Breakdown (Elements)

Breakdown is the traditional script breakdown: every element a scene requires, categorised by department, tagged to the scenes it appears in, and tracked through prep to wrap.

It is not the same as Props (what things look like) or Scouting (where to get them). If you haven’t read Props vs Breakdown vs Scouting, start there. The three tabs confuse everybody exactly once.

Breaking down a scene

A worked example: one scene taken apart into the elements every department has to bring.

Categories and prep status

All fifteen categories, what belongs in each, and what the four statuses actually mean.