{"id":572,"date":"2013-11-20T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/11\/20\/new-software-quickly-pieces-together-ridiculous-movies\/"},"modified":"2013-11-20T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T21:05:00","slug":"new-software-quickly-pieces-together-ridiculous-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2013\/11\/20\/new-software-quickly-pieces-together-ridiculous-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"New software quickly pieces together (ridiculous) movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plotagon.com\/\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--R_eUdY6YgM\/Uo0UtzFrnvI\/AAAAAAAAA4k\/f1i4lkb9y1k\/s320\/poltagon.png\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Given the immense volume of quickly-created content on the Internet \u2013 automatically generated music, 3D printed combs, etc. \u2013 it&#8217;s surprising that it took so long for someone to come up with a fast movie creator. <a href=\"https:\/\/plotagon.com\/\"><i>Plotagon<\/i><\/a>, currently in beta, is a new free service that allows users to assemble clips in a traditional screenplay format. Just specific the scene, characters, and their actions, and the program will produce an adequately-directed short film. It&#8217;s reminiscent of XtraNormal, the skit-creating software that was discontinued in October, but its option to export movies in screenplay format is decidedly film-focused.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s&#8230; not great right now. Everything is really stilted and there&#8217;s only a small selection of content to choose from. It&#8217;s like watching an old Nintendo 64 game. In any event, there&#8217;s something fun about making a slapdash film in 30 seconds. This isn&#8217;t the future of filmmaking, but it&#8217;s an interesting starting point for rapidly prototyping movies. The company promises continued support for the software, including future content packs that you can purchase for $10 a piece.<\/p>\n<p>Included below is a sample movie. It&#8217;s pretty heinous, but you get the idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the immense volume of quickly-created content on the Internet \u2013 automatically generated music, 3D printed combs, etc. \u2013 it&#8217;s surprising that it took so long for someone to come up with a fast movie creator. Plotagon, currently in beta, is a new free service that allows users to assemble clips in a traditional screenplay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[212],"class_list":["post-572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-links-of-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}