How I Wrote the Screenplay for “Arrival” and What I Learned Doing It

Re:How I Wrote the Screenplay for “Arrival” and What I Learn... by SCdF on Sunday December 04, 2016 @12:26PM (#13100738)

> Why would you need image embedding in screenwriting software?

For the reason noted in TFA.

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Re:How I Wrote the Screenplay for “Arrival” and What I Learn... by Keyframe on Sunday December 04, 2016 @12:34PM (#13100763)

That's one special case and he mentioned he wouldn't do it again.

Will I ever use this method in another screenplay? Maybe not.

There are tools to do that differently. Often times, I need to 'decorate' a screenplay (TV) with drawings for producers and as a selling tool. It's like an illustrated screenplay. I do it in... Word. Of all things. It's not a production screenplay, so a simple copy/paste between two applications works best. Paste Courier 12pt text into Word, style it a bit and embed images. Done.

If you want to have pictures follow your text, do it in Word or Scrivener (better). Scripts have a certain layout and rules which are there for a reason(s). Reasons which are important.

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