Close the Final Draft Tagger application. Your script appears in Final Draft Tagger. In the browser, select your script file and click Open. The Tags menu will display choose Character Development and hit Tag. Select File > Import Script, the keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+ I ( Windows) or + I ( Mac OS X ). Highlight the Scene Heading and character descriptions by clicking-and-dragging or triple-clicking. Note: Boston Celtics fans can leave the text white and give it a green highlight.Īirship’s protagonist Trish is introduced on page 4 and sets the stage for her character’s journey. Then, go back to the Edit category window and click Highlight Color – select yellow. Ive modified the ist for Final Draft Tagger 2 by copying the entry for Final Draft Documents from Final. It is NOT on the Recommended Applications list when using Finder to open a. Color the text purple by using the custom color wheel. Final Draft Tagger 2 is used to manipulate and create scheduling information for movie scripts written using Final Draft. Next, click on Text Color below the category name field to bring up the custom color wheel.

If you choose to use it and experience problems, we will. Create a new category of Tags by clicking the plus symbol at the bottom of the categories window and title it “Character Development.” NOTE: Tagger and Tagger 2 are no longer supported in any way by Final Draft (a Cast & Crew Company). Now that our characters are Tagged, let’s track them through their character development scenes. Note: you can pin the Navigator to your document so it stays in place at the front of your script file. Open the Navigator by going to Tools > Show Navigator (on Mac), hitting the Navigator icon in the Toolbar or View > Show Navigator (Windows). Once in Tags Mode, select Tag all characters so they are recognized as Cast Members in the Navigator. Using Final Draft’s sample script Airship, here’s how to get the most out of Tagging for writers.Īctivating Tags Mode can be done by hitting Command (or Control) + T on the keyboard, or by going to Production > Tags Mode. Traditionally used as a tool to break down scripts for production, Tags Mode in Final Draft 11 is a robust tool designed to track any element in the script including characters, action, props and more. Whether we’re tracking a character’s emotional arc, their interactions with other characters, or how many times they’ve scratched someone’s name off their kill list (looking at you, Arya Stark) tracking this information will help the overall development of the script.

Tracking characters: it’s at the forefront of any writer’s mind when writing a script.

Using final draft tagger