follis@marlin.UUCP (09/05/85)
Hello to All You Wonderful Helpful People in Net Land
Have any of you ever considered the possibilities of using the
nroff and/or troff for creation of film/video scripts? Perhaps some
of you may actually be using such a format. I would be interested in
any approaches you may be using to create industrial style film/video
scripts, i.e. double column. There seems to be some script formatting
programs in the CP/M and MSDOS areas. We are currently committed to
the UNIX system, however I would be interested in programs working
under MSDOS for personal and future use.
The formatting requirements are that the scene description and
narration be tied together, although they are in separate columns,
no page break within scenes, automatic scene numbering and other
cutzie features. It is optional if the scene description is in the
left or right column. Film scripts usually have the scene described
on the left and the video custom is to place video on the right.
Naturally it would be nice if the procedure were relatively easy so
that the creative process would be unimpeded.
Please respond as you see fit, if there is a lot of Email
response I will summarize to net.text.
Peace
Stan Follis
follis@nosc.UUCP
(AV 933-7741 619-225-7741)