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Eighth Page
aka 1/8 page · Page count
The unit for measuring scene length when scheduling — a script page is divided into eight horizontal eighths, so a half-page scene is 4/8.
Screenplays are measured in eighths of a page for scheduling and budgeting. Each page is divided into eight strips; a scene that fills half a page is 4/8, a short exchange might be 2/8. Page count drives the day's workload — a rule of thumb is a feature shoots two to three pages a day, more for TV. ADs total the eighths per shoot day to judge whether a day is achievable. StoryboardCanvas counts eighths per scene in the breakdown and totals them per day on the stripboard, so an overloaded day shows up before it is locked.
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See Eighth Page live in /breakdown
Every eighth page we generate stays linked to the rest of the project — change a scene heading and the eighth page updates automatically. No re-import. No copy-paste. One project file from script to wrap.
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Script 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.
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.
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.