AI Element Detection

AI Element Detection

SceneItAll’s AI can read your screenplay and automatically identify production elements — cast members, props, vehicles, wardrobe, and more. All AI suggestions go through a review step before being applied.

Prerequisites

  • You need at least one uploaded and parsed script with scenes.
  • Admin permissions are required to run detection.

Running Detection

From the Breakdown Overview

  1. Select one or more scenes using the checkboxes.
  2. Click the primary Element Breakdown button in the header. When scenes are selected the button shows the count, e.g. Element Breakdown (3).
  3. The AI job starts processing in the background. The button is replaced by a Cancel button while the job runs.

From Scene Detail

  1. Open a scene’s detail view.
  2. In the Elements tab, click the AI Detect button.
  3. Detection runs on this scene.

Monitoring Progress

While detection runs, the AI Job Status Bar appears below the top bar, showing:

  • The current operation (e.g., “Detecting elements in scene 3 of 15…”).
  • A progress indicator.

You can continue working in other parts of the app while detection runs.

Reviewing Proposals

When detection completes, you’ll be notified in two ways:

  1. A toast notification appears saying “AI element detection is ready for review.”
  2. A green banner appears at the top of the script viewer: “AI element detection is ready for review” with a “Review” button.

Click “Review” to open the proposal review dialog.

The Proposal Review Dialog

The full-screen dialog presents the AI’s findings in sections:

Discovered Elements

A list of elements the AI identified in the script text. Each entry shows:

  • Checkbox — Checked by default. Uncheck to reject.
  • Element name — What the AI detected.
  • Element type — The category it was assigned (Cast Members, Props, etc.).
  • Confidence score — How certain the AI is (shown as a percentage).
  • Scenes — Which scenes this element was found in.

Not-Detected Elements

Elements that already exist in your project but were not found by the AI in this detection run. Each entry has:

  • Checkbox — Unchecked by default. Leave unchecked to remove from scenes, or check to keep.

Summary Stats

The dialog shows counts like “X elements to create” and “Y elements to remove” based on your checkbox selections.

Accepting Results

  1. Review each discovered element. Uncheck any false positives.
  2. Review not-detected elements. Check any that should be kept despite not being found.
  3. Click the apply button at the bottom right. The label is dynamic based on what’s selected — typically Apply, Apply (X), or Accept selected (X), where X is the count of changes you’ve checked.

The selected elements are created (or kept) and tagged to the appropriate scenes. Unchecked items are discarded.

Tips

  • AI detection works best with well-formatted scripts in Final Draft (.fdx) or Fountain (.fountain) format, since they carry structural information.
  • Review proposals carefully. The AI is good at catching obvious elements (named characters, vehicles, weapons) but may miss implicit ones or create false positives.
  • You can run detection on individual scenes or batch-select multiple scenes for bulk processing.
  • Detection results respect your existing element library — the AI tries to match detected items to existing elements before suggesting new ones.