

Navigator

Scene Colors

Re-sorting ideas in Navigator

Cheating options

Spell Checking

Auto-correction

Script Compare

Format Assistant

Statistics Report for tracking writing goals

Sharing your Script w/others ScriptNotes CollaboWriter Emailing material New PDF options

ScriptNotes

CollaboWriter

Emailing material

New PDF options

Production of your script Prepping for Production Locking Pages Merging Pages Header/Footers Revision Colors Tagger’s interaction with Scheduling/Calendar Apps Revisions in Production Distributing revised pages only Distributing collated scripts

Prepping for Production

Locking Pages

Merging Pages

Header/Footers

Revision Colors

Tagger’s interaction with Scheduling/Calendar Apps

Revisions in Production

Distributing revised pages only

Distributing collated scripts

Q&A Answers submitted during RSVP process Additional questions based on presentation

Answers submitted during RSVP process

Additional questions based on presentation