Dara Amarie's Official Help Thread! [closed]

[IC-Iris]

Filter wont reset before next scene, zooms and overlay spots aren’t in the right spot before scene starts

EXT. BUS STOP EVENING - NIGHT with CAR SIDE PURPLE with EFFECT SMOKE with RED COP LIGHT
sound car_crash
#FILTER: Black and White
@/set hsl 0 -100 0 no_colorize with blendMode NORMAL to 100%
#Your Filter will be enabled for every scene after this line
#To turn off the filter, use @rest hsl or @reset hsl in [# of seconds]
EXT. BUS STOP EVENING - NIGHT with CAR SIDE PURPLE with EFFECT SMOKE with RED COP LIGHT
@/set hsl 0 -100 0 no_colorize with blendMode NORMAL to 100%
@/overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE shifts to -141 -1
@/overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE scales to 0.581 0.581
@/overlay EFFECT SMOKE shifts to -27 -84
@/overlay EFFECT SMOKE scales to 1.277 1.277
@/overlay RED COP LIGHT shifts to -22 87
@/overlay RED COP LIGHT scales to 1.000 1.000
@/zoom on 0 236 to 285% in 0.1
@/zoom on 240 0 to 285% in 0.1
@/zoom on 0 87 to 183% in 0.1
@/zoom on 176 246 to 140% in 0.1
&NIGHTMARE spot 0.876 -15 187
&PAST ILISSA spot 0.765 172 168
@/PAST ILISSA starts standup_neutral and PAST ILISSA faces right
@/pause for 2
sound heartbeat
@/PAST ILISSA starts react_mortified and PAST ILISSA faces left
@/pause for 1

    PAST ILISSA (talk_afraid)
What's going on, Where's my dad?
    PAST ILISSA (callout_neutral)
Someone please, We need help!
    PAST ILISSA (cry_sob_sad_loop)
Why isn't anyone helping?)

&zoom on 176 246 to 320% in 3.5
@/NIGHTMARE walks to spot 0.877 135 193 in 3
&PAST ILISSA starts idle_terrified_loop
NIGHTMARE (hug_neutral)
No one is coming Ilissa
@/transition fade out black

INT. EURO HOTEL ROOM - DAY
@/reset hsl

[Dara.Amarie]

You have the same scene right after each other with the filter in between. All you need is to just have 1 scene. You also need to add “in 0” to the filter command if you want your scene to start off already in the black and white filter. “in 0” means in zero seconds.

@set hsl 0 -100 0 no_colorize with blendMode NORMAL to 100% in 0

The same applies to your overlays. Add “in 0” to all of your overlay commands. Or you can just plug in the numbers next to the background name:

@Dara.Amarie

1. Typing the overlay next to the background name using the word “with”

This is used when you want your overlay(s) to be already placed at the beginning of the scene. (If you’re adding the overlay to the background name then you only need to enter the scale size just once)

INT. BACKGROUND NAME - DAY with OVERLAYNAME
or
INT. BACKGROUND NAME - DAY with OVERLAYNAME to % x y
or
INT. BACKGROUND NAME - DAY with OVERLAYNAME in zone #
or
INT. BACKGROUND NAME - DAY with OVERLAYNAME at layer #
or
INT. BACKGROUND NAME - DAY with OVERLAYNAME to % x y in zone # at layer #

[Star-rae]

Hey please how can I use textMessage effect???

[Dara.Amarie]

Read this

[Bridi]

hi would you be able to tell me how to reset the text after using
set format phonetext

[norrachaouch]

Why sometimes we put “THEN” in the script?

[Bridi]

Over Shoulder Script Template

This website will help you out

[Bridi]

it has free script templates as well as tutorial videos

[kelleyg]

Hey Dara, I have a scene where one character brings the other coffee. The first walks in carrying it to give it to the second character. It adds the cup to the first character just fine but when I go to add it to the second it doesn’t show.

This is my script:
@add Coffee Cup to WESLEY
@speechbubble is 195 196 to 100% with tail_top_left
@JESSE is talk_phone_neutral_loop
WESLEY (talk_hold_drink)
Hey baby doll, brought you coffee.
@KYLA is take_item_grateful
@add Coffee Cup to KYLA
@remove Coffee Cup from WESLEY
&WESLEY is idle
@speechbubble is 143 184 to 100% with tail_top_right
KYLA (talk_hold_drink)
You’re the only good in my life.

Everything in the script works with the exception of her holding the coffee cup. Any ideas?

[Dara.Amarie]

set format cinematic

[Dara.Amarie]

@Dara.Amarie

then/THEN
THEN is used when you want a command to happen immediately right after the previous command. Just like the “and” command, THEN goes on the same line as the previous command. It can be used for background characters when using the & sign. It’s also used for overlays when you want to loop the overlay.

[Hialexhi]

Hey this might sound bad since everyone can do choices but I’m new to it
Do you have like a script for doing a 2 basic choice
Like 2 choices

[Dara.Amarie]

CHARACTER
Dialogue.

choice
“Option 1” {

script goes here for option 1

} “Option 2” {

script goes here for option 2

}

[Dara.Amarie]

Test this out in the app. The coffee cup prop sometimes doesn’t show up in the web previewer especially with female characters.

[Hialexhi]

Thx xx

[Hialexhi]

It’s not working lol

[Dara.Amarie]

Use need to use quotation marks " " around the option names, not those weird symbols.

[Hialexhi]

I use this but it changes

[Dara.Amarie]

I guess it’s your mobile device that’s causing that. Try copying and pasting in a quotation mark. If it doesn’t work then there isn’t anything I can say to fix it since it’s a problem with the device your working on.

[Hialexhi]

Thx anyway lol I’ll try it