Scenes Overview

A scene is a single moment from your screenplay. Each scene stores a scene number, title, setting (INT/EXT), location name, time of day, page count in eighths, production status, description, and the characters that appear in it. Scenes are usually auto-created when you import a script, and each one can carry AI-generated or uploaded 16:9 cinematic establishing-shot portraits.

What Is a Scene?

Each scene record stores a scene number, a title, the setting (INT or EXT), a location name, the time of day, a page count measured in eighths (e.g. “3 1/8”), a production status, a visual description, and the characters that appear in it (shown as colored pills). Scenes can also hold one or more AI-generated or uploaded cinematic establishing-shot portraits at a 16:9 landscape aspect ratio.

The Scenes breakdown — the scene list with statuses, characters, INT/EXT and page counts

Where Scenes Come From

Scenes are created in two ways:

Script Import

When you import a screenplay, the parser reads each scene heading (e.g. “INT. COFFEE SHOP - NIGHT”) and creates a scene with its setting, location, time of day, page count, and the characters who speak or appear — all filled in automatically.

Manual Add

Use the + Add Scene button for scenes that aren’t in a script — supplementary establishing shots, pickups, or inserts. You provide a scene number and an optional title.

The Scene Heading

The setting (INT/EXT), location name, and time of day combine into the scene heading — for example “INT. COFFEE SHOP - NIGHT”. That heading is what the app feeds to the AI as context when it auto-describes a scene or generates its establishing shot, and it’s how the setting tag and time-of-day are shown on each row.

Status Tracking

Every scene carries a production status, shown as a color-coded badge on its row: not-started, storyboarded, scheduled, rehearsal, shooting, completed, and cut. The not-started status is treated as the default and stays unbadged; the others appear as a labeled pill so you can see at a glance where each scene stands in the pipeline.

How Scenes Connect to Everything

Scenes sit at the center of your project, tying the other tabs together:

1Scripts — Scenes are parsed from your screenplay’s scene headings on import

2Locations — Each scene references a location by name; a matched location’s portrait becomes a reference image when you generate the scene

3Characters — Scenes track which characters appear, shown as colored pills

4Wardrobes — You can override a character’s default costume for a single scene

5Production Designs — Scene portraits are stored per design, and the design supplies the style prompt and framing template

6Storyboards — Panels build on a scene’s establishing shot together with character and wardrobe portraits

The Scenes Tab

The Scenes tab in your project dashboard is where you manage every scene. Each row shows the scene number, a landscape portrait thumbnail (200×112 on desktop, at a 16:9 ratio), a setting tag (INT/EXT), the title, time of day, a status badge, page count, character pills, an editable description, and per-row action buttons. A toolbar at the top of the list lets you sort, toggle deleted scenes, enter select mode, and add a scene.