See what a creative decision costs before you commit to it
Directing is a sequence of choices whose consequences arrive later. A location change reads as a creative note in week two and as three lost shoot days in week nine. A sequence that seems like four shots on the page turns out to need eleven setups on the day.
Most tooling separates those worlds. The script sits in one application, the schedule and budget in another, and the person making creative decisions rarely sees their production cost until someone else surfaces it.
Here they are the same project. Change a scene and the breakdown, schedule and budget respond — so the trade-off is visible while it is still a choice rather than a problem.
From idea to shoot-ready
Each stage inherits from the one before it.
- 01Beat board
Structure the turning points before writing pages, while restructuring costs an afternoon rather than a rewrite.
- 02Screenplay
Draft in any of 17 languages with correct screenplay formatting, against a character bible that keeps voices consistent.
- 03Storyboards and concept art
Get the visual plan in front of department heads early, when changing it costs a conversation rather than a setup.
- 04Breakdown and schedule
What the script actually requires, and how many days it really takes.
- 05Continuity and post
The record post will need, and a post schedule planned backwards from the delivery date.
Boards, and knowing which sequences need them
Boards earn their keep where the shot list is non-obvious — action, VFX, stunts, complex geography. A fully boarded dialogue scene is usually wasted effort, and knowing which sequences to board and which to block on the day is part of directing.
What boards reliably catch is setup count. A sequence that reads as three shots and needs eleven is the single most common reason a shoot day collapses, and it is visible on paper long before it is visible on set.
Working in your own language
Screenplays are generated and formatted natively in 17 languages including ten Indian languages, with correct layout per language rather than an English template with the words replaced.
Worth an honest note: Scrite's phonetic input — type “vanakkam”, get வணக்கம் live as you type — is a better pure typing experience than ours for regional-language writers, and they support 11 Indian languages to our 10. Where we differ is that the script here continues into breakdown, scheduling and budgeting rather than stopping at the page.
Common questions
Do I have to write the script here?
No. Upload an .fdx or Fountain file and go straight to visualisation and production planning. Writing here is one of three entry points, not a requirement.
Does the AI write for me?
It drafts against your outline and character bible rather than replacing you — beats, scene expansion, dialogue polish, coverage. What you keep, cut and rewrite is your call, and most of the value is in having something specific to react to.
Can I see how a change affects the schedule?
Yes — that is the point of keeping them in one project. A scene that moves or a location that changes flows through the breakdown into the schedule and budget rather than being reconciled by hand later.
What about storyboards without an artist?
Boards generate from the script, which gets a visual pass in front of department heads on productions that could never afford a storyboard artist. Treat them as direction for a designer to react to rather than as final artwork.
Which languages are supported?
17, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi and Odia, plus Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
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