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A new home for production guides, product updates, and case studies from the FilmBase team. Here's what to expect.
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Run your entire production
from one place
Budgets | Schedules | Scripts | Storyboards | Logistics
One project file
Every department,
in one app on your desktop.
Most productions piece together five or six different tools. One for scheduling, another for breakdown, spreadsheets for the budget, something else for call sheets, and a notes app for transport. FilmBase does it all in one file. Tag a location once and it shows up in your stripboard, your call sheet, and your driver routes. No copy-paste, no integrations to break.
One-click stripboard optimization
Set your shoot dates, import your script, then hit Optimize. FilmBase places every scene across every day while honoring seventeen production rules. Page caps, day-night separation, actor turnarounds, location clustering, and the actual road distance between your real-world locations. Re-run any time the script changes.
Cap pages per day. Prioritize locations or talent.
Three modes: Quick (5 sec), Smart (15 sec), Thorough (60 sec).
Catches conflicts before shoot day. Cast overlap, location windows, turnarounds.
Runs entirely on your machine. No cloud, no waiting.
Auto-tag every element in the script
An on-device extractor reads through your script and surfaces every element. Characters, props, set dressing, vehicles, wardrobe, stunts. You confirm or skip each one. Tag once, and the system flags the same element in every other scene it appears in.
Surfaces props, vehicles, wardrobe, characters, and stunts.
Filters out camera directions and screenplay boilerplate.
Tag once. Every appearance gets flagged for you.
Runs on your machine. No cloud, no API keys.
Storyboards with animatic export
Build storyboards linked to every scene, with a visual shotlist that maps camera angles and lenses to the scenes they cover. Set the timing per shot on the timeline, then export the whole thing as a video. Direct the cut before you direct the shoot.
Budgets ready in minutes
Start from a built-in template. Pull line rates from the rate book, or attach rates directly to crew members in your global contacts rolodex so you never rebuild the same crew on the next project. Capture actuals per line item and you always know what's left.
Call sheets that fill themselves in
Cast, locations, weather, nearest hospital, and the day's scenes auto-fill from project data you already entered for the schedule. Export the call sheet bundled with sides as a single PDF so the team gets one file, not five.
Driver routes and pickup assignments
Assign drivers to cast and crew for each shoot day on a dedicated transport page. Pickup manifests flow straight into the call sheet. Built-in transport logistics is rare in production tools. Most teams handle this in a spreadsheet and a group chat.
Everything lives in one project file on your desktop. No cloud, no API keys, no data leaves your machine. We don't even have a server to process your projects.
Everything you need to ship
A complete production ecosystem running locally on your machine.
Script & Breakdown
Script editor with visual tagging, auto-extracted elements, magic sheet, character lists, elements manager, and automatic sides generation.
Scheduling & Logistics
Drag-and-drop stripboard, shoot schedule calendar, dynamic scene allocator, call sheets with smart bundling, DOOD, locations, and transport management.
Budget & Cashflow
Multi-level budgeting with drilldown and tree views, advanced math logic, actuals tracking with variance analysis, payment schedules, and cashflow dashboards.
Storyboards & Shotlists
Animatic playback to watch your storyboards as a movie. Visual shotlists linking camera angles and lenses to every scene.
Export & Team Hub
Industry-standard call sheet PDFs, financial and scheduling reports, and team workflow packages for offline collaboration.
Offline First & Private
100% local data storage with built-in backups. No cloud, no internet required. Your production data never leaves your machine.
Simple, not simplistic
Other production tools feel like they were built in the nineties. FilmBase has all the same power under the hood. Budgets, scheduling, breakdowns, call sheets. It just puts everything in a modern, straightforward interface that does not require a training course to figure out.
Auto Script Breakdown Smart Scheduling Gantt Charts Call Sheets Cashflow Tracking Storyboards Day Out of Days Offline First Team Workflow Hub Built-In Backups Auto-Updater Light & Dark Mode Auto Script Breakdown Smart Scheduling Gantt Charts Call Sheets Cashflow Tracking Storyboards Day Out of Days Offline First Team Workflow Hub Built-In Backups Auto-Updater Light & Dark Mode
Your production workflow,
simplified
From script to wrap. FilmBase guides you through every phase.
Import Script
Write or import
Break Down
Auto-tag elements
Schedule
Optimize shoot days
Set Budget
Estimate & track
Call Sheets
Generate & distribute
Wrap & Report
Final reports
One command center
for everything.
Detailed Budget
Built For Production Professionals
Who uses FilmBase?
Producers
Bird's-eye budget dashboards, cashflow tracking, and production Gantt charts.
Line Producers
Detailed budgets with actuals, payment schedules, and variance analysis.
Production Managers
One-click stripboard optimization, call sheets, transport logistics, and DOOD tracking.
Studios
Unified workspace for multiple projects with offline-first security and full reports.
Flexible licensing for every production
No subscriptions. No per-user limits. Pay once, use for the duration of your project.
All plans include the full feature set.
$39
7 Days
$99
30 Days
$199
90 Days
$499
1 Year
$899
Perpetual
From the blog
Production guides & product updates
Script breakdown in five steps
A practical, repeatable process for breaking down a script, from first read to a strip-ready scene list. No theory; just the workflow that gets shot.
· 2 min read