| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome. My name is John August. My name's Craig Neisen. And this is episode 703 of Script Notes. It's a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Craig is mostly just trying to make true laugh. |
| 0:13.4 | So far so good. Today on the show, how do you write a period film that feels accurate but also compelling? most importantly not a history lesson we've got |
| 0:21.4 | at least 10 tips for timely tales plus some related listener questions and in our bonus segment from |
| 0:27.2 | premium members we are officially in the season of the witch oh so let's do our ranking of iconic witches |
| 0:32.9 | oh my god from a literature and film and we will put them in the proper order from God tier to D-level. |
| 0:40.5 | You do have the witch from Into the Woods in there, I assume. |
| 0:43.2 | But we can add the witch from into the woods. |
| 0:44.5 | Now we have 14 witches. |
| 0:46.9 | It's the last midnight. |
| 0:48.3 | It's the last midnight. |
| 0:50.9 | It's the lake. |
| 0:52.8 | So good. |
| 1:14.4 | A little bit of news to get through before we get started on things. Highland Pro, the app that my company makes, we turned on family sharing, which we didn't have on before. So now if you have it like anyone in your family, why were you guys anti-family? We were not anti-family at all. A bunch of libs. Basically, they sort of hide it in the interface different for way to do it. And so it's like, oh, can we turn on this switch? Because it's irreversible once you turn it on. |
| 1:10.9 | But we just... Basically, they sort of hide it in the interface for where you do it. |
| 1:12.7 | And so it's like, oh, can we turn on this switch? |
| 1:15.6 | Because it's irreversible once you turn it on, but we did it and it worked. |
| 1:25.0 | I guess that makes sense, right? Like once you start sharing with somebody, you can't take it away. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it's a nice thing. I love family sharing. It's not only which season, but it's also back-to-school season. |
| 1:27.6 | So I want to talk through almost all the screenwriting apps have a version of student licenses or sort of discounted student licenses. So for Highland Pro, that's free. So if you're a student at a university program, you get Highland Pro for free. You just need to send in an email from your email address at your university. So.ev. if you're in the U.S., but other countries, other things. Vote of your student ID. Fade-in has a similar thing. Student pricing is $60. Founder of student pricing at $90. Right of your wet has 50% off. Oh, final draft. $90 student pricing. Jesus, final draft. WTF is wrong with them. Yeah. 90. So, by the way, it's not worth $90. That software is worth $3. They're charging students a discounted rate of 90. So what are they charging poor everyone else that's getting fleeced? I think the most recent price I saw on there was $199. Oh, my God. I think it's more than that. No. Why are people still paying for this? Buy now. Let's see what it says. Do not buy now. Buy never. Final draft 13 personal license is $174.99. That's insane. That's 30% off the regular list price, which is $249.99. $249. It's a lot of money. So there are people who have paid $250 for Final Drive. So all this is a roundabout way to say, like if you are a student in a university program, you should use one of these discounted systems for getting it. And Highlands free, so you might as well try that. Exactly. Highland's free. The maximum you should pay is $60 for Fade-in. |
| 2:52.5 | But if you're a student, you don't need Fade-in either. Like, honestly, Highland, done. Or writer-duet is also like... 50% off. Yeah, and what does that cost? Based on what level you're getting at. There's a free version of it. There's a free version. My daughter was in a screening program last year, |
| 3:08.5 | was a screening class last year, |
| 3:10.2 | and they were doing it in Google Docs, and it's just so painful. So just don't do it in Google Docs. Why? Yeah. What? What? Yeah. I can't with with higher education. Yeah. So Amy is is Thailand and she's like, oh, it's a really good program. |
| 3:25.0 | I'm like, yes, your father spent 10 years making this program. I'm glad that you enjoy it. Right. But instead use Google Docs. Was it the school asking them to do Google Docs? Or was it the kids who prefer using Google? Basically, I think the professor didn't require them to use anything other than this. He said it's fine if you use Google Docs. |
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