Upload the script.
Get the breakdown.
Drop in a PDF or Final Draft file and SceneMatch reads it the way a script supervisor would: every scene with its number, location, time of day, page count and how it follows the last; every speaking character, once; script days worked out from the story's clock. A feature is broken down in seconds — and when the next draft arrives, it is merged, not re-typed.
PDF & Final Draft
From any standard screenwriting app
Any language
Scripts read as they're written
Revisions merged
Reviewed before anything changes
Script days
Built from the story's clock
The breakdown is where prep starts — and where it usually stalls
Before anyone can attach a photo, a look or a prop, someone has to type in 100-odd scenes and every character who speaks. That is a week of data entry. Then the pink pages arrive, scene numbers shift, and the typing starts again.
SceneMatch makes the breakdown the fast part. The script is read for you, in seconds, and every later draft is compared with what you already have — so the work your team attaches to scenes stays attached, draft after draft.
- A week typing in scenes and characters A full breakdown in seconds
- RUIZ and DET. RUIZ as two people One character, matched across spellings
- Story days counted on paper Script days built from the script
- Re-entering everything for the pink pages A reviewed merge that keeps your work
What it reads from a single line
Every scene heading is taken apart into the fields your breakdown actually uses — and tidied the way a careful coordinator would.
Kept as the script numbers it, inserts and letters included.
Interior or exterior, from INT., EXT. or the script's own words.
Capitals put back: 4th, P.O.V., Title IX, McGuire.
Read in the script's own language, from NIGHT to DOPOLEDNE.
Kept out of the location name, so the kitchen is always just Kitchen.
Built on real production drafts
Scripts in the wild are not tidy. The importer reads the shape of a screenplay — headings, cues, dialogue — not one program's output, and it is tested against a library of real production drafts, awkward ones included.
Any language
Scripts are read in whatever language they're written in. Local heading conventions — AUSSEN/TAG and the like — are recognised, and cues like VOZ EN OFF are understood.
Front matter left out
Title pages, cast lists, scene reports, scene indexes and revision summaries are skipped, so nothing is counted twice and the scenes start where the script does.
Watermarks and stamps ignored
Recipient watermarks and stamps added on top of the pages are recognised and dropped, so they never turn up inside a heading or a line of dialogue.
Reader's notes filtered out
Notes someone wrote over the finished pages in a pen of their own are told apart from the typed script and left out of the text.
Bilingual drafts
A translation laid over the original in the same PDF imports as the version you can see, not the two languages interleaved word by word.
Change bars and margin logs
Revision marks in the margin, and the music and change log some post-production scripts keep beside them, stay out of your scenes.
A new draft is a merge, not a fresh start
Upload the next draft — the whole script, a handful of coloured pages, or one rewritten scene — and SceneMatch matches it scene by scene against the production you already have. Before anything changes, you see a review: each scene tagged with what the merge will do, and every updated scene saying exactly what changes.
- Filming states and script days survive
- Photos, notes and looks stay on their scenes
- Characters are matched, never duplicated
- Capitals you corrected in location names are kept
- Deleting scenes asks you to type DELETE first
- The revision colour is read from the file name
Breakdown sheets, ready to hand out
Your data is yours, and nothing is locked in. Every view your team works from exports as a PDF to print, send or file, always built from the current draft — and the whole production, photos and documents included, can be exported whenever you want to take it with you.
Scene Sheet
Everything about one scene on one sheet — its details, its characters and what's attached to it.
Character Breakdown Sheet
Every scene a character plays, detailed scene by scene — for the actor, their dresser or their department.
Script Day Breakdown
Each scene of a story day, detailed for every character in it — or for just one.
Shooting Day Sheet
The scenes and characters on a shooting day, for everyone who needs to prep it.
Character List
Principals, doubles and stand-ins, and background characters with their counts — the cast at a glance.
Scene Assets Report
Each scene with its characters and the props, vehicles and animals attached to it.
Also exportable: character looks sheets, script day looks, set sheets, takes sheets, and the props, wardrobe, vehicle and animal catalogues.
How it works
Start on the first draft. Scripts are never final, and you don't have to wait for one that is.
Upload the screenplay
PDF or Final Draft. Scenes, characters, locations and script days are created for you — or skip characters on a script with a crowd of one-liners.
Tidy in a few passes
Merge a duplicate character, rename a location across every scene at once, correct the odd script day. Regenerating script days keeps your corrections.
Merge every revision
Upload new drafts, coloured pages or a single scene. Review what changes, then merge — the revision history reads the way the production talks.
See your script broken down
Registration is free for anyone who wants to try it. Upload a screenplay and have its scenes, characters and script days in front of you in seconds.
Sign up freeQuestions about the breakdown
The full guide is in importing a screenplay. Have a script that imports badly? Send it to us — difficult drafts are how the importer gets better.
Which files can I upload?
PDF and Final Draft (.fdx). A PDF exported from any of the standard
screenwriting apps is read reliably, because the importer looks for the shape of a
screenplay rather than one program's output.
Should I wait for the final draft before importing?
No. Importing again is not destructive: each new draft is merged after you review it, and the photos, notes, looks, filming states and script days on surviving scenes are kept. Start on the first draft.
Can I upload only the revised pages?
Yes. Upload them as a partial script: the scenes in the file are updated or added and nothing else is touched — a partial script never deletes a scene. A single rewritten scene can be uploaded straight from the scene itself.
What if a scene is renumbered between drafts?
Scene numbers are how a draft is matched, so a renumbered scene arrives as a new, empty scene. In a full draft its old self is marked for deletion — the review shows you both before you merge, and you can keep the old one. Expect to redo the continuity of a renumbered scene.
The importer created the same character twice. Now what?
Merge them. Merging combines both characters and keeps the work attached to each, so there's nothing to choose between. It's cheapest done early, before the continuity builds up. See merging characters.
Does it work for a TV series?
Yes. Each episode imports its own screenplay and carries its own revisions, while characters are shared across the season. On a returning series, characters can be matched against last season's. See importing episode screenplays.