Rehearsal 2
By Sotto Voce Film+Works
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Description
Want to learn your lines? This is the app for that. Rehearsal 2, featured in the Times, Fast Company, LA Magazine and BACKSTAGE, is the entertainment industry standard for cast and crew to organize their scripts for auditions and working on set. Battle tested in Hollywood and around the world by actors on shows like Heroes, LOST, Psych, Human Target, Castle, CSI, Dexter, Outlaw, Body of Proof and more.
"I love this app! Rehearsal lets me learn my lines in the car while I drive to work. It already saved my a** when I was thrown a major new dialogue scene 45 minutes before we started shooting it. I plugged the new scene into Rehearsal and I was off book by the time I got out of the make up chair." -Clark Gregg (Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Desperate Housewives, New Adventures of Old Christine)
"I am very pleased with the results of using Rehearsal so far. It is a powerful tool in preparing for auditions, or for days of work, especially when I am pressed for time. It is easy to use and I have no doubt that as it evolves, it will be a part of my work process for a long time." -John Carroll Lynch (Shutter Island, Dexter, The Drew Carey Show, Body of Proof)
Rehearsal 2 is a brand new update that
- is extremely easy to use, solid and reliable
- is intuitive and obvious: it reminds you of what you do with physical scripts
- works with any iDevice
- NEW: costs one low price for unlimited usage - no more in-app purchases
Script management
- NEW: open your scripts directly from the mail message in which you receive them
- work with the same PDF and Word files you get on your computer
- easily break down your script into your scenes
- reading your script is a snap - just flick and scroll
Rehearse scenes and learn your lines
- highlight your lines and your scene partners' lines in vibrant colors
- record your lines and play them back, watching the script scroll by like a teleprompter
- NEW: quickly fast forward or rewind to pick up lines simply by scrolling the script
- record any number of versions of scenes, exploring your character and creating new reads
- automatically repeat your scene over and over until you know your lines cold
- play peekaboo to memorize - reveal your lines in blackout mode only when you need them
- quickly add beat marks to divide longer passages into manageable beats
Exploring your character
- easily create and review "notes in the margins" - text, audio, photo or video depending upon your device
- record different takes on lines, different looks for characters without forgetting them
- have all your strong choices at your fingertips for instant review before audition or performance
Everyone on the production team can use Rehearsal
- location scouts can create quick and easy reports
- makeup, wardrobe and set dressers can keep track of continuity and looks from scene to scene
- directors and cinematographers can plan shots and create on-the-fly storyboards
Special features just for voice talent
- audition for voiceover work from anywhere
- email in your auditions as MP3 files from anywhere to anyone
For actors from every walk of life and all areas of accomplishment
- works with short audition sides, to feature length scripts
- easily handles physical scripts by bursting and scanning to PDF
- for every actor at any skill level, student, amateur or professional
- for every actor in every arena, from community theater, commercial, industrial, stage, web, VO, television, and film
- get help with on-board demo videos that show you how to do nearly everything
- works flawlessly with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices
Rehearsal 2 was created by a working Hollywood actor, David H. Lawrence XVII, best known as the creepy Eric Doyle, the Puppetmaster on NBC's Heroes. He and fellow working actors in Hollywood have been using Rehearsal for auditions, on-set work and personal skill building.
What's New in Version 2.3
Fixed occasional crash when scrolling or highlighting a script on iOS 5
Customer Reviews
Great idea, but with some obvious bugs
The basic idea of this app is a good one, however, for $20, I expect it to be less buggy. For instance, when highlighting on the iPad, it was easy to accidentally create a one pixel highlight and impossible to erase it. The eraser just won't work on these. The only way I could find to get rid of it was to reset the script losing all of my customizations. Also, there is no real way to leave the edit mode where you can move or delete comments and audio recordings. You are supposed to be able to tap elsewhere on the screen to end that mode, but it doesn't work. You have to exit the script to leave that mode. Finally, PDF's are slightly out of focus. The same PDF read in iBooks looks much clearer. This is only a problem with scripts that have smaller type. Regular scripts with 12 pt courier fonts like you see with screenplays are fine.
When it works...
...it's great. But unfortunately it's very buggy, and for $19.99 I'd expect a little more consistency from an iPhone app. It takes forever to load a 45 page script and crashes 9 out of 10 times I try to load a script or a scene. The only way I've found that I can get this thing to work is to close the app and reopen it immediately and cross my fingers and take three laps around the theatre, spitting over my shoulder and condemning anyone who whistles. But when it works, it's pretty cool.
Imperfect but indispensable!
As a working actor I love love love this app! There have been a few too many sudden quits of late, and it's annoying that the screen can't be put to sleep (and apps can't be switched) while listening to my recorded scenes though. A fix for that plus iCloud compatibility would make this a 5-star app for sure. Keep up the great work!
- $19.99
- Category: Productivity
- Updated: Oct 27, 2011
- Version: 2.3
- Size: 12.1 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Sotto Voce FilmWorks, LLC
- © 2010 Sotto Voce Film+Works
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later
