Script Writing for the Electronic Media -- Dr. Bruce Klopfenstein

Celtx Tutorials

2009-10-07T10:47:00.000-07:00

The Celtx Wiki is located at http://wiki.celtx.com

http://www.ehow.com/video_4442027_title-page-typesetting-celtx-screenplay.html is a short video tutorial on how to create a title page in Celtx script editing software.

http://www.ehow.com/video_4442031_learn-av-script-editor-celtx.html is a video tutorial on how to use the A/V script format using Celtx.

There are a total of 31 video tutorials about Celtx at http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_5596_celtx-screenwriting-software-tutorials.html. (There are ads with these tutorials.)

Example Camera Shots

2009-10-07T10:18:00.000-07:00

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots/ shows various camera shot examples.

http://www.mediacollege.com/video/shots

Two Column Script Examples Including Graphics FX and CG Directions

2009-10-07T07:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.dakotapathways.org/19/Script19.pdf is an example of a two-column script with detailed video information on the left side.

http://www.ttop.com/docs/diner_script.pdf is a two column documentary script, "Diners: America’s Roadside Attractions."

www.fldoe.org/ese/doc/script-aa-video.doc is a two-column script for the Florida Department of Education with may examples of CG, etc. in the left video column.

"Build Your Own Video"

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http://www.zeroonezero.com/video/request-quotation.html is the web home for Dynamic Digital Advertising's "Build Your Own Video" web site.

Documentaries

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A documentary about making documentaries, "Capturing Reality," and also "You Only Live Twice" (Second Life), both from the Documentary Channel

Documentary Channel's YouTube channel

Here is a CBC documentary on antidepressants that runs about 43 minutes.

Documentary about Food Waste in the U.S.

There is a poor quality renditon of Noam Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" at http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5631882395226827730#, but it is visually annotated.

documentaries from dailymotion.com (poor man's YouTube)

Short Documentaries

2009-09-28T15:06:00.000-07:00

A few short documentaries may be found at http://freedocumentaries.org/index.php?ct=39.

Here is a recent documentary on crop circles, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mAdrSvOgwI, skip to approximately 12:00 in for some seemingly impressive scientific evidence of crop circle anomalies. Go to 22:45 for a crop circle that almost depicts pi, 3.14159265... At 32:00 is a crop circle purported to answer a querie we sent out in 1974.

Here is an example of a short propaganda documentary, Zeitgeist 2: All the World's a Stage [The 911 (sic) Myth]."

"Cualquiera" is a 6+ minute docudrama with English subtitles (hard to read in streaming format). Sandra and Connie, lives in the red zone of San José, Costa Rica. Others may be found at http://www.cultureunplugged.com, documentaries are kept at http://www.cultureunplugged.com/festival/genre.php?id=10.

http://www.thedocumentaryblog.com/ has documentary trailers including Bananas and Oliver Stone's South of the Border.

Here is a 5-6 minute "documentary" on how the world's media misinforms about Swine Flu.

Corporate Video Steps

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http://www.rossiterandco.com/CorporateProducer/CorporateVideoProduction/intro.htm

"Rossiter & Co are one of the UK’s longest established corporate studios, with 20 years experience delivering corporate multimedia, video and web.

In this time we've won a massive 11 awards for our work, recently winning the Supplier Innovation Award."

Two Column Video Script

2009-09-06T20:26:00.000-07:00

Although Final Draft does not allow it (you must purchase companion software called Final Draft AV), corporate video scripts are normally done in two columns as demonstrated here, http://www.internetcampus.com/dram_vd.htm.

Two-column Script Format Examples

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http://www.donnapoler.com/scripts/script-mig.htm medical script, two-column format.

http://www.internetcampus.com/commerc.htm shows a 60-second commercial in two-column format.

http://www.internetcampus.com/dram_vd.htm is a dramatic film script in two-column format.

Educational Videos

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http://www.thetraininggateway.com/filegrab/TheTrainingGateway.wmv?ref=74 is a nice promo for university videos.

Non-broadcast TV Production

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http://www.cybercollege.com/tvp068.htm, another term for corporate video. This is nicely done, including tips for getting the message across.

http://vmatrix.com/portfolio.html Corporate Videos

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http://vmatrix.com/portfolio.html examples of corporate videos.

Film Script Format

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See http://www.internetcampus.com/dram_flm.htm and http://www.internetcampus.com/frtv/frtv013.htm post other examples here.

Training Videos

2009-08-30T11:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.rossiterandco.com/CorporateVideoExamplesTraining.htm last updated 9 July 2009, various examples of training videos (UK).

