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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

Chapter 8. Documentaries and Other Audio-Visual Projects

Writing documentaries and other nonfiction scripts is a bit different than movies. Celtx's integral audio-visual editor is perfect for docs (documentaries), commercials, public service spots, video tutorials, slide shows, light shows, or just about any other combination of visual and other content that is not just sound alone (use Audio Play for productions having only sound and no picture, such as radio plays or podcasts).

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • What an audio-visual production is: A look at the many types of productions falling under the term "audio-visual" and how Celtx makes them easier to create and use.

  • Starting an audio-visual project: Building a Celtx project container for our AV project.

  • Creating an AV project in Celtx: Scene Heading, Shot, Character, Dialog, and Parenthetical—how to use with examples.

This chapter, using what we have learned previously, enables us to write solid, professional audio...