FILM PRODUCTION PLANNING
Film production planning,
all on one canvas.
Script breakdown, storyboard, shot list, schedule boards, location and casting references, all connected on one infinite canvas. Add your script and the AI drafts the breakdown, storyboard, and shot list; shoot days you arrange by drag and drop. Free forever, no credit card.
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What is film production planning?
Film production planning is the work that turns a script into a shootable project: breaking the script down into elements, storyboarding the scenes, building the shot list, drafting the schedule, and collecting location and casting references. Most teams do their film production planning across five disconnected tools, so the breakdown lives in a spreadsheet, the boards in a PDF, and the schedule in someone's inbox.
Storyflow puts the whole film production planning workflow on one infinite canvas. Paste your script or drop it on the board as a PDF, and the AI generates a first pass of the breakdown, the storