Final Draft 13 is out. I have used this software since FD 10. They have added a feature where you can add emojis into your screenplay. Is anybody doing this? I personally do not think it would look professional, thoughts?
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AI enhancement in James Cameron UHD releases
I’ve heard some grumbling from critics about this topic. N Y Times does a good summary of the issue here. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/movies/ai-blu-ray-true-lies.html
It's like when they digitized the whole Disney library a few years back and took away most of the striking, visual animation lines. Just sanitizes the work unnecessarily and doesn't allow the original...
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TUBI or not Tu-bi
THAT is the question. who’s going to be the next Tubi? since folks are saying Tubi’s about to leave low-brow fare in the rear view mirror. I’d like to see Tubi’s ad rev first. What do you think? will Tubi become a serious Netflix competitor?
Pat Alexander
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I love Tubi because it has so many deep deep cut movies. Wish more streaming services operated like them. Ads or monthly fee, the deal should be we pay one price not both
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"Rust" Armorer Found Guilty, Sentenced To 18 Months
It's been a minute since we had an update on the Rust shooting incident. At the time, if you look back at my posts, my opinion as someone with decades of set experience - and having directed and produced lots of action and stunt sequences - was that the armorer was primarily to blame, as well as the...
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Stephen Folker exactly. You never point a prop gun that can fire anything at anyone directly. Always off to the side. While replica guns can be held to heads and put in mouths because they have no fir...
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Stephen Folker
- 2 days ago
M LaVoie Agree with you 100% on this.
Suzanne Bronson
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Thanks Stephen & M!
Based on her recorded phone calls in prison, the armorer showed little remorse and a jarring lack of responsibility for her actions.
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I really wanna see "Kill Bill: Vol 3," Nick Phillips. I would've liked to see "The Movie Critic" too. Maybe we'll get to see both.
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The one frontier we haven't really seen Tarantino play around with is Sci-Fi. Could he possibly end on a really out there Sci-Fi flick?
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Writers Guild of Canada are gonna be striking against CMPA it seems
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Post-WGA Landscape
Hey All! I was wondering post-WGA strike landscape, are there any major trends all Writers in TV and Film should be made aware of and start thinking of or adopting in their writing/story/pitching? Thanks!
If there is a trend we are already too late.
We just new to be know for something and wait for that something to be desirable.
Yes! More reasonable budgets, content with a global audience in mind / more international content, more need for truly original stories based on diverse writers' experiences and knowledge of as yet unseen worlds.
The most exciting trend, #GoMakeArt
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How are you doing, Mazahir Rahim? What are you working on?
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Where you're from? Name of a movie you're producing? Give us more! :)
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Hi Mazahir Rahim! Greetings from Southern California!
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Hi Mazahir! Greetings from 30 miles north of Sam in SoCal!
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I LOVE these evolution videos that show how far things have come in VFX over such a short time. Thank you for sharing, Dustin Richardson!
I've always been a big 007 fan, great share Dustin Richardson
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New Member - Wildlife Cinematographer
Hello, everyone!
My name is Caitlin Bailey and I am a wildlife cinematographer based in San Antonio, Texas. I have a Master of Fine Arts in Science and Natural History Filmmaking and have been working on ocean exploration vessels since 2016, exploring the deep sea around the world. In fact, I am curr...
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Maurice Vaughan
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Welcome to the community, Caitlin Bailey. That's pretty cool that you're a wildlife cinematographer! What's your favorite animal to film?
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Leonardo Ramirez
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The showreel is gorgeous, Caitlin Bailey. I can literally watch ocean wildlife footage all day. And that eye of yours...my goodness! I did not see that octopus. Had to rewind and look for it again. Ni...
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Sam Rivera
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Hi Caitlin Bailey it's great to e-meet you! Your work looks incredible, thank you for sharing!
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Wow Caitlin! Your story is so cool, working on ocean exploration vessels must be so cool! So cool in the Pacific Ocean right now. I am impressed!! I am an ocean girl, I live right by it! I saw your co...
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Pat Alexander
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Hi @Caitlin nice to meet you! Recently watched that NatGeo doc The Rescue. Loved it and can't wait to check out your stuff!
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I'd probably use emojis in scripts when a person is texting, Tim Bragg. And maybe in Comedy scripts and Horror Comedy scripts.
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As Maurice says, it can makes sence, Tim. We live in a time where people seem to have fogotten how to communicate without emojis, I would (still) use them sparesly though.This is what I first had, in...
Expand commentAs Maurice says, it can makes sence, Tim. We live in a time where people seem to have fogotten how to communicate without emojis, I would (still) use them sparesly though.This is what I first had, in a screenplay but it read awkward.
Megan's cellphone lights up, and she checks the text from Kathryn.
KATHRYN: “So is he the killer?" smiley face
MEGAN: “I’m still alive.”
Megan puts her cell down and returns to the conversation.
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So I replaced " smiley face" for an emoji. Showed up in my free WriterDuet screenwriting program, but in the final pdf of thd screenplay it only showed the contoures of it. So I deleted the whole smiley face thing in whatever form.
I'm waiting for the day that a whole screenplay is written in emojis, and we stop thinking Chineze is a difficult language.
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I've added emojis into my screenplay. I find the use of them hilarious. Readers have specifically not enjoyed seeing them very much.