Script & pre-production software for film and TV
Screenwriting, breakdowns, storyboards and the pre-production paperwork that follows a script. 18 products listed, each recorded from what the vendor publishes itself. Filter and put three side by side in the comparison tool.
How they are delivered
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- Cloud + desktop 6
- Cloud 5
The products
Arc Studio
Arc Studio Labs, Inc., United States · Cloud + desktop
Screenwriting application with screenplay formatting, visual outlining, real-time co-writing, draft history and revision management, synced across web, desktop and mobile. Imports and exports Final Draft files and exports PDF.
Boords
Presentable Software Limited, United Kingdom · Cloud
London-based web platform for video pre-production: scripts, storyboards and animatics in one workspace, with frame-by-frame client comments (no login needed for reviewers), version history and approvals. Also generates shot lists and call sheets, and has an API, webhooks and a Slack integration.
Celtx
Celtx Inc. (a Backlight business), Canada · Cloud
Browser-based scriptwriting and pre-production platform (screenplay and AV script editors, story development, breakdowns, shot lists, schedules, budgets and call sheets) developed in St. John's, Canada, and owned by Boston-based Backlight.
Fade In
GCC Productions Inc., Canada · Desktop
Screenwriting software for film, television, video games, stage and radio scripts, with outlining, revision management and multi-language support. Opens and saves Final Draft files and imports Fountain, Word, Celtx and StudioBinder; the optional Fade In Access service adds cloud storage, syncing and collaboration.
Filmustage
Filmustage, Inc., United States · Cloud
Web-based, AI-assisted pre-production platform that generates script breakdowns, shooting schedules, budgets, VFX breakdowns, storyboards and call sheets from an uploaded screenplay, with team collaboration and exports to industry formats.
Final Draft
Final Draft, Inc. (Cast & Crew), United States · Cloud + desktop
Screenwriting software that formats screenplays and teleplays to industry standards, sold as the Final Draft 13 desktop application, the browser-based Final Draft Cloud and the Final Draft Go iOS app, with revision, outlining and collaboration tools.
FrameForge Studio
Innoventive Software, United States · Desktop
Previsualization and storyboarding software from San Diego: an optically accurate virtual film studio with cameras matching real lenses, a location builder, objects and actors that interact, lighting with shadows, and boards exported with camera position, focal length and height. Pro adds camera gear and sun position.
Fuzzlecheck
Milieufilm GbR Lichtenberger & Hirsch, Germany · Cloud + desktop
Berlin-made film pre-production software for shooting schedules, call sheets, day out of days and cast and crew availability, with screenplay import and printable reports. Runs as a desktop app on Mac and Windows; Online Projects let up to 20 users work on the same project.
Highland Pro
The Quote-Unquote Company, United States · Desktop
Writing app from Los Angeles for screenplays, novels and other creative writing, made by screenwriter John August's team. Has a navigator for scenes and sections, title page builder, cast and location lists, revision tracking, writing sprints and a gender analysis; native on Mac, iPad and iPhone with iCloud syncing.
ProductionPro
ProductionPro Technologies Inc., United States · Cloud
Brooklyn-based collaboration hub that keeps the latest script, breakdown and media together: a Production Binder with annotations, offline access and automatic note transfer between drafts, and an interactive scene breakdown that doubles as a reference hub for storyboards, previs and designs, filtered by scene and set.
Scriptation
Scriptation LLC, United States · Cloud + desktop
Script annotation app for film and TV productions that transfers notes and markings between script revisions, with element tagging, lining, sides creation, note layers and cloud syncing on iPad, iPhone and Mac.
Shot Designer
Hollywood Camera Work SRLS, Italy · Desktop
Camera blocking app from Florence-based Hollywood Camera Work: block a scene and the camera diagram draws itself, with an integrated shot list, real-time animation of moves, storyboards and a director's viewfinder. The Pro version exports diagrams and shot lists to PDF, JPG and Excel.
Shot Lister
Reel Apps Inc., Canada · Cloud + desktop
Shot list and shooting-day app from Vancouver: build shot lists, schedule them minute by minute, run the day in live mode and keep the crew in sync on their own devices. Imports scripts, holds storyboards and connects to Scriptation.
ShotDeck
The Filmmaker's Research Lab, LLC (ShotDeck), United States · Cloud
Searchable library of high-definition film stills from Los Angeles, tagged by crew, genre, camera, lens, framing, lighting, colour, location and mood. Users build decks of reference images and share them with the team for pitching, prep and post.
Storyboarder
Wonder Unit, Inc., United States · Desktop
Free, open-source storyboarding app from New York studio Wonder Unit: draw boards with a small set of tools, add dialogue and action notes, print worksheets to draw on paper and import them by phone, and turn boards into animatics. Round-trips with Photoshop and exports to Premiere, Final Cut, Avid, PDF and GIF.
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro
Toon Boom Animation Inc., Canada · Desktop
Storyboarding software from Montreal-based Toon Boom for the pre-production workflow: thumbnailing a first pass, refining the boards, pitching them and timing camera moves in an animatic.
Unreal Engine
Epic Games, Inc., United States · Desktop
Real-time 3D engine from Epic Games (Cary, North Carolina) used in film and TV for virtual production, in-camera VFX on LED stages, previs and animation. Sequencer for per-shot editing, Control Rig for rigging and animation, Live Link for streaming mocap and Maya data, MetaHuman characters.
WriterDuet
WriterDuet Inc., United States · Cloud + desktop
Screenwriting software with real-time collaboration: several writers can work in the same script at once, with comments, text and video chat, revision tracking, colored revisions and production tools. Free plan for up to three projects; paid plans add a desktop app and offline writing with sync.
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