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play the movie along with the script

Panos

Panos

Hello,
is there any screenwriting application that gives the ability to import a movie and play it while you can see beside the script rolling. Is there something like that? I have downloaded the Kill Bill script from IMSDB and I want to read it at the same time the movie is playing.
 
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I think the closet you could do would be to create your own close captioning and include the script descriptions instead of just dialogue
 
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I'm not sure how well that would work...

A simple on-screen action may take two or three lines in the script. It would take you longer to read it than it would for it the play out in the film. Sure, you can read dialogue quicker than it may be spoken (hence the reason the 'one-minute-per-page' rule works out), but you'd constantly be playing catch-up.

Also, as I'm sure you are fully aware (and I suspect is part of the reason you would like such an app), movies change constantly, from script, to production, to the edit. Chances are, the script won't tie up with the film at all... especially when you're talking about Tarantino... even more so with Kill Bill (which, I believe, was written as one movie, then split up in the final hours!).

Your best bet might be to print the script (or just load it on to a mobile device) so you can read it at your own pace, pausing the movie and flipping to the correct page whenever necessary.
 
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