A professional screenwriting app for macOS and iOS TwelvePoint is the
quickest way to write a screenplay on a Mac, iPad and iPhone. For
beginners, TwelvePoint offers the perfect combination of
simplicity, automation and brings you up-to-speed in no time,
even if you are not an expert writer. For professional,
TwelvePoint brings a minimalist interface, reducing to the
minimum the distractions, combined with powerful features to
speedup the writing and review process. We carefully designed
TwelvePoint to be a modern and versatile screenwriting app, able
to assist you at any stage of your creative process, to bring
your story to live as quick as possible. TwelvePoint is also an
editor but is not a word processor. The interface has been
structured to be has minimal as possible and we removed all the
extra or the items you don’t need or want. You can decide whether
you want to build your screenplay with a point-and-click
environment, taking advantages of the automation or just write
your lines directly. Either way, TwelvePoint will provide you
with a 360º view on your scenario and the publishing is just one
click away. What makes TwelvePoint an
effective screenwriting app?
These are some of the
major criteria we considered fundamental while designing
TwelvePoint:
What TwelvePoint is NOT
TwelvePoint is not an editor to write fancy documents, stylised
paragraphs or to insert animations or images; in few words:
TwelvePoint is not a word processor. Power at an affordable cost
With TwelvePoint we wanted an application that could be used by
anybody with an iPhone or a Mac and high focus has been dedicated to
find a balance cost. A simple interface
For each project in
TwelvePoint, the information is presented in panels. No windows that
need to be rearranged or go on another screen. You decide which panel
you need and the app remembers the configuration. Keys combinations are important When you write, you can use
keys combinations to jump from one paragraph to another or to create a
new dialogue or action. You can use the point of course but if you need
to stay focus on the lines you are writing, the keyboard is your best
friend. Not just clouds...
You can save and import copy of your projects using the iCloud folders but also you can just archive them in your mailbox.
Set your goals
A screenplay always start from a little idea, a few lines concept that
later develops into acts and scenes. No need to learn new formatting
languages
Why a writer shall learn a
new formatting language? TwelvePoint does not require
any additional skill then being able to type. The writer types the
content, the app does page layout, text formatting, correct spacing,
parsing and much more. If you have a plain text
screenplay-like similar to the one below: INT. OFFICE – NIGHT Georgi enters the room. It is dark.
ADELE
GEORGI
You can import in no-time. Everything has its place
TwelvePoint presents information the way you ask. Export anything at anytime
TwelvePoint supports a variety of export formats, such as text, HTML,
RTF, PDF and 12pt (TwelvePoint Project editable format). A Light Weight Scenario
Resources like images are important in a project, they enrich the
environment, provide guidelines and inspiration, but you might end up
growing the total size of your project. Mobility is the key
Since a TwelvePoint scenario can be imported seamless from a Mac to an
iPad or an iPhone and viceversa, no need to save your thoughts on
paper or on a word editor. Typing like in a chat
So now that you are free from any margin constrains, just type
actions, dialogues freely. Storyboarding
TwelvePoint brings storyboarding to the next level. Forget stickers,
notes arranged in an unorganised way, writing the same information in
too many places… Finished your story? Let’s
print it!
The way you are going to present your scenario is totally independent
from the content. This means that your dialogues and actions will be
organised on pages, cut if necessary, all following the screenwriting
rule that you select. What if I need to translate the
scenario in another language?
TwelvePoint provides powerful tools to speed up the adaptation process
of a scenario into another style or language.
Screenwriting, outlining and content management
Word processors offer a large amount of functionalities
that goes far beyond the screenwriting need, so while you can
still (obviously), do the basic editing on text, all the other
“enrichments” have been left out on purpose.
In word processors you need to take care of the page
layout (margins, line spacing) and particularly the font.
TwelvePoint formats all the content according to the
publishing typology selected (movie, teleplay, theater, novel)
and adapts the page layout and the formatting to the target
standard (e.g., American, Italian, French, or yours).
TwelvePoint can import or interpret free text content in
a screenplay-like style so you can import / export all the time,
your scenario in the format you need.
TwelvePoint is available on the App Store for macOS and iOS
at price below $30 USD and that’s it. No recurring costs. All the
requested new functionalities form the community will be integrated
and available to all user at zero-cost.
TwelvePoint implements encryption, this means that you can
store copies of your project or scenario directly on your e-mail, so
you do not need to pay additional costs for remote storage.
Backups are important and
there are several ways to archive/save copies of your work.
TwelvePoint offers a dashboard space in which you can set
your goals in a checklist. The status is always visible and it gives
you the eagle-eye view on the status of your scenario.
He is
here!
Is
anybody here?
If typing is your thing, you can type the whole act of scene
just in free text in a format like the one above; TwelvePoint will
interpret the lines and integrate the new content in the project,
seamless.
This also means that, at any given time you can export your
scenario as RTF (for example) send it out for editing to those who do
not use TwelvePoint and import back the revisioned version as a new
version, seamless.
You need to add annotations to an action or a dialogue? No
problem there is a section for that.
You can also associate pictures with your content, copy /
paste from internet, your hard drive, anywhere.
The reader mode gives you a distraction free space where your
quickly review the dialogues or the scenes setup and add some remarks.
As usual, in TwelvePoint you can decide whether to highlight
the reader notes or just discard them.
TwelvePoint presents always the information in an
easy-to-browse way. It does not matter how many personages you have in
your scenario or locations. TwelvePoint gives you quick summaries to
find out where a protagonist is talking or just mentioned.
All the exports can be password protected. This means that
only those device with TwelvePoint installed and the password can read
/ edit the content.
In addition, everything that is text can be exported. Summary
notes, synopsis, treatments can be easily shared. Same for review
notes and comments.
TwelvePoint provides the possibility to select what to share
or to export when sending a project through e-mail or archiving it on
hard-disk. The size of a project can be extremely compacted and it is
perfect for backing up versions of your scenario.
Projects can be shared via iCloud folders, Air Drop or by e-mail, all
in total security.
Whether you are using the Mac version or the iPhone version,
writing is easy.
On an iPhone or iPad you can use a modern interface to
quickly edit / arrange / duplicate paragraph.
It does not matter if you write with one finger at time or
not, when you tap on “publishing” the scenario will always looks
perfect and balanced.
Isn’t that incredible that you could write your next script
just while commuting on a train?
With TwelvePoint you can create your high-level view of your
story with images or just with few lines of text, you choose what to
see and when.
By default, you can select among: American, French, Italian,
Korean publishing styles. Of course you can modify the existing
settings create and share your custom publishing rules with other
users.
All the scene headings, transitions and other screenplay
related keywords or elements can be configured to represent a new
language.
This means that just by selecting a new set of publishing
rules, your scenario is already conform to the new language style.
TwelvePoint does not translate automatically the content, but
using the multi-language features you will able to reduce dramatically
formatting mistakes, wrong paginations and other usually difficult to
catch errors.