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Nuvotech Releases Movie Outline 2.0 for Mac OS X

Filed under: Press Releases by admin @ 1:55 pm on April 6, 2005

April 6, 2005  (London, UK) –Nuvotech is pleased to announce the release of Movie Outline 2.0, an innovative screenplay outlining application, for the Apple Macintosh OS X platform.

Product Development Strategy

“Our vision for Movie Outline has always been to help writers create outlines more easily, regardless of their computing platform,” said Dan Bronzite, CEO of Nuvotech. “Adding a Mac version is an evolutionary step in our product development and opens up our software to a whole new user base of professional creatives. By adding support for Mac we can now provide our software on the platform our customers choose and enable documents created on one platform to be easily transferred, viewed and edited on another.”

About Movie Outline

Movie Outline is an innovative step-outlining application allowing screenwriters to plan the structure of their screen story before writing the screenplay. It enables simple story planning with flexible scene reorganization and simultaneous reference to successful Hollywood movies. By streamlining the creation process of the entire outline structure, Movie Outline gives the screenwriter the space to think while constructing their story.

New in Version 2.0

  • PowerView – Customizable Color-Coded View to Plan Your 3 Act Structure
  • SmartSearch – Keep Track of Characters, Plot Devices & Keywords
  • HTML Export – Color-Coded Web Page Creation & Integrated Viewer
  • Story Tasks – Helpful Notes & Ideas Management System
  • Plus New right-click Contextual Style Menu and Word & Character Count!

Other Key Features

  • Simple, user-friendly interface
  • Movie Reference Plugins for Simultaneous Comparison
  • Easy Scene Reordering & Organization
  • PDF / RTF / TXT Export
  • Styled Text & Printing
  • Notes Field
  • Unlimited Undo / Redo
  • Find & Replace
  • Spell Check (130,000 word database)
  • Tip of the Day – Practical Screenwriting Advice

Reference Plugins Included

  • Die Hard (1988) Action-Thriller
  • Good Will Hunting (1997) Drama
  • Scream (1996) Horror
  • There’s Something About Mary (1998) Comedy
  • True Romance (1993) Crime Thriller
  • When Harry Met Sally (1989) Romantic Comedy

Mac System Requirements

  • OS X operating system.
  • 22 MB of free hard disk space.
  • 233 MHz CPU or higher.
  • PowerPC G3 Processor or better.
  • 64 MB of RAM.
  • VGA or higher monitor resolution.
  • Internet Connection for Download and Product Activation.

Windows System Requirements

  • Microsoft Windows® 98/Me/NT/2000/XP operating system.
  • 23 MB of free hard disk space.
  • 200 MHz CPU or higher.
  • Intel Pentium/Celeron Compatible Processor.
  • 32 MB of RAM.
  • VGA or higher monitor resolution.
  • Internet Connection for Download and Product Activation.

About Nuvotech

Movie Outline is developed and distributed internationally by Nuvotech, a British technology company based in London, founded by produced screenwriter and director Dan Bronzite to publish innovative software for the creative industry.

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  • Industry Standard Scrpt Formatting
  • Auto-Complete & Auto-Pagination
  • Auto-Convert & Auto-Capitalization
Unlike regular word processors, Movie Outline lays out your text to industry standard screenplay format by using 'Tab & Enter' keyboard shortcuts. It also guesses character names, auto-completes scene headings and transitions and automatically paginates as you type.
  • Fully-Integrated Step-Outlining
  • Highlight, Merge & Rearrange Steps
  • Story, Script & Notes For Each Step
Movie Outline's intuitive design helps you build and navigate your story outline, script and notes step by step through an AV remote-style console. You can highlight steps in different colors, merge multiple steps into a single step and easily rearrange your story narrative.
  • Index Cards For Steps & Scenes
  • Drag & Drop Reorganization
  • Color-Coded To Match Story Structure
Organizing your storyline is simple with Movie Outline's 'Drag & Drop' index cards which display your outline, script and notes for each step and scene. The cards can be color-coded to match your current structure template and repositioned in your outline with your mouse.
  • Create Your Own Structure Templates
  • Expand & Collapse Step Content
  • Reference 12 Hollywood Movies
PowerView lets you customize your story structure into color-coded acts, sequences or chapters and includes sample templates like the "Hero's Journey" and the "3 Act Structure" which many Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. You can also create your own templates.
  • Analyze Highs & Lows Of Your Story
  • Set FeelFactor Levels For Each Step
  • View 12 Hollywood Movie Graphs
Analyze your story pacing via a colored graph and compare it with breakdowns of popular movies in your reference library. The graph displays "FeelFactors" which are story elements that evoke a response in your audience such as shock, mystery, tension and romance.
  • Create In-Depth Character Profiles
  • Build Character Arcs Step By Step
  • Track Characters & View Speech Count
Movie Outline's Character Profile Wizard helps you create three-dimensional characters by answering a series of probing questions to build their personality. You can also define relationships with other characters and develop individual story arcs scene by scene.