Bela Lampert

Optioned Screenwriter / Yoga Instructor

How to use Formatting Elements in Fade In

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Formatting Elements In Fade In In this article I’m going to demonstrate what kind of screenplay formatting elements Fade In uses to take care of the screenplay formatting for you, and how you can use them quickly and easily. Screenplay Format If you look at a finished...

They Just Don’t Get It

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] They Just Don't Get It I had a discussion with someone yesterday. It was basically about the fine line between self care and pushing yourself to produce creative output. It wasn’t a bad discussion at all but at some point I realized that the other person just...

Getting Around In Fade In – The User Interface

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Fade In User Interface In this article I’ll give you a tour around the Fade In user interface and I’ll, including how to use the navigator and how to order or structure your scenes. What you see here is the general page-layout view Fade In presents...

Here Comes The Lesson

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Here Comes The Lesson Not everything goes according to our plans all the time. Every now and then something happens that seems to be a setback, a failure, a bad turn of events, call it what you want. It’s one of those things that worry us...

Final Draft

Headers and Footers in Final Draft 12

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="66973"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Headers and Footers in Final Draft 12 Headers and Footers in Final Draft can hold additional information that is important, depending on the kind of screen- or stageplay you are writing. The most common use of information in the header is maybe the scene number, but...

Stick To Your Own Rules

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Stick To Your Own Rules A couple of years ago I had a rough time. I couple of things happened in my life that led me into emotional turmoil and it was of little surprise that this started to affect my health soon. I was exhausted and...

Final Draft 12 Screenplay Formatting Elements

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How To Format Your Script In Final Draft 12 In this article we’ll look at the different screenplay elements that we’ve already seen before and see how to create them and jump from element to element quickly to keep in the writing flow. Most screenplay writing...

Moving Around In Your Script In Final Draft 12

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Move Around In Your Script With The “Go To” Tool in Final Draft 12 In this article we’ll look at how you can quickly find or jump to certain sections in your screenplay. Let’s suppose you’ve already written quite a lot of, at some point you’ll...

Final Draft

Bookmarks in Final Draft 12

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How To Use Bookmarks In Final Draft 12 In this lesson we’ll learn how to use bookmarks so you can easily mark certain places in your script that you might want to refer to more often. The bookmark principle is the same as in most other...

How to Create Labels for TV Scripts and Stage Plays in Final Draft 12

[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="65872"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Creating Labels For TV Scripts And Stageplays In Your Script With Final Draft 12 What are labels? In this article we’ll have a look at labels. Labels are something that is not needed regularly by writers, it’s mostly for television shows, but you should be able...