Scene-by-scene ledger
See each slugline as a production strip with INT/EXT, inherited time of day, page, eighths, and the cast who appear.
Free · private browser tool
Free script breakdown tool
Break down a Fountain or Final Draft screenplay privately in your browser: scene sheets, eighths, cast, locations, day/night, and exportable CSVs.
Run the sample to see a color-coded stripboard, scene sheets in eighths, and exportable cast / location CSVs. Nothing is uploaded.
Useful output, not a score
What this tool gives you
Cast, sets, and day/night
Roll up speaking weight, single-scene locations, and a day/night mix so scheduling conversations start from the page, not a guess.
Spreadsheet-ready exports
Download scene, cast, location, and entity-import CSVs without uploading the screenplay or inventing a craft score.
How to use it
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Add a Fountain or FDX draft
Paste Fountain or choose a local .fountain or .fdx file. Parsing and the ledger stay in your browser.
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Read the stripboard and scene sheets
Select a strip to open its sheet. Confirm CONTINUOUS inheritance, authored scene numbers, and ALL-CAPS emphasis before treating the list as complete.
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Export the inventory
Download CSVs for a coordinator, AD, or your own notes. The entity file is a long-format scene×element table.
Questions writers ask
Is my screenplay uploaded?
No. Fountain and FDX parsing, the production ledger, and CSV generation run locally in your browser.
Is this the same as coverage?
No. Coverage judges story and craft. A breakdown tags production elements so schedules and budgets can be built. This tool inventories structure; it does not rate the script.
What are eighths of a page?
Eighths are the industry unit for scene length on a formatted page — a half-page scene is 4/8. This first-pass tool estimates eighths from scene word count (the same estimator Plot's production reports use), not from a laid-out Courier page. Treat the numbers as a planning proxy, not locked production eighths.
Can I break down a Final Draft FDX file?
Yes. Open a .fdx export or paste Fountain. Both normalize through Inkwell's production parsers before the ledger is built.
Does this replace StudioBinder or a 1st AD?
No. It is a private first pass from the page — useful before you re-enter the script into production software or walk a locked draft with a coordinator.
Defined in the glossary
Script breakdown
A script breakdown is the process of going through a screenplay scene by scene and tagging everything production needs, such as cast, extras, props, wardrobe, locations, vehicles and effects, so the shoot can be scheduled and budgeted.
Stripboard
The production schedule laid out as strips — one per scene, carrying its number, set, day or night, length in eighths, and cast — ordered by shoot day rather than by story order.
Scene number
A scene number identifies a scene in a shooting script. Once numbers are locked, Scene 42 keeps its number so schedules, sides, and crew notes agree.
Scene heading (slugline)
A scene heading, or slugline, is the line in capitals that opens each scene in a screenplay. It says whether the scene is interior or exterior, where it takes place and the time of day, for example INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT. Production breakdowns and schedules are built from it.
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