You have a story to
tell. Use Final Draft to write it. Use your creative energy to
focus on the content; let Final Draft take care of the style. Final Draft is
the number-one selling word processor specifically designed for writing movie
scripts, television episodics and stage plays.
It combines powerful
word processing with professional script formatting in one self-contained,
easy-to-use package. There is no need to learn about script formatting rules
– Final Draft automatically paginates and formats your script to industry
standards as you write.
Key Features• 100%
Cross-Platform Final Draft scripts are identical on both Windows™
and Macintosh® platforms and can easily be exchanged between both.
• Import/Export Filesfrom any word processor can be
imported easily, no need to re-type your script. Export to multiple file
formats (including PDF) to easily and securely share scripts with anyone.
• Script Registry Final Draft is a preferred file
format and the only scriptwriting software with an authorized agreement with
the WGAw online registry service.
• Production Features
Handles production functions with ease, including scene numbering, A and B
pages, multiple revisions, character sides and specialized reports.
• Tagger A separate application that enables you to
break down Final Draft scripts into their various elements and export them into
any scheduling software.
• ScriptCompare Dynamically
compares two scripts and highlights any changes, allowing you to easily see the
differences from one file to the next.
• Templates Over
50 television show, movie and stageplay templates are included, complete with
characters and locations.
• Format Assistant Checks
your script for common formatting errors, such as missing dialogue, extra
spaces, carriage returns and blank elements.
• ScriptNotes
Pop-up windows which can hold ideas, notes, suggestions or scene fragments
without taking up space onscreen.
• CollaboWriter
Write, edit and discuss a script with other Final Draft users in real time,
over the internet, anywhere in the world.
• Text to Speech
Have your script read back to you by assigning different voices to your
characters. It’s like having a live script reading in your computer.
• Ask the Expert An interactive problem-solver with
legendary screenwriting teacher Syd Field, television writer Larry Brody,
playwright Jon Dorf and WGAw’s The Creative Rights Handbook.
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Testimonials“Final Draft makes it possible
to simply imagine the movie in script form. If you can think in cinematic
terms, you can write in the terms of cinema.”
-- Tom Hanks
– Writer / Director / Producer / Actor / Academy Award™ Winner The Da
Vinci Code, Forrest Gump, Catch Me If You Can, Road to Perdition, Cast Away,
Philadelphia, Saving Private Ryan, That Thing You Do... “My
entire writing staff uses Final Draft. Its many useful, easy-to-use features
have been perfected, benefiting from suggestions and wish lists submitted over
the years by working film and television writers. Even if you don’t own a
computer, I recommend buying Final Draft.”
-- J.J. Abrams
– Writer / Director / Producer Six Degrees (TV), Mission Impossible III,
Lost (TV), Alias (TV), Felicity (TV), Armageddon, Regarding Henry...
“I've tried a variety of scriptwriting software and Final
Draft is without question my favorite. It's a real beauty of a program-smart,
intuitive and useful.”
-- Alan Ball – Writer /
Producer / Academy Award™ Winner American Beauty, Six Feet Under (TV)...
“Final Draft is the only screenwriting software I have ever
used. Quite simply because it is the best. The industry standard. From fade in
to fade out, Final Draft is the essential screenwriter's tool.”
-- Stuart Beattie – Writer / Producer Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black
Pearl, Collateral, Derailed...
