What the application can do
Project setup and screenplay breakdown
Create projects with details such as production type, distribution plan, shooting jurisdiction, union status, budget tier, and start date. Upload a text-based PDF, TXT, or Fountain screenplay to identify scene headings, locations, time of day, and estimated page counts. You can edit the extracted information manually.
Production elements and scene tracking
Organize scene details such as cast IDs, background performers, departments, equipment, practical effects, and notes. Flag elements that may require additional planning, including stunts, weapons, vehicles, minors, animals, visual effects, intimacy, music rights, and weather-dependent scenes.
Shooting schedule and production assumptions
Enter prep days, shoot days, wrap days, crew and cast estimates, and daily page goals. Generate and edit a draft shooting schedule, assign scenes to days, estimate workload, and flag potential issues involving long workdays, meal periods, turnaround, company moves, night shoots, and weather.
Budget planning and scenario comparisons
Build an editable production budget with categories, quantities, rates, workdays, additional fees or fringes, subtotals, and source-verification fields. Compare illustrative lean, standard, and union/fully insured planning ranges to help evaluate possible cost differences.
Risk assessment and recommendations
Generate a red-flag dashboard highlighting potential production risks, including safety, insurance, permits, clearances, specialized equipment, payroll considerations, and scheduling conflicts. Assign a responsible person, set a due date, and track whether each issue has been resolved.
Union and guild reference desk
Access links to industry agreement resources, including SAG-AFTRA, DGA, WGA, and IATSE-related references. Record when sources have been checked to support the production's verification process.
Review and export
Print the current project view or save it as a PDF through the browser's print dialog, including an audit-oriented summary of key assumptions and source-verification status.
Who is this application for?
It is intended for independent filmmakers, producers, assistant directors, production coordinators, department heads, and film students who need a central place to organize their projects before production begins.
What makes it useful?
The main benefit is bringing script breakdown, scheduling, budgeting, and risk tracking together in one workflow. Rather than working from disconnected spreadsheets and notes, users can begin with a screenplay, develop a preliminary plan, and refine the details as production requirements become clearer.
Important limitations: The schedule, budgets, and risk flags are planning aids, not guaranteed production estimates or determinations of legal or union compliance. Rates, contracts, payroll, insurance, permits, and safety requirements must be independently verified. This version uses browser-local saving, so projects do not automatically synchronize across devices or users.