Script analysis
StageRoll reads your script and builds the production’s scene list and cast from it. Every department then breaks down against the same scenes and characters.
How it works
- Import the script A PDF with selectable text, or a Final Draft (.fdx) file. It’s read on your device, and the file is never uploaded.
- StageRoll reads it Every scene in order, with its number as printed, interior or exterior, location and time of day. Every speaking character, and how often they speak. Crowds and extras, with a head count where the script gives one.
- You review it Principals are numbered by how much they speak, like a cast list. Names that look misread, or appear with and without a title, are offered as merges. Rename, retype, merge or remove any character, and fix or drop any scene.
- It joins the production Nothing is added until you approve. Then the scenes become the production’s scene list and the characters its cast, for every department to break down.
- New drafts Import the next draft and every scene and character is matched to what’s already there, so the work stays attached. You see what’s new, what changed and what didn’t, and you’re only asked about real decisions, like a renamed scene or a cut scene that has work on it.
Key features
- Read on your device The script file never leaves your phone. Only the scene list and the cast are kept, never the dialogue or action.
- Cast numbers that hold A character keeps their number through every draft, and a coordinator can change it to match the call sheet.
- Background with head counts Crowds join as background, with how many are needed in each scene.
- Merge suggestions Likely misreads and duplicate names are flagged before anything joins.
- Auto clean-up Untidy sluglines get a suggested fix for their time of day, so the scene list reads cleanly. Accept or decline each one.
- Draft history Every draft is kept on record with its scene and character counts, named the way the production names them.
- Series and episodes Each episode has its own drafts and its own scene numbers.
- Scenes before the script Add scenes by hand. When the script arrives, StageRoll asks which ones match, so nothing is doubled.