Hey everyone,
I create online courses for colleges and companies. I recently discovered Causality and am using it since. The overview it gives me when I have recurring story elements in a series of course videos is unmatched. Once collaboration features come I will recommend it to my group of writers and reviewers to replace Google Docs. Causality makes it much easier to talk about script structure before writing starts.
Non-fiction may not be the intended focus of this app but I like to ask for three minor features nonetheless: 1. When a filter is active (blocks) the script view shows locations ("INT OFFICE DAY"). It doesn't do that when no filter is active. Which of course would be the desired behaviour for non-fiction. Could you hide the location when filters are active as well (unless it's a screenwriting project of course).
2. Having word count would really help. Per block / group / all.
3. Could you add a link feature for urls in the script or syllabus? This way reviewers could click the link and navigate to videos related to the script. Think frame.io or similar services.
Thanks a lot, keep up the good work
Martin
Hi Per,
with regards to word count this is how I use it in other apps:
In Google Docs I have to select the text that I want counted. This is because otherwise all meta text ("review date:...") would be counted as well and I don't need that.
In Scrivener the word count for each document is shown in the status bar at all times. I find this to be useful and unobtrusive. When I select text then only the selected part is counted.
When I select multiple documents and display their content together (a Scrivener feature similar to defining a filter in Causality), then the combined content is counted. This definitely meets all my needs and then some.
In Causality I combine beats in groups, whereby each group represents one video script. And the word count for each group is all I need.
Thanks
Hi,
That seems to be a bug that the filtered view doesn't respect the global setting for whether to show scene headings at all. I've added it to the next polish list.
This is requested quite often, and we should do something. Could you make a list of which word counts are most useful? Please try to be as non-speculative as possible, i.e. list the ones that have historically helped you in other apps. This is just to not over-implement a feature beyond what is actually going to be used.
Yes, we should have link parsing, both in beat text, synopsis and notes.