Hi. There are two different kinds of screenplays in this world. One is the... screenplay. And the other is the shooting script. The former is what a screenwriter writes, sells and what the actors get. The latter is based on the former and includes technical information such as camera angles, scene numbers, notes about sound, lighting, the scene, etc.
I would like to write both at the same time, but then later export versions with and without the extra information. Is there a way to do it? Here's an example of what I'd like to do, with comments after //. INT. "EXAMPLE" CAFE - MORNING // "INT." style. Scene nr. 42. // "Director" style. Fade in, sunny, run titles during speech. // "Director" style. Two guys sit by the window in a small cafe. One of them, PETER has a laptop open in front of him and is looking at something on the screen. The other, DANNY, is eating a piece of pie. // "Description" style. Both men have a cup of coffee as well. // "Director" style. Now, what I'd like is for the (currently non-existing) "Director" style to look exactly like the "Description" style, but act in such a way that it could be "hidden" during some exports. Something like "export screenplay" and "export shooting script" and the first one would ignore the "Director" lines. The only problem that I can think of is that the "Description" style makes sure that there is no page break between it and the former INT/EXT line. I don't know how it does this, but I'd like if there was a way to make sure that when a non-technical version is exported and the "Director" lines between INT/EXT and the "Description" lines are ignored, that the "Description" lines would still hug the INT/EXT line and make sure that there is no page break between those. So, could someone explain to me how to create a "Director" style, that's based on the "Description" style, to modify the "Description" style so that it wouldn't let a page break come between it and the INT/EXT lines and to have two PDF export functions -- one that would export a version where the "Director" lines are ignored and one where the "Director" lines are still there. Elver Complex LyX Problems Ltd.
