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    Tuesday, June 12, 2007

    Profanity Report

    Just for the S&Gs, I ran the statistics report in Final Draft on the first hour of CA. Part of the report is a profanity report, which is mainly why I ran the report. As soon as I saw it listed as part of the report, I couldn't resist. Although in the end it's funny, it was worse the first time around. I guess I keep slowly removing the curse words as I rewrite. That's kind of depressing really.

    PROFANITY
    This profanity report should be used as a general guide to the profanity content of your script. Some of the items in this report may not be actual profanity and other real instances in your script may have been missed.

    "Ass" (1 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    44
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    QUIET HORSE

    "Fart" (1 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    29
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    MR. O’CASEY

    So now I can't stop. Here are the ones for Fabulon and Valentine as well. Valentine wins hands down.

    FABULON

    "Damn" (1 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    25
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    FATHER

    "Shit" (1 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    106
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    FATHER

    VALENTINE

    "Ass" (3 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    38, 82, 94
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    FATHER MICHAEL, MS. JENKINS, VALENTINE

    "Bitch" (1 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    70
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    VALENTINE

    "Damn" (2 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    8, 48
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    GRIGORI, VALENTINE

    "Dick" (1 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    37
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    VALENTINE

    "Fuck" (4 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    8, 25, 58, 80
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    VALENTINE, VOICE

    "Fucking" (2 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    28, 38
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    MAN IN SUIT, VALENTINE

    "Shit" (1 occurrences)
    It appears on the following pages:
    25
    It is spoken by the following characters:
    MAN IN SUIT


    It's a little odd in the end though, I always felt there was more in these than there is. I must be censoring myself on the page but not in the draft in my mind. I'm not sure that's a good thing. So anyone reading this and currently writing something in FInal Draft, run the profanity report on what you're working on and post it here in the comments.

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