DramaQueen 3.9 – Update-Report

This update contains new features.

NEW FEATURES

• DramaQueen now also supports the creation and formatting of radio plays (and scripted podcasts) in parallel layout. This means that related text elements (e.g., character + dialogue) are displayed side by side (and not one below the other).
• The new media option ‘Audio drama / radio play’ is offered on the start panel. The following text elements are available in the ‘Script’ text level:
  • General
  • Character + text
  • Narrator
  • Sound
  • Music
  • ABM
  • SFX
  • Mix

Formatting can be done via TAB cycling, formatting popup (opens with the ENTER key) or shortcuts.

• Locations and characters that have already been created don’t need to be typed, but can simply be selected in the Smart Type popup.
• Layout settings:
  • In the ‘Basic layout’ section you can define how far to the right the second tab position for the dialog text, the narrator text and the descriptions of the sound and music effects should be indented.
  • Under ‘More options’ you can layout each text element individually.
• The script formatting ensures that all text sections comply with the standard formatting conventions for radio plays. This means:
• Speaking characters are automatically terminated with a colon.
• The character text begins on the same line, indented to the right.
• The narrator text begins left-aligned with the name ‘NARRATOR:’. (In the layout settings of the text element ‘Narrator’, the name can be changed in the section ‘Text additions’ -> ‘Preceding text’ (in the case of a podcast, for example, to ‘HOST:’).
• The sound elements begin left-aligned with the name of the type of sound: ‘SOUND:’, ‘MUSIC:’, ‘AMB:’, ‘SFX:’ or ‘MIX:’. (These labels can be changed in the layout settings in the ‘Text additions’ section.) On the same line, indented to the right, the sound or music is described in more detail. By default, the sound elements are underlined. (The underline can be removed in the layout settings.)
• Instead of typing the names of the individual text elements, a simple TAB or ENTER is enough and the labels NARRATOR, SOUND, MUSIC, ATMO, SFX or MIX are set – including a colon after them.
• The smart import for radio plays has built-in recognition of scenes, characters, dialogs and other audio text elements.
• Radio plays also have the option to number dialogs. You can configure the starting number, whether existing numbers should be retained, whether each character should be numbered individually, whether the numbering should restart with each scene, and whether the narrator’s texts should also be numbered. Dialog numbering can also be removed automatically. These options are accessible via the gear menu in the Text panel under the ‘Numbering’ option.
• AI integration / ‘Revise with AI’ option: The formatting of text elements is now retained in Audio documents when the revised text is inserted into the Text panel.
• The options ‘Summaries’ -> ‘Text beginnings’ and ‘Entered summaries, text beginnings otherwise’ in the gear menu of the Overview and Board panel also take into account the text elements of audio documents.