Scenes and the scene row

Where scenes come from

Importing a script makes one scene per scene heading and fills in its details from the script.

You can also add a scene by hand, for a pickup or an insert the script doesn’t have.

1. Open the form

   Click + Add Scene at the top right of the Scenes tab.

2. Fill it in

   Scene # is required, such as 12 or 12A. Title is optional.

3. Save

   Click Save. The scene joins the list.

Reading a scene row

Part	What it tells you
INT / EXT tag and time of day	The scene heading, split up
Status, such as completed	Where the scene is in the shoot. Hidden until the scene has started.
Page count, such as 2/8 pgs	Length in eighths of a page. Call sheets add these up for the day.
Coloured names	The characters in the scene
No location	No location is linked, so no location picture is used when you make the scene’s picture
Location not found	The scene names a place that isn’t in the Locations tab

The grey line under the cast is the description. Click it to edit. Click the picture to open the image window.

The row buttons

Wardrobe picks what each character wears in this scene. It stays grey until someone in the scene has more than one look. See Assigning wardrobe to scenes.

Props opens a list of the project’s props with a tick box each. Tick the ones in this scene. The button shows how many are ticked, and it stays grey until the project has at least one prop.

Describe and Generate write a description and make a picture. They work the same on every list tab, so the list screen covers them.

Scene pictures

A scene’s picture is 16:9, wide like a film frame. When the scene has a linked location with a picture, that picture is sent along as a reference, so the room matches. Storyboard panels for the scene then use the scene’s picture as their background reference.