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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

Tracking the cast


As shown in the preceding illustration, there is an extra button at the bottom of Celtx's main script window in a Theatre script, second from the right, Cast. The following screenshot shows what we get when we left click on it:

It's a cast list that you fill out and—if the Show Title Page & Cast option has been clicked in Format Options (as shown in the preceding section), a cast list is added just before the script and after the title page, which looks as follows:

This feature should not be confused with the Master Catalog in the Project Library window, where Celtx automatically tracks all characters with a speaking part (and lets us manually add the bit players with nonspeaking roles).

Pop quiz

  1. 1. How many acts make up a play?

    1. a. One

    2. b. Three

    3. c. Five

    4. d. Any of the above

  2. 2. What are the three main things you describe in writing a play?

    1. a. Characters, Audience Seating, Setting

    2. b. Characters, Setting, Stage Directions

    3. c. Characters, Setting, Number of Stagehands