Movie Outline

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Movie Outline
Developer(s) Nuvotech Limited
Stable release
3.1.5
Platform Windows; Mac
Type Screenwriting software
Website www.movieoutline.com

Movie Outline is a word processing program developed by Nuvotech Limited. It is used to step outline a cinematic story and format a screenplay. It was created by Dan Bronzite, an English screenwriter. It was released in 2004 as an outliner with more features added in later releases.

Contents

The software is based on the principle of step-outlining, where a writer creates their story step-by-step before writing the screenplay. One of Movie Outline's features is its "Reference Plugins" which compare the writer's story with outlines and analyses of Hollywood movies.

Program features

History

Movie Outline was launched in early 2004 for Windows purely as an outliner. In 2005, Version 2 was released along with a Mac OS X version, adding new features including structuring tools and a story tasks "to do" list.

In 2007, Nuvotech Limited released Version 3 at the Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles, California. This incarnation had evolved into a fully-fledged screenplay development application that now included professional script formatting features and character development tools. The product was well received by users and reviewers [1] and highlighted the importance of outlining to the screenwriting community.

In 2010, Version 3.1 was released with over 100 new features and improvements and was offered for free to its existing users. [2]

In 2017, Nuvotech re-launched Movie Outline under the new brand name of Script Studio [3] with a slate of new features including a dedicated Novel Mode, Night Mode, Unicode and right-to-left language support, WYSIWYG Dual Dialogue, global Scratch Pad, new templates and an updated interface design.

System requirements

Windows
Mac OS

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References

  1. www.nuvotech.co.uk, Nuvotech Limited. "Movie Outline - Magazine & Web Reviews". www.movieoutline.com.
  2. "Movie Outline 3.1 Screenwriting Software Released - Screenwriting Blog". www.movieoutline.com.
  3. "Nuvotech Releases Script Studio® Creative Writing Software For Mac & PC - Screenwriting Blog". www.movieoutline.com.