I don't know how to get these on other programs, but with FD it's Tools>Report>Statistics Report Here are some from my latest script, Valhalla (action-thriller): Pages: 122 Words: 26.650 Paragraphs: 3,062 Scene Headings: 157 (3%) Action [lines]: 1,225 (56%) Dialogue [lines]: 819 (36%) Main Characters John (lead): speaks 250 times; total words: 2,843 Gemma (female lead): speaks 155 times; total words: 1,634 Dangic (lead villain): speaks 109 times; total words: 1,961 Expletives Ass (arse - as used in action lines - not counted): 7 times Bitch: 7 times Fk/fking/fked: 63 times Motherfk/er: 4 times St: 21 times Ct: 3 times NOTE: this is a thoroughly pointless thread created solely for those participating to compare statistics against other projects. Have fun.
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Pah, somehow I missed an N in the thread title. Anyone know how to fix that?
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I don't know, I kind of like the title without the 'n'
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There's a light gray, down arrow inside a circle located in the upper right corner of your post. Click on that and you should see the option to either edit or delete.
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And there I was racking my brain over Fu? ...Fu? ...Fu?....nope no idea what that is. lol.
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Script Fu!
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LOL at the expletives!! Hilarious!!
A Freudian slip perhaps... I like that feature... but I'm surprise it has a library that knows all our expletives! FU! ;)
Thanks, Beth, I went ahead and changed it (because I don't think anyone could top the script fu pun). What I've come to notice is that, usually, my scripts are composed of around (well, just under) 1/3 dialogue, which - for my genres - is probably about right. Your eyes should be a better judge as to whether or not your action lines are too blocky or not, whereas counting expletives is plain fun. Anyone care to guess how many F-words Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci's character) makes in Goodfellas?
Anyone else paste their script into word and then do a word sort to see if there are any words that appear too often?
122 pages, 157 scene headings, and 105 expletives. You may also have talking heads. The summary is not as pointless as you obviously think it is.
First script is one I wrote long ago (Fantasy, Adventure) Number of words: 18,920 Number of paragraphs: 2,336 pages 102 ELEMENT STATISTICS Element Number Percentage General 13 0% Scene Heading 80 1% Action 410 44% Character 794 5% Parenthetical 70 1% Dialogue 800 44% Transition 19 0% Shot 150 2% Cast List 0 0% PROFANITY "Ass" (4 occurrences) It appears on the following pages: 26, 75, 83 It is spoken by the following characters: MARK, RAY And this is for a TV Pilot I wrote, (Action, Drama) Number of words: 13,331 Number of paragraphs: 1,485 Pages 67 ELEMENT STATISTICS Element Number Percentage General 12 0% Scene Heading 71 3% Action 493 52% Character 290 2% Parenthetical 98 1% Dialogue 373 34% Transition 18 0% Shot 130 4% Cast List 0 0% PROFANITY "Ass" (3 occurrences) It appears on the following pages: 22, 33, 51 It is spoken by the following characters: JESSE, ROBERT, VICKEY "Bitch" (4 occurrences) It appears on the following pages: 8, 13, 14, 59 It is spoken by the following characters: JESSE, OTHER WOMAN, TONY "Crap" (4 occurrences) It appears on the following pages: 6, 41 It is spoken by the following characters: JESSE, TONY "Damn" (1 occurrences) It appears on the following pages: 13 It is spoken by the following characters: OTHER WOMAN "Shit" (3 occurrences) It appears on the following pages: 42, 55, 59 It is spoken by the following characters: ROBERT, TONY