DISPOTIFPre-production, from the screenplay
From page one of the screenplayto day one of the shoot.
Bring your screenplay. DISPOTIF reads it scene by scene, drafts the breakdown and the stripboard, and hands you the shooting schedule with standard PDFs — one step at a time.
- Free
- On your phone, too
- Your files stay on your device
A short film of DISPOTIF at work on the sample screenplay Night Ferry: it reads a page where “moments later” comes right after a daytime flashback, sees that the scene returns to the storm night rather than the memory, and asks you to confirm. It then breaks the scene down, turns every scene into a strip on the board, proposes 4 shooting days, and locks the version with its PDFs.
Six steps
Every step, one clear decision.
Screenplay
PDF, Fountain, Final Draft, plain text, or even a photo of a page.
Structure
You confirm the scenes, locations, day and night, and who is in each scene.
Breakdown
Cast, props, wardrobe, vehicles and effects — scene by scene.
Constraints
Working hours, locations, and the days your cast is available. All optional.
Schedule
A proposed stripboard; the order is yours.
Lock & PDFs
Lock the version and take away the shooting schedule, day out of days and breakdown sheets.
Automation proposes.
- sparks — Special effects in scene 22?
- “JOHN” and “YOUNG JOHN”: the same person?
- Scene 24 — NIGHT, continuing scene 22 past the flashback?
People decide.
3 waiting for your decision
Nothing is dropped on its own. Every scene stays in the documents, and what is needed is your call.