Scripts
Scripts overview
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Keep the production working from an explicit script revision—and make changes visible before they move downstream.
Explore the Scripts guidesFictional demonstration data. Sample material from Sintel © Blender Foundation | durian.blender.org; original screenplay by Esther Wouda, licensed under CC BY 3.0.
The Scripts section is where you upload screenplays, read them in screenplay format, track colored revisions, compare drafts, comment on scenes, and run continuity checks. Your script provides the scenes used later in Breakdown, Crew, Schedule, and Reports. This overview explains how the pieces fit together and links to each task guide.
What you can do here
- Upload a script
- Read a script
- Manage episodes
- Manage script revisions
- Compare two revisions
- Run a continuity check
- Comment on scenes
- Publish and share a script
- Configure script settings
Key concepts
Episodes hold scripts
Every script belongs to an episode. For a TV Series, each episode maps to one episode of the show. For a Feature Film or Short, you use a single episode to hold the whole screenplay, and the episode selector stays hidden. See Manage episodes.
Revisions are colored drafts
Each draft you upload is a revision, labeled with an industry-standard revision color — White for the first draft, then Blue, Pink, Yellow, and so on. You switch between revisions, compare them, and can star a personal preference. Normal episode entry still opens the newest completed revision. See Manage script revisions and the revision colors reference.
The Script top bar drives revision selection
Use the selectors in the top bar to choose a project, episode, and script revision. In Scripts, the Revision selector and Episode selector for TV Series sit beside the Project selector. Their menus also include Upload Revision, Revision Settings, Add Episode, Episode Settings, and Show Archived.
The Revision selector appears only in Scripts. Breakdown, Crew, Schedule, and Reports use the latest revision accepted for production automatically.
The script viewer is the reading surface
The main area renders the screenplay in screenplay format — scene headings, action, dialogue, and transitions in Courier Prime. Floating control cards sit over the page: a control panel at the top right (Lock & Share, Translate, View, Download), a scene/page navigator at the bottom left, and a continuity-warnings card at the bottom right. See Read a script.
Where this fits
Scripts are the starting point for the rest of your production work:
Script → Breakdown → Crew → Schedule → Reports
When you accept a new revision, matching scenes keep their breakdown and schedule information. New screenplay details then appear throughout the production. Some reports update when opened, while saved reports wait for you to refresh them. Editing a report does not change the script.