From the course: Script Writing for Nonfiction Video

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Multicolumn format and software

Multicolumn format and software

From the course: Script Writing for Nonfiction Video

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Multicolumn format and software

- So, we talked about the Hollywood screenplay format, but what other options do you have? Well, one of the standard tools in the nonfiction field, especially for short form, is the multi-column script. This is a well recognized tool. Editors are very familiar with it, so everybody knows that you're going to have your video column on the left side and your audio column on the right side. If you're like me and you work a lot with graphical material, then you may even have many more columns than that and I'll show you some examples. So, what kind of software is available to you? Well, there have been several different packages that have come and gone, but the one thing that seems to stay consistent is Microsoft Word and you can build your own multi-column template. So, let's take a look at how to do that. Here's a typical two column script, with visuals on the left hand side, audio on the right hand side. In this case, the audio is a combination of narration voice-over and also snippets…

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