Domestic & Dating Abuse script (Women’s Center of Monmouth County).

Award Winning Corporate Videos

2009-08-30T11:52:00.001-07:00

http://www.squidoo.com/corporatevideo Award winning videos on epilepsy.

http://www.tellyawards.com/winners annual Telly awards for non-broadcast video.

Corporate Video Script Writing

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http://www.staylor-made.com/downloads/CorporateScriptwriting.pdf, Corporate Scriptwriting...Lessons from the School of Hard Knocks by Jim Staylor.

Media Communications Association - International: MCA-I members are skilled in both creative storytelling techniques and the technology needed to capture the story and transmit it to the audience. See articles on scripts.

http://www.worldfest.org/PAGES/howto.htm: How to make award-winning films & videos By Hunter Todd, Chairman & Founding Director, WorldFest International IndependentFilm Festival

Vmatrix, marketing corporate video production presentation.

http://redpinestudios.wordpress.com/2008/05/04/script-writers-guidelines/, script guidelines for corporate video newbies.

Corporate Video Links

2009-08-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

http://vmatrix.com/portfolio.html shows 42 examples of corporate video.

Youtube search for corporate video and find examples such as this (unintentionally?) humorous minature train station exhibit promotion.

Script for Minority Report

2009-08-29T20:01:00.000-07:00

The script for Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, may be found at http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/MINORITY_REPORT_--_May_16th_2001_revised_draft_by_Scott_Frank.html

Final Draft on Wikiversity Film School

2009-08-24T06:31:00.000-07:00

Final Draft on Wikiversity Film School,

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Lesson:Formatting_the_script,

is more an intro to the script than it is to the software.

Final Draft Video Tutorials

2009-08-24T05:54:00.000-07:00

Here are a few, please add more.

http://www.finaldrafttutorial.com/ great beginning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xD_eq0TGHU

Writing a Basic Movie Script

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfifZ2MssFw

Script breakdown , scheduling and budgeting

Actually, this is an intro to Final Draft.

Scripts for Gran Torino (2008)

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Here is a copy of the script for Gran Torino, http://www.joblo.com/Gran%20Torino.htm

A tortured, advertiser-supported copy of the script for Gran Torino may be found at http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Gran-Torino.html.

Script for The Majestic (2001)

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The not-quite final script for The Majestic may be found at http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/TheBijou.html. Oh, yeah, the name was changed to protect the innocent. The reviewers didn't like it as much as I did, but I'm a sucker for period pieces. Anyone want to send me a link to the final version, or is this the best we can do?

Script for Juno (2007)

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Here is the script for Juno, http://www.weeklyscript.com/Juno.txt. Yes, I watched it with my 13-year-old daughter.

Simple Television Script (Andy Griffith Show)

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A fairly simple, dialogue-intensive script of the Andy Griffith show, The Sermon For Today, may be found at http://www.weeklyscript.com/Andy%20Griffith%20-%20The%20Sermon%20For%20Today.txt

AFI Screen Eduation Center

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"For more than three decades, AFI has been promoting innovation and excellence through its educational programs. The world-renowned Conservatory trains the next generation of filmmakers. The AFI Screen Education Center empowers teachers and students to use the techniques of filmmaking to transform the learning process." Includes http://www.afi.com/education/screened/demo/PDF/teacher/AFI_Step2_Teacher.pdf on Screenwriting and Storyboarding, including examples of camera shots.

Simple 2-Column Video Script

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A "simple" 2-column video script example may be found at http://www.rocketink.com/V-22%20roll-out.pdf. http://www.bucks.edu/~baruffia/comv130/docs/TVadformat.dot is a MS Word template for a 2-column video script.

Screenwriting Resources

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Screenwriting Resources may be found at http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art28768.asp on the BellaOnline web site.

Request for Screen Writing Contacts

2009-06-05T14:53:00.001-07:00

Please send me any links to sites where there are live connections to actual scripts. I'll post them here. An example might be:

http://www.inktip.com

Creating the Narrative

2005-07-18T11:17:00.000-07:00

I'm looking for online resources to help my students produce their final assignment, a 30 minute TV pilot of their choice. One of the questions students have is how to construct the story, the building blocks of storytelling.

