Horizon Q & A

[SierraGulf1]

Yeah, thing is that I joined the staff as certain episodes had already been written, so I'm lacking when it comes to ATTR, ATTS, and Connection. Then I got kinda lazy, and so we're missing some for quite a few episodes. I do have everyone on there from The Fantastic Three, Parti Pris, and once I get it done, Catch-22.

[Elite Anubis Guard]

A yahoo group.....?

[AzMcNeil]

Yeah...it is our little area for posting stuff. I just started browsing through it a couple of nights ago and I didn't even know about our omnipedia till yesterday when Alex mentioned it.

[Alex Rubit]

Well I got the characters right

Now, everyone needs to go and reread "Other Cultures..." and rewatch "The Other Guys" and "Avenger 2.0". Although I think you'll be able to perfectly follow the episode without doing that.

Arina and Chase definitely have a great chemistry. And I think these three together make a fantastic team of heroes.

For this, I'm guessing these 2 gets trapped somewhere off-world. A mission gone bad thing and they end up being each others only company.

They do spend a lot of time with each other in this episode. I think they have some great scenes, and if this were a TV show you'd be seeing some great performances from both of them. Actually I do remember how impressed I was when those first dailies came in.

[Futura]

Do you guys use Word and then turn it into a Acrobat Reader file? if not what program do you use?

[Elite Anubis Guard]

Ohh, I can answer this. Script Smart.

[AzMcNeil]

Script Smart is the bomb...it makes things incredible easy for us. I recommend that anyone who even thinks about writing a script for any venue of the media, please consider using Script Smart

[Futura]

Where would i get Script Smart from?

[AzMcNeil]

Where would i get Script Smart from?

Elite Anubis Guard sent me here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scr...ownloads.shtml

It's a free download, good luck with whatever your doing

[Alex Rubit]

Yeah, Script Smart is a pretty good template to use. It runs in Word, and easily formates everything correctly.

There are some really good commercial screenwriting softwares; but the good thing about Script Smart is that it's available for free, and everyone can easily get it.

[AzMcNeil]

What other software packages are available Alex...I only just found out about Script Smart about a month or 2 ago form EAG so I have no idea what else is out there.

[SierraGulf1]

You can get a trial version of Sophocles, but that costs money to convert into PDF format.

[AzMcNeil]

You can get a trial version of Sophocles, but that costs money to convert into PDF format.

And where is it located? How much is it for a full version?

[Elite Anubis Guard]

You can get a trial version of Sophocles, but that costs money to convert into PDF format.

I tried that for a bit, not worth DLing really unless ya want the paid version.

[AzMcNeil]

Speaking of money...why does it cost anything to change any format to PDF...can't you do it yourself?

[SierraGulf1]

With certain programs... Usually free ones do not allow such a thing. Sneaky way of making money, I suppose.

[AzMcNeil]

With certain programs... Usually free ones do not allow such a thing. Sneaky way of making money, I suppose.

*******s So how much is it to change the formato to PDF? Can I, lets just say, go give bodily fluids and the money I get in retun be used for PDF formatting

[SierraGulf1]

*******s So how much is it to change the formato to PDF? Can I, lets just say, go give bodily fluids and the money I get in retun be used for PDF formatting

It's not too expensive, so, er, go right on ahead.

[Alex Rubit]

Well, let's see. Converting each of the episodes into a PDF file costs something around $00.00.

Seriously, there are free PDF softwares available for download. The one we're using for Season Two is called Cute PDF. The normal version costs $49.95, but there's a free version available. Technically it's just a trial version, but you can easily convert any Word document into a PDF file. Only if you add PDF security and bookmarks, there'll be a name and link to Cute PDF on the front page. I've done that during the recent episodes anyway, though, because it's not distracting in any way, and it doesn't effect the script itself.

I will, however, be getting my hands on a new way of converting the files pretty soon. A lot of commercial screenwriting softwares have a feature which lets you convert the scripts into PDF files. And, it's finally time for me to get myself a commercial screenwriting software I'd say.

So, if you're looking to convert something into a PDF file, I'd recommend just using Cute PDF.

[Alex Rubit]

And where is it located? How much is it for a full version?

You can download the trial version from http://www.sophocles.net. It's a pretty good program, and I might be buying the full version. I believe it's something around $130, but it has some great features. You'll see if you check out the trial version; the problem with the trial version is of course you can't print, copy, or convert the script into a PDF file. But it does give you a pretty good idea of what the software is like.

Another great one - one of the most used ones actually - is Final Draft. You can take a look at it - and I believe download a trial version too - at http://www.finaldraft.com. This one costs $199 though.

There are a lot of other screenwriting softwares available; these are just two of them. You can probably find them all through a Google search.