Find anything in a production
One search box covering every part of a production — characters, scenes, looks, warehouse items, sets, locations and more — running against a local copy, so it answers instantly and works offline.
Productions get big. A feature has a hundred scenes, thirty characters, and a warehouse full of items; a season multiplies that by the episode count. Navigating to something is slower than asking for it.
The search in the production bar covers everything in the production at once.
What it searches
Fifteen kinds of thing, in one query:
- Characters and actors
- Scenes and episodes
- Looks — hair, makeup and costume, each listed separately
- Script days
- Sets, locations and set dress
- Props, vehicles, animals and wardrobe
You do not choose a category first. Type a word and every category that has a match reports back; categories with nothing to show are hidden entirely, so the results are only ever things that exist.
Results are grouped, and capped
Matches are grouped by category, with up to ten shown per group and an indicator when there are more. So searching a common word gives you a readable summary — ten scenes, three characters, two props — rather than a wall of hits.
Click any result to go straight to it.
It knows where you are
Results are ranked, and the section you are currently in is promoted to the top. Search from the warehouse and warehouse matches lead; search from the characters page and characters lead.
This is worth knowing because it makes the same query behave differently in a useful way. If you are looking for a prop called "Steel" while standing in the props list, you get the prop first — not the character of the same name.
Why it is instant
Search runs against a local copy of the production held in your browser, not against the server. Two consequences worth relying on:
- It is immediate. There is no round trip, so results appear as you type even on a large production.
- It works offline. On set, in a basement, on a location with no signal, search still finds things — because the data is already on the device.
Practical uses beyond finding
Because it spans everything, search doubles as a quick audit:
- Is this a duplicate? Search a character name before creating one, and you will see if a similar entry already exists — cheaper than merging later.
- Where is this item used? Searching a prop or wardrobe name shows the item; opening it shows the scenes it is attached to.
- What is this called? When someone refers to a set or look by a name you do not recognise, search is faster than opening lists.
The thing that is not obvious
Search covers the production you are in, not your account. It does not find things in your other productions, and on a season it searches that season — including its episodes — rather than the series.
If you are hunting for something you are sure exists and search cannot see it, check which production you are in before concluding it is missing. Productions are deliberately sealed from each other, which is what makes the results trustworthy in the first place.