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A production, from first idea to distribution.

Film in Scripveil is a production operating system. It follows a project through seven stages and keeps the scenes, people, places, departments and days of the production connected as it goes.

Develop and manage film and episodic productions through story, script, characters, scenes, cast, crew, locations, departments and production workflows.

Production lifecycleExample production
  1. 01Development
  2. 02Greenlight / Packaging
  3. 03Pre-productionNow
  4. 04Principal Photography
  5. 05Post-production
  6. 06Delivery
  7. 07Distribution
CameraArtWardrobe and MakeupSoundProduction
Stage by stage

The production lifecycle, and what each stage needs.

From development through distribution, a production changes what it needs to see. Story and packaging come first; then scenes, cast, crew and schedule; then shooting days and continuity; then post-production and delivery.

Film workflowIllustrative

Select a stage

In focus now Still in the project
  • Shooting Schedule
  • Scenes
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Locations
  • Departments
  • Call Sheets
  • Equipment
  • Story
  • Script
  • Packaging
  • Key People
  • Project Scope
  • Shooting Days
  • Props
  • VFX
  • Continuity
  • Post-production information
  • Delivery requirements

In Pre-production, a Film project brings forward Scenes, Cast, Crew, Locations, Departments, Shooting Schedule, Equipment, Call Sheets. Everything else stays in the project, just out of the way.

The production's information

One scene, and everything it touches.

A scene on the page becomes a list of everything the production has to provide: cast, wardrobe, props, camera, lighting, sound, a location, a day on the schedule and the permits it depends on. Scripveil breaks the story down the way a production does, so every department works from the same breakdown, and a change to one scene, set or prop shows up everywhere it matters.

Illustrative example

Scene 22, Scene. 10 breakdown groups. Shot on Day 5, at first light.

22 · EXT. HARBOR STEPS · DAWNExterior · day
Scene
22
Set
EXT
Time
Dawn
Pages
2 6/8
Shoot day
5 of 18
Location
Harbor Steps

Vera and Tomas reach the harbor as the tide turns, and she realizes the steps are not where the map says they are.

  1. Story

    Adapted from Chapter 22

  2. Breakdown

    14 elements tagged

  3. Production (current)

    Permit and second coat open

  4. Schedule

    Day 5, call 04:30

  5. Execution

    Not shot yet

Scene breakdown

  • People
  • Things
  • Technical
  • Effects and requirements

Cast

  • 1 · Vera Kess
  • 2 · Tomas Reyes

Background

  • 2 harbor workers

Wardrobe

  • Vera: ochre coat, wet (copy 2 of 2)
  • Tomas: oilskin

Makeup and hair

  • Wet hair, cold skin tone

Props

  • Harbor lantern (practical)
  • Mooring rope

Set dressing

  • Nets and floats on the steps

Camera

  • Handheld, 35mm
  • 7 setups

Lighting

  • First light, lantern as key

Sound

  • Surf; wild lines on the quay

Special requirements

  • Tide window 04:50 to 06:10

Strip board · shooting days

Shot on Day 5, at first light this scene

Continuity

  1. Sc. 21Coat still wet from the rain; hood down
  2. Sc. 22Lantern lit, then put out when the sun clears
  3. Sc. 23Coat dry by the time she reaches the market

Depends on

  • Harbor permit · for the dawn shootIn progress
  • Second wet coat · wardrobeTo do
  • Tomas cast · shortlist of twoIn progress

Crew on it

  • Jun ParkDirector
  • Priya NairCostume Designer
  • Lena FischerProducer
  • Sam HollowayCasting Director

Try a change. See what else in the project responds.

An illustration, drawn for this page, of how a production is broken down in Scripveil: from the story to the elements each department needs, the schedule and what the shoot depends on. The production and its people are fictional, and this is not a screenshot of the application.
Departments

Production work belongs to departments, and to a stage.

A film is made by departments working toward the same schedule. Production tasks sit with the department that owns them, at the stage the production has reached.

Pre-productionIllustrative tasks

Camera

  • Choose lenses for the observatory scenesIn progress

Art

  • Dress the observatory setTo do
  • Source period charts and instrumentsIn progress

Wardrobe and Makeup

  • Costume fitting for VeraTo do
  • Test the aged-character makeupTo do

Sound

  • Scout the harbor for ambient soundTo do
Film

Bring a film project to Scripveil.

Keep the production’s scenes, people and departments connected all the way through.