One source is:

Screenwriting from About.com

Corporate Video Examples

2005-07-10T08:07:00.000-07:00

Alberta Learning Information Service video archive carries multiple examples of both instructional and corporate videos
Bed and Breakfast a must see!
Creating Video Games: Corporate Recruitment Video for Women excellent
E-commerce
Impressive Demos from Rossiter

Instructional Videos

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How do you script an instructional video? How do you make it interesting to students? Perhaps the subject matter might help:

CDC Emergency Preparedness Videos
History of Bioterrorism
Just What the Doctor Ordered economical short video on "Communication Skills in Cancer Care" includes wrap of how the production was done in 2001
Learn to Play Golf
how to be: emo
1927 Instructional Film on How to Use the Telephone
1950s Instructional Fims on Sex

Production House Examples

Opne Directory Project Corporate Film Production Houses
Rossiter & Co Very impressive

Training Videos

Reelized Productions - Full-service video production company. Instructional training, safety videos, web video, CD-ROM.
-- http://www.reelized.com/ Business: Business Services: AudioVisual: Production: Video and Film
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Coastline Productions - Complete, turn-key video production services for business. Services include corporate communications, marketing, employee training and instructional videos. Located in Southern California.
-- http://www.coastlinevideo.com Business: Business Services: AudioVisual: Production: Video and Film
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Focus Productions - Focus Productions of Toronto, Canada produces short, promotional and instructional videos on health, education and workplace issues, for charitable organizations and labour unions.
-- http://www.focusproductions.net Business: Business Services: AudioVisual: Production: Video and Film

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Mehaffey Multimedia Productions - Full-service video production firm specializing in videotaping and production of site safety and workplace instructional videos. Based in Mandeville, Louisiana.
-- http://www.mmpvideo.com/ Business: Business Services: AudioVisual: Production: Video and Film
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Instructional Videos

Objects of Desires
Examples of Instructional Video Clips from Indiana University

Online Film Resources

2005-07-07T20:19:00.000-07:00

It's great to live in the age of increasing bandwidth. There are many online resources for actual films and clips for academic use. CPB has one great example.

Documentary

2005-06-26T07:08:00.000-07:00

I'm now looking for links and resources for documentary film and television productions, and especially their scripts. For those new to this form of film production, I'd like to suggest some unusual documentaries that gathered some attention recently: The Corporation, Supersize Me and especially What the Bleep Do We Know? Each has a web site.

Industry Choice for Script Writing Software?

2005-06-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

My students have the choice of two installed script writing software packages: Scriptware (Windows 95 edition?) and Final Draft v. 6. I want the students use what is most popular in the industry. According to http://www.nextpix.com/v1_1/resources/software.html (accessed 17 June 2005):

Screenplay Systems is the Vertical Integration leader in the industry with their "Movie Magic" suite of products which include Screenwriting, Script Breakdown, Scheduling, and Budgeting.

However "Final Draft" is at this point considered to be the industry leader in straight screenwriting, and now includes the previously separate standalone program "3x5" which was by itself a powerful "virtual corkboard" brainstorming/mindmapping/outlining program, which has now been folded in as the "Scene Navigator" function mentioned below in the Final Draft description section.

Any comments from the reel, whoops! "real" world? While I'm at it, does anyone know of any "home made" tutorials for Final Draft?

Radio Scripts

2005-06-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

Today I am adding radio scripts to this blog, their links are posted. Note that the good ol' BBC has lots of scripts for downloading, but they don't conform 100% with the U.S. versions. Update: I changed colors for this blog to be more environmentally friendly and blogger.com punished me by shxx-canning all, ALL, the links. What would Orsen Wells say? Is this a bug or a feature, blogger.com?

Writing Treatments

2005-06-14T10:14:00.000-07:00

What the heck is a treatment, anyway, and why do I need to worry about them? Great questions I remember asking when I was a poor white boy growing up in the strawberry fields of Ohio. I'm delighted to say there are a plethora of web sites written by professional scriptwriters that address treatments, and I have included some links on this blog.

For those folks who want a great research tip, you can find a great site (say a script treatment site) and then find sites that link to it. For example, Alta Vista allows you to type link:greatwebsite.com where greatwebsite.com is an actual URL to a working web site (click and see what is found for links to http://www.simplyscripts.com/treatments.html).

Writing for Electronic Media

2005-06-01T16:25:00.000-07:00

How has writing for electronic media changed in the last 25 years? I'm anxious to hear others' thoughts on this subject so that I can pass them along to my students. The most obvious change is the need to write for the web, especially for historically print-based media. Does this mean writing for television has changed less? It seems logical, but I'd rather hear from practitioners.

I'll be adding links of interest to my students, and I will be delighted to hear from anyone who has information about great scriptwriting sites.