ScriptE

I have no words to say how much this app has changed my life, career and mood :) for the better! I am a film production professional and as such I wanted to be up to date with the technology at my workplace, just as I am in my private life... This app has made that possible. No more binders, endless paperwork and addition and subtraction at the end of a long day. ScriptE app is a "one stop shop" where you can import your script from final draft, do your breakdown, and start shooting; It's fairly flexible, it does what you need it to do your job and much more. I am very happy. If I could ask for one thing it would be to have Apple make previous scriptE app updates available so we can revert to them in case a "bug" snuck in the code for the current update - until it is fixed.

….I know that sounds a bit outrageous for an App but I am not kidding. This app saves me so much time, has made me much more mobile, allows me to focus much more on the action and continuity rather than notes, has saved my aching back, gets me into my car 30 minutes earlier at the end of each night, and lets me sleep an extra 90 minutes every night (plus the 30 I am not on set so actually 120 minutes). Importing a script from Final Draft 8 into the program is a breeze and immediately all of the scenes are given a page count and an estimated timing based on that page count. The different tabs for slug, characters, props, wardrobe, etc make keeping track of everything so simple and the ability to integrate photos right into the notes is an amazing feature… there are several places you can grab the photo relating to a given scene so that it is always easy to pull up just exactly the one you need in seconds. There were a lot of bugs with this app when it first came out but the developer has worked hard to resolve them and now it is virtually bug free. I have used the program on four separate productions and it just gets better and better as the bugs are worked through and I get more familiar with what it can do. I cannot say enough good things about it. And how about no more 20lb binder??? Now with the iPad I can jump up out of my chair and be across the room in seconds. I can make notes while standing in the most confining of spaces, in the PITCH DARK without needing any lighting, I can line a script with a tap of my stylus - no ruler needed. If it's raining I just put it inside a clear plastic bag and keep working. No more hauling a big bag around with my binder, spare script, several pens, pencils, white out, stopwatches, scissors, glue tape, hole reinforcements, stapler, hole punch etc etc etc. My wrap report is done AT WRAP - all I have to put in is the wrap time and my time out and PRESTO it is done. The second AD LOVES me because he has my report less than 30 seconds after wrap is called so HE can go home 30 minutes to an hour earlier than usual. I am outta there in record time as well. And all of my notes have been emailed off while I put my coat on and gather my water bottle so when I get home I am DONE with work and can go to bed. And the EDITOR just LOVES the notes…. they rave about them to me. Seriously… get this program if you are a script supervisor. It honestly will change your life. And it really doesn't take that long to get familiar with it. Note: there are still one or two little things that don't perform as they are supposed to but that is more an issue with Final Draft. For instance: if your script is divided into ACTS, they will not auto enter into the Act field. This is because Final Draft does not have a special designation for that line of type so it goes in as an ACTION line and the ScriptE program does not recognize it as an act. Hopefully the ScriptE programmer and the Final Draft programmer can have a chat one day and make FD a wee bit more ScriptE friendly. But honestly, if it doesn't happen it is really not a big deal.