EXT. CAMP PINEFALL, DOCK - NIGHT11
Fog on the lake. A lantern swings from the boathouse. JESS (19, soaked hoodie) drags a canoe onto the shore, alone.
Across the water, an outboard motor starts.
JESS
Marcus? That’s not funny.
The motor cuts out.
Take a film from the first idea to the first screening.
Script, schedule, budget, call sheets and the rest, in one place, whatever stage the film is in.
- Development
- Prep
- Shoot
- Post
- Release
Development: Start with the idea and the script.
Write the script. The breakdown follows.
Tag cast, props and effects as you read, and they collect in the breakdown.
Make the deck once.
It lays itself out for screens and for phones. Each grant keeps its deadline and what’s ready.
- Development
- Prep
- Shoot
- Post
- Release
Prep: Plan the shoot from the script.
A new draft doesn’t undo the schedule.
Scenes become strips. When the script changes, the strips stay where you put them and the changes are marked.
A budget that reads like Movie Magic.
Accounts, fringes and contractual charges, totalled on the top sheet as you type.
Cast every part.
Collect submissions and self-tapes, book auditions, and mark who’s cast.
- Development
- Prep
- Shoot
- Post
- Release
Shoot: Run each shoot day from a phone.
Call sheets the crew reads on a phone.
Send the day by link. No account needed, and you see who has it.
- Development
- Prep
- Shoot
- Post
- Release
Post and Release: Finish the film and get it seen.
Lock picture, then make the festival deadlines.
Milestones and deadlines sit on the film’s timeline. Files keeps every cut, version after version.
Watch dailies and cuts where they’re kept.
Videos in Files will play on the page, with notes on the moment they’re about.
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Scene 22, take 3
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Mara walks the jetty as the sun comes up.
Ask Claude about the film.
Connect Production Files to Claude and ask in plain words. Claude reads the casting, the call sheets and the budget, and makes the changes you ask for.
Every tool
- OverviewSee where the film is and what’s next.
- ScriptWrite, or import a draft.
- CardsLay out the story on index cards.
- PitchKeep the logline, synopsis and statements.
- DeckBuild a deck for screens and phones.
- NotesKeep notes beside the film.
- BreakdownTag each scene’s cast, props and more.
- Shot listPlan each scene’s shots.
- ScheduleSort scenes into shoot days.
- CalendarSee every date in one place.
- Call sheetsSend the day to every phone.
- CastingFind and audition the cast.
- Cast and crewKeep everyone’s details, by department.
- BudgetBudget the way Movie Magic does.
- GrantsTrack applications and deadlines.
- FilesKeep every version of every file.
- PhotosSee every picture in the film.
- SharingSend by link. No account needed.
Cast and crew
Everyone on the film, by department.
Pricing
Free for your first film. Everyone you work with is free.