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© Robin Kelly 1997 - 2005
© Robin Kelly 1997 - 2005
© Robin Kelly 1997 - 2005
Discussion lists:
Visit these online communities for news and advice:
BBC writersroom Messageboard
A writing for performance messageboard
UK Scriptwriting List
For TV, film and radio writers.
UK Playwriting List
For playwrights.
BBC writersroom Opportunities
Regularly updated list of latest competitions from the BBC and elsewhere.
Writernet
This is a new-writing non-profit organisation. The website has free industry news but scripts wanted news are for members-only
Scriptunities
Free guide to competitions, script calls and other opportunities. It is published monthly with occasional updates for late breaking news.
Media Guardian
Industry news and gossip, articles and overnight ratings.
Waveguide UK TV and Radio News
Screen Daily
Screen International's minimal but useful web presence
Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood and international media news
Inside
Hollywood and international media news
Variety
Hollywood and international media news (subscription required)
Studio Briefing
Entertainment and industry news
The Stage
Some news and how-to articles. No real substitute for the paper edition.
Theatrenet
Theatre news and links
Farn Film
A database of UK TV Commissioning Editors and company and network links
Instructions
· Right-click on a template and choose 'Save Target As' from the menu or the Mac equivalent.
· Save the file in your Word Templates directory on your C Drive (usually something like 'C/MSOffice/templates').
· Once they have been saved, open Microsoft Word, select 'New' from the 'File' menu and you should see the new template installed ready for use.
· Click on the template and Word will create a new document based on the script layout for you to start typing (the original template file will remain unchanged).
BBC Script Smart Plus & Script Smart Gold
This links to Matthew Carless' radio, film, stage and sitcom template for Word (Windows & Mac)
Microsoft Word Screenplay template
The official Microsoft version.
The Scriptwriters Toolkit
The Tookit is a set of fourteen MS Word templates for writing Screenplays, Stageplays and Radio Plays.
It includes the six formats used by the BBC.
Screenforge
Shareware template for Word (Windows and Mac)
Script Maker (Canada)
For MS Word 2000 / 2001 / 2002
Simply Screenplay
For MS Word 1997
Screenpro
Screenplay, teleplay and utility templates for Microsoft Word (6/95/97/2000) for Windows users.
Hollywood Screenplay
Write scripts for plays, sitcoms or movies.
Bucks County Community College
Mike Jackman
For WordPerfect 7 & 8 available locally
Style Sheets
for Mac
The following have links to various templates:
Templates for all aspects of film-making
For feature screenplays the font should be in Courier and 12. Courier New isn't an adequate substitute. Courier is a fixed width font so it helps to make the page count a good measure of the screen time - even if there are prettier fonts available. If you haven't got Courier on your system then I recommend downloading one of the following:
Courier Final Draft Heavy - self-install exe
Courier Final Draft Heavy has been modified to print darker. You don't have to use Final Draft to use it. Self-intall exe version.
Courier Final Draft Normal - zip file
Alternatively there is the Final Draft version of Courier which doesn't print darker...
Courier - zip file
Or the original unaltered Courier font.
Open Office
"To create, as a community, the leading international office suite that will run on all major platforms and provide access to all functionality and data through open-component based APIs and an XML-based file format. "
Star Office
A Word compatible office suite for a fraction of the cost
Tree Pad
A script/story outline program
Writer's Database
Keep track of submissions
RoughDraft
A freeware word processor designed with the writer in mind.
Screenplay Outliner
Shareware program for windowsthat makes organizing your story ideas, and then outlining them, simple.
Manuscript Tracker
Tracker for mac.
Having written your screenplay you need to sell it and one way is via the web. Services available vary from simply posting a logline to getting full coverage for your script. Prices vary from nothing to quite a lot. I have done some filtering of the obvious scam-artists but I can't guarantee that all these links will be as helpful as they claim.
FilmTracker.com
"FilmTracker.com is the entertainment industry's home for the discovery, promotion, creation and distribution of creative content. "
Hollywood Lit Sales
"The people behind such films as Forrest Gump, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Risky Business, Donnie Brasco and Wild Things, have joined us to help turn your stories into movies."
InkTip.com
"The mission of InkTip.com (formerly Writers' Script Network.com) is threefold: Help the producer easily find a good script ;
Save time for the agent and manager in locating the right people for their clients' scripts ;
Greatly increase exposure for the screenwriter "
InZide.com
"With today's youth market thriving, there's one successful producer team that has capitalized on the genre and established itself as one of the industry's most promising management and production companies. Zide/Perry Entertainment has developed an impressive and diverse client roster and have set up multiple projects at every major studio in a remarkable few years."
Scriptnet
"ScriptNet is a free online spec script database, devoted to connecting authors with producers, agents and directors."
ScriptShark
"ScriptShark is comprised of studio and development executives currently searching for new talent and material. ScriptShark not only provides professional analysis but, if we feel that your script or manuscript is ready to hit the Hollywood circuit, we will contact you. With your consent,we'll connect you with our many industry executives."
Script Shop
"Over 500 spec scripts a week arrive on Production Company and Agents Doormats in the UK alone. Because of the huge quantity, a lot just get sent back unread. With Scriptshop, producers and agents can see a synopsis and appraisal of the best of these at a glance without having to plough through hundreds of unvetted spec scripts."
The Spec Script Library
"The purpose of The Spec Script Library is to connect those who write scripts with those who
source scripts. The Library is the largest of its type in the World."
Trigger Street
"TriggerStreet.com was founded in January 2002 as the web-based filmmaker and screenwriter's community of record - an interactive mechanism for the purpose of discovering and showcasing new and unique talent."
UK Screenwriters Pitching Network
Weekly pitch list with industry subscribers.
Winning Scripts.com
"WinningScripts.com is a service developed by MovieBytes and Scr(i)pt Magazine to help producers and agencies find quality material from among those scripts that have fared well in screenwriting competitions. The service is completely free for both writers and producers."
Zoetrope
"Submit your screenplays. Receive valuable feedback on your own work from peers. Sharpen your critiquing skills by evaluating user submissions. Connect with people searching for strong writers. Your work may be considered by agents, producers, and directors."