KIT Scenarist is a screenwriting environment for developing film scripts from initial research and story planning through to a completed screenplay. It combines a dedicated script editor with tools for organising reference material and examining the structure of a story.
The application divides the writing process into several areas covering research, planning, screenplay editing and reporting. Writers can collect supporting information, arrange scenes visually and prepare scripts using established screenplay formatting conventions.
KIT Scenarist was developed by the team behind Story Architect. The original project has been discontinued, with its developers moving to Story Architect. Its repository is archived and no longer accepts changes.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Dedicated screenplay editor with automatic formatting of script elements.
- Research module for organising text documents, notes, images and web links.
- Corkboard for arranging, grouping and reorganising scenes using index cards.
- Text-style storyboarding for planning the progression of a screenplay.
- Mind maps for developing and connecting story ideas.
- Detailed production reports covering screenplay structure and character activity.
- Statistics for scene duration, action duration and dialogue duration.
- Analyse character appearances and dialogue counts.
- Graphs showing character activity and scene dynamics.
- Import Final Draft XML, DOCX, Fountain and Trelby documents.
- Export screenplays as PDF, Final Draft XML, DOCX and Fountain.
- Customisable screenplay formatting and templates.
- Spell checking and automatic saving.
- Dark interface theme and two-panel editing mode.
- Translations for several languages, including French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/dimkanovikov/KITScenarist
Support:
Developer: Dimka Novikov, Alexey Polishkin and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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KIT Scenarist is written in C++ and C. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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