.he _AVScripter_ demo script
.tl1 _The Wonderful World of AVScripter_
.TL2 By Tom Schroeppel
.tl3 (c) Copyright Tom Schroeppel 1990


.v FADE IN ON
    
.v# WIDE SHOT - TOM SCHROEPPEL standing by his computer.
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.v        (Title)
.v     TOM SCHROEPPEL
.a TOM:
.A Welcome to AVScripter.  The first thing you should notice about the 
full-width source file is that, for clarity's sake, I skipped two lines
after the third title line. These extra blank lines are ignored when the
script is printed out. 

.V TOM picks up computer printout and waves it in the air.
.A This is because AVScripter automatically discards blank lines at the
top of the page.  So if a scene ends at the bottom of one page, the next
page will automatically start with the next non-blank line.

.A FADE IN SFX of printer UNDER.
.v TOM turns and walks off camera.

.v# CLOSEUP - Printer with two-column script being printed out.
.a SFX printer UP.

.v As printing stops, CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal TOM entering frame and
removing paper from printer.  He turns to the camera.
.a TOM:
.A I designed AVScripter to work with any printer.  This means no
special installation, no dip-switch flipping, no hassles.  You should be
able to get all of AVScripter's features, even _underlining_, with any
printer.   
.a
.a If you want, you can also send special head and tail printer codes to
your printer.  Each line of printer codes can be up to 80 characters and
spaces.
.a
.a You can also print selected pages and multiple copies--even multiple
copies of selected pages!

.v# CLOSEUP - two-column script
.V CAMERA TILTS DOWN to bottom margin where there is _no_ "CONTINUED".
.A TOM (VOICE-OVER):
.a If a blank line or a new scene occurs near the bottom of the page, 
AVScripter starts a new page, rather than split an audio-video block
across two pages.  (It just did it.)

.v# MEDIUM SHOT - TOM
.a TOM:
.a Of course, you're not locked in to the standard page length and
number of lines per page.  You can change either default.

.v CAMERA PULLS BACK and PANS with TOM as he walks over to a stack of
papers by his computer.
.a But here's the real reason I wrote AVScripter.  These are the
revisions on a script I recently wrote.

.a _Without AVScripter_--even with one of those on-screen two-column
programs--I would have spent a lot of time jumping back and forth
between columns, re-aligning audio and video lines, renumbering scenes
and pages, looking for page breaks, and adding "CONTINUED" to the
bottoms and tops of pages.

.a _With AVScripter_, I could concentrate on script content, and let the
computer worry about everything else.  Writing is a lot more fun now.  

.v He turns to computer and touches a key.  An AVScripter source file
with dot commands scrolls up the screen.
.a Here's something else I like.

.v# CLOSEUP - Computer screen
.v Full-width source file scrolls up and stops.
.a TOM (VOICE-OVER):
.A Look at that screen.  There's a lot of information on it.  A lot more
information than you'd see if it were in two separate columns. 
Full-screen text is easier to write, easier to rewrite, and easier to
manipulate.  Block moves are simple when you don't have to worry about
keeping your columns aligned or renumbering your scenes or adjusting
your page breaks.

.v# MEDIUM SHOT - TOM
.a TOM:
.A If you think AVScripter would be useful to you, please send me the
$30 registration fee.  When I receive it, I'll send you the latest
version on disk, a handy command card, free updates for six months, and
complete printed documentation explaining the following advanced
features:

.v# Titles echoing audio lines appear on screen as features are
mentioned.
.a Starting the program direct from the opening menu, bypassing the
monochrome test and shareware screens.
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.a Inserting full-width text in the middle of your script.
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.a Printing both columns double-spaced.
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.a Printing the video column single-spaced and the audio column double-
spaced.
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.a Changing the width of your columns: narrow video/wide audio, vice
versa, or any setting in between.
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.a Sending commands to your printer automatically.
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.a Changing page length, number of lines per page, starting scene
number, or starting page number.
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.a Inserting non-printing comment lines--notes to yourself--inside your
script.

.v FADE TO BLACK