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Script Breakdown
aka Breakdown · Screenplay breakdown
Reading the screenplay scene-by-scene and tagging every element (cast, props, wardrobe, vehicles, stunts, SFX, animals, music, sound, atmosphere, extras, set dressing) into 12 industry-standard colour-coded categories.
Script breakdown is the work of turning a screenplay into a production database. The 1st AD or production coordinator reads every scene and tags every shootable element across the 12 industry-standard categories: cast (red), stunts (yellow), props (blue), wardrobe (violet), special effects (orange), vehicles (light blue), animals (magenta), set dressing (brown), music (olive), sound (tan), atmosphere (pink), extras (green). The tagged elements feed the schedule, the budget, the call sheet, and every department's prep list. StoryboardCanvas Breakdown does it for you: Dolly reads the full screenplay in a parallel batched AI pass and writes the tags directly into the production database, autoseeding /cast, /props, /vehicles, and /locations as it goes.
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Every script breakdown we generate stays linked to the rest of the project — change a scene heading and the script breakdown updates automatically. No re-import. No copy-paste. One project file from script to wrap.
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One-Liner Schedule
A compact summary of the shoot — one line per scene — with scene number, location, INT/EXT, DAY/NIGHT, page count, cast list, and short description.
Stripboard
A vertical strip per scene colour-coded by INT/EXT and DAY/NIGHT, arranged into shoot days so the production can be scheduled by location and time-of-day clusters.
Shot List
The director's per-scene list of every shot to be captured — shot number, type, angle, movement, lens, and any special notes.