[arg_discuss] screenwriting software ARG enabled

[Steve Peters]

Oh yeah, and post-its. Lots of post-its. :)

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On Jul 31, 2009, at 9:33 AM, libfli at aol.com wrote:


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

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> 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.

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> 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.

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> Jan

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: Steve Peters <scpeters at gmail.com>

> To: 'Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG' <arg_discuss at igda.org>

> Sent: Fri, Jul 31, 2009 8:27 am

> Subject: Re: [arg_discuss] screenwriting software ARG enabled

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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  

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> have you. Unwieldy at best, but it gets the job done.

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> 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,  

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> Hope that helps!

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org [mailto:arg_discuss- 

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> 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

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> Hello everyone,

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

> interested in

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> designing ARG. I always wondered if there were screenwriting  

> softwares that

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> fit better the transmedia problematic than softwares made for  

> traditionnal

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> linear stories.

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

> stories,

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> then cut it into components, then drag and drop it into timelines  

> (there

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

> basic iWork

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> suite.

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

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> collaborate with other people around traditional screen play,  

> storyboard and

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> character description. Some friends of mine advised me Final

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

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> I found the three following services : five

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

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

> www.storyist.com/>

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> .

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

> anyway I

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

> design

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> the architecture of ARGs.

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> Thank you in advance ;)

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> julien aubert

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> http://www.faismoijouer.com

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> @juli3n

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