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Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's Guide

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Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Celtx: Open Source Screenwriting Beginner's guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
List of Recommended Books on Screenwriting and Productions and Online Resources
Celtx's New Web Look and Smartphone Apps
Future Development of Celtx

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Mostly, during the course of this book, we've been discussing visually oriented scripting. Yes, we write dialog but—in screenplays, AV (audio visual) presentations, and stage plays—we see our dialog performed as well as hear it.

The audio play script is different, it's meant only to be heard.

Sound, of course, is very important. In a video or film, the old cliché says that "sound is seventy percent of your video." An exaggeration? No, not when you consider its impact. In producing a video, we can often (and I have) get away with poor lighting and less-than-stellar content if we have good sound, including appropriate use of some stirring background music.

Why sound productions?

A sound production is one without a visual component. It is meant to be heard.

This chapter is all about sound. So, as a script writer/producer why is Celtx's audio play script of benefit?

Let's look at it this way. Here's my ranking of imaginative storytelling:

  • Written (books, magazines, and so on): Tops the...