Load the draft
Import the PDF and name its title, episode, revision set, date, and script start page.
Film script breakdown
Script Breakdown
Break down every scene for cast, sets, props, wardrobe, vehicles, background, department requirements, notes, and production tags.
Keep the shooting draft open beside the breakdown, mark the pages as you read, and carry what each department needs into the stripboard, sides, shot list, call sheet, and shoot day.
The shooting draft
Start from the pages
Import the PDF, identify the first script page, name the episode or draft, set the revision color and date, and review the extracted scenes before making the schedule.
Review the strips
Check scene numbers, sluglines, page count, script days, sets, and time of day.
Break down each scene
Add cast, elements, production tags, and scene notes.
Hand off to prep
Send scene information into scheduling, casting, locations, sides, shot listing, and call sheets.
While breaking down the script
Carry every breakdown detail with the scene
Keep the information, elements, shots, visual references, and production questions together by scene.
PDF shooting drafts
Load the screenplay PDF, switch between drafts, and zoom the page while breaking down.
Scene details
Review the scene number, partial, slugline, page number, page count, one-liner, and script day for every scene.
INT/EXT and day/night
Track interior or exterior, set, location, and time of day for stripboard colors and the shooting schedule.
Scene navigator
Jump to a scene from the navigator or move through the draft with Previous and Next controls.
Page markup
Highlight, underline, strike through, or draw directly over the screenplay with adjustable color, thickness, and opacity.
Department elements
Add cast, props, wardrobe, makeup, hair, sets, vehicles, background, animals, stunts, VFX, special equipment, and custom elements.
Production tags
Flag practical requirements, risks, questions, and custom production needs on the selected scene.
Cast breakdown
Review cast roles across the draft with board IDs, role details, scene appearances, and casting information.
Editable scene information
Correct sluglines and strip fields during the breakdown without leaving the selected scene.
Undo and redo
Step backward or forward through local breakdown changes while working through the draft.
Breakdown printouts
Prepare script and breakdown output for production meetings, department review, and the production binder.
Production permissions
Keep editing with the breakdown crew while other production roles can review the current scene information.
Strip and scene information
Give the stripboard more than a slugline
The breakdown sidebar carries the information an AD needs when the scene reaches the schedule. Correct the extracted details, write the one-liner, and establish story continuity before scenes begin moving between shoot days.
- Scene number, partial, and editable slugline.
- Script page and eighths.
- One-line scene summary.
- Script day and story continuity.
- INT/EXT, set, location, and day/night.
24INT. MOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
Page18
Length2 3/8
One-linerAva finds the room has been searched.
Script DayDay 3
SetMotel Room
Department breakdown
Make each requirement visible before the day
A useful breakdown does more than count props. It tells departments what appears, where it works, and which scenes need questions answered before the tech scout, fitting, rehearsal, or shoot.
- Reuse an existing element or create a new production element.
- Keep each element connected to every scene where it appears.
- Organize requirements by production department.
- Use production tags for special handling and open questions.
- Carry cast, sets, and scene requirements into department prep.
CastAva · Bellhop
PropsRoom key · Torn photograph
WardrobeRed coat · Wet continuity
ArtDistressed room · Broken lamp
Revised pages
Bring in the new draft without throwing away the prep
When revised pages arrive, load the updated PDF, identify its start page and revision set, review how scenes match, and keep the existing production information with the correct scenes.
- Set the new draft title, episode, date, and revision color.
- Compare old and new scene numbers and sluglines.
- Review scenes that were added, removed, split, combined, or changed.
- Keep scene elements and breakdown work with matched scenes.
- Move production forward on the current pages.
White DraftBlue Revision
Scene 24MatchedScene 24
Scene 25RevisedScene 25A
—AddedScene 26
From breakdown to the day
The same scene information keeps working through production
Once the script has been broken down, those strips and elements become working production information — not a separate report that has to be typed again.
Stripboard
Schedule scenes with their page count, set, cast, day/night, and production requirements already attached.
Casting
See which roles appear, how often they work, and the scenes tied to each role.
Locations
Connect sets and story locations to scouting, options, contacts, maps, and location prep.
Shot Lister
List coverage scene by scene against the same shooting draft.
Sides
Pull selected scenes or the pages scheduled for a shoot day.
Call sheets
Bring the day’s scenes, cast, locations, and department information together.
Break down the shooting draft.
Mark every production element, build the stripboard, and get the script ready for production.
Break Down a Script