Features

• Ratings, summaries and details for over 20,000 films in every gerne
• Browse a ranked list of popular films, voted on by thousands of different viewers
• Complete filmographies for thousands of movie personalities, from the famous to the obscure
• Film library tools help you organize & manage your movie collection
• Get direct access to film premieres, DVD release dates, and film festivals

Amazon.com Product Description

Watch full-length feature films on your Pocket PC. This CD-ROM features three films that can be viewed with Microsoft Media Player on your Pocket PC using the included, exclusive installer software. With either a desktop or laptop PC, just point and click the desired film from the CD-ROM to install it onto your Pocket PC. This package includes director Roger Corman's The Little Shop of Horrors, Cyrano de Bergerac starring Oscar-winner José Ferrer, and the 1937 version of A Star Is Born with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. ... Read more

Features

• The Screenwriter's word processor
• Provides numerous features needed by screenwriters not found in standard word processors
• Page 2 Stage is the one word processor that can work in scenes, work as a continuous flow, or work in pages
• Page 2 Stage offers reports and graphs that provide you feedback on your script.
• Page 2 Stage is also available in 30 languages from Basque to Turkish including Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

Amazon.com Review

Final Draft AV fills a niche that Final Draft's screenwritingsoftware ignored: creation of two-column audio-video scripts andaudio-only scripts for radio. Television news writers, segment producers, andad writers usually create scripts with video in the left column andaudio in the right column. Writers who don't have access to aprofessional scriptwriting system like Basys or Avstar usually inserttext into existing script templates, or patch something together usingtables and columns in a word processing program. As both of theseoptions scream "hack!" students and freelancers will welcome FinalDraft's venture into this format of scripting.

That said, Final Draft AV feels like a TV-writing program designed byscreenwriters. The two columns are there, it's easy and intuitive tomove between them, and the video column does stay aligned with thematching audio column. But there are also some glaring omissions. Theprogram doesn't provide estimated times for scripts, nor does itprovide a space to input actual running time once a script is produced.Some of the automatic functions are unnecessary: each time the writertabs from the video column to the audio column, the programautomatically underlines and adds a colon to whatever is written.Useful for screenwriters, who write dialog between characters that mustadhere to a strict punctuation format, it's useless for segmentproducers, who usually have one narrator reading their copy.

Also, though the user's manual says that importing and exportingscripts to and from Final Draft AV from other word processors is simplya matter of making sure they're saved in rich text format, we couldn'tsuccessfully manage it with a multipage script for a half-hour cookingshow without going back and forth between the scripts and thenperforming major surgery on the mashed together copy. We think theFrankenscript occurred because there isn't one "right" way to write ascript for TV: unfamiliar capitalization and spacing confused FinalDraft AV, so the program just crammed it all together. Scripts can betransitioned smoothly between computers if both were written in FinalDraft AV. And Final Draft AV scripts can go from PCs to Macs with nohang-ups.

Using Final Draft AV is still a lot better than building homemadescript templates with your word processor, but a template is really allthis program provides. It will probably work well for student projects,single segments, and ad scripts. But if you want to use this program todevelop and produce a multisegment half-hour show, you'll have to pullout your stopwatch and your calculator. --Anne Erickson ... Read more

Reviews (5)

Excellent!
This software is a professional's dream come true, yet beginners should have no problem with it. The fellow who only rated it a one is obviously clueless. I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who needs to write copy for broadcasting.

Saved me from lots of headaches!
I've struggled for years (to say the least) attempting to write audio-visual scripts by using tables in Word. Final Draft AV solved all my problems and kept the Video and Audio columns aligned perfectly. It is very easy to use and I recommend it to anyone who needs to write scripts in a two-column format.

Could be better...
I've tried to use Word processors to set columns to write short commercials and scripts. I could never figure out how to keep the audio and video together without frequent adjustments. This was a dream come true...

I was willing to pay the bucks if it did what it said. And it did, without much difficulty...right out of the box. I wrote my first script within 10 minutes of installation and it looked like I wanted...a place for video that matched the audio.

My only negative is that this software is of little use for anything else...as far as I know, it's not doubling as a word processor. It does a script and if that's what you need, buy it! It makes life just bit easier...just forget the price.

Dreadfully poor!
After using Word and Pagemaker to do a/v scripts for years, I decided to "move up" to a product that's made specifically for the purpose: Final Draft A/V. It has too many shortcomings to list here, but try these three for starters: 1) You're stuck with Times New Roman, a deficiency that's admitted on page 45 of the User Guide. "A future version of Final Draft A/V will permit full font control. Make sure you register so that you will be notified when updates are available." Sure, you can change the font, but at the next new paragraph, it defaults back to Times, every time; 2) When the user inserts text in the midst of existing text, it jumps automatically WITH EACH KEYSTROKE to the end of that page. To get back to the insert point to type the next character, the user must press ENTER after each and every key stroke. The wild back and forth flipping is maddening; 3) one of the options is to offset-right the script to allow lefthand space when printing for 3-hole punching. Even though I have never activated this feature, and even though the live area appears centered on my computer screen, it ALWAYS prints out with the offset and I've tested it on the two ink jets and one laser printer that are attached to my computer. It's truly the worst software I've ever purchased, but the packaging looks very good in dim light.

Finally!
I have been waiting for a product like this for years. Writing dual-column scripts in Word using tables has been very painful (to say the least!) and Final Draft AV makes it quite easy. I have also been a very satisfied user of their screenplay software, Final Draft, for many years. I called the company and they are committed to improving the product substantially in the next few months...but right now I am extremely happy with what it does for me and all the time it has saved me. ... Read more

Features

• Create video presentations for websites, DVDs and PowerPoint in minutes
• Includes step-by-step wizards
• Includes templates, royalty-free graphics and music
• Use cutting-edge transitions and video effects like green screen
• Includes an integrated teleprompter and microphone

Reviews (1)

This upgraded version is pure magic (again)
This is a significant update of an earlier product called "SERIOUS MAGIC Visual Communicator Plus" (ASIN B000066S28). The earlier product was one of the best tools for creating professional quality videos you could get at any price, and the same holds true for this updated version

Also, the real magic remains in the software, which is a self contained environment for creating videos - not merely editing them. I love the templates that provide a 'program format' such as news, the animated backgrounds, and stock video and sound clips.The automated wizards make creating a presentation a snap, and this version adds integration with web sites, DVDs and PowerPoint.

You'll need the following minimum hardware and software to install and use the software: Windows® 98, 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP, an 800 Mhz or faster Pentium III processor or equivalent, a 16MB AGP graphics card with 3D acceleration and Internet Explorer 5.0 or above. For interfacing camcorders you'll need a video input card, such as a Firewire or analog capture device that is compatible with your camcorder. You also have to make sure that the interface has a Windows DirectShow compatible driver. To make sure that you are working with the most up-to-date requirements go to ASIN B00006GME4 and check for the latest updates.

If ever there was a killer application looking for a market, this is it. Visual Communicator has business and personal uses that will allow anyone with the right equipment and a touch of creativity to make compelling presentations in the business environment and send greetings to friends and relatives that are far beyond what one can do with paper. It's also useful for proposals, training and just about any other use that will be enhanced by visual communication. ... Read more