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Happy Holidays from HHH
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from everyone at Hand Held Hollywood (including Delilah who just unwrapped her very own iBone). Thanks to all our readers for spreading the word, and our advertisers for keeping the lights on. You all rock! We’ve got BIG things planned for the new year, including coverage of CES. NAB and Macworld. We’ll also be unveiling our
Spend the holiday with Inglourious Basterds
Looking for a little light holiday reading? We’ve got just the thing… Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. At $13.99, the price is a bit steep. But for any writers-in-training, this screenplay is a must read. Whether you love or hate his films, you have to admit that Tarantino has a knack for engaging dialogue, and explosive tension. “I love rumors! Facts can be so
Meow hear this! We review Save the Cat!
Writers who’ve enjoyed Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, will likely be thrilled by the new Save The Cat! ($19.99) app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about should run out, buy this book, read it, and then come back.
…we’ll wait…
In his books, author Blake Snyder teaches his system for perfecting the craft of screenwriting. He introduces tools and techniques designed to focus and inspire. He begins by stressing the importance of a powerful log-line, and then guides you in picking the perfect genre. After that, he helps you build a 15 step beat sheet, and then explains how to structure everything on a board with 40 index cards.
Snyder knows structure, and it shows in his techniques. The Save the Cat! app brings those techniques to the mobile screenwriter.
Let’s check it out!
I.M.D.B. on the I.P.H.O.N.E.
When I heard that the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) finally had its own iPhone app, I must admit, I was pretty unenthusiastic. There are already a ton of apps that searched the database, some of which I like quite a bit. But after trying out the official IMDB app, I’m hooked.
Live Video Broadcasts from your iPhone
iPhone owning Journalists have just been given an early holiday present. Apple has approved Ustream Live Broadacaster for the iPhone 3G & 3GS. This free app lets you stream LIVE video (and audio) over a Wifi or 3G connection, directly to the web. Your feed can be viewed on the Ustream website by anyone who knows your Usteam username, or
Screenplay improves Final Draft FDX support
Sure they had it in there before, but now they REALLY have it in there. With yesterday’s release of Screenplay 1.1.5, you can now import and export your Final Draft scripts with full FDX support. According to Black Mana Studios, the FDX data remains intact, and no longer gets all futzed up (my word, not theirs). Also new is the ability
