[arg_discuss] screenwriting software ARG enabled

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 having final draft w/trans tools would be so fantastic!

i use final draft for scripting my videos and treat them each as
their own film.? i use excel to chart out story release and interactivity.
word for everything else.

and i also use old skool foam core boards - having a tool i can touch 
and that's up for me to see throughout the day is something i really 
need when dev the story and design.? that could be due to working
in tv writer's rooms where we chart everything out for the group on
the wall of writers room... idk - but it works for me.

Jan


 


 

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From: Steve Peters <scpeters at gmail.com>
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The main tools I use are a combination of Word for a master design doc,
Visio (or OmniGraffle) for flowcharts and Excel for asset lists and what
have you. Unwieldy at best, but it gets the job done.

 

The developers of Final Draft have asked No Mimes Media to work with them to
help them develop transmedia tools for the next version of their software,
as right now it can't even do something as simple as pasting in foreign
language fonts or calling out different formats for video vs. audio scripts,
etc. It still remains the industry standard for script generation, though.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Steve

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org] On
Behalf Of Julien FMJ
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:37 AM
To: arg_discuss at igda.org
Subject: [arg_discuss] screenwriting software ARG enabled

 

Hello everyone,

 

I'd like to ask you a question that's torturing me since I'm interested in

designing ARG. I always wondered if there were screenwriting softwares that

fit better the transmedia problematic than softwares made for traditionnal

linear stories.

I'm thinking about a soft that would allow me to create a linear stories,

then cut it into components, then drag and drop it into timelines (there

would be timelines for each media developped). For now I use the basic iWork

suite.

 

In the past I used Celtx <http://www.celtx.com> that allow you to

collaborate with other people around traditional screen play, storyboard and

character description. Some friends of mine advised me Final

Draft<%20http://www.finaldraft.com>.

I found the three following services : five

prockets<http://www.fivesprockets.com/fs-portal/>,

Novamind <http://www.novamind.com> and Storyist<%20http://www.storyist.com/>

.

 

I guess there is no easy way to build the structure of an ARG but anyway I

wonder if you have examples of schemas, tables or tools that helped design

the architecture of ARGs.

 

Thank you in advance ;)

 

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julien aubert

http://www.faismoijouer.com

@juli3n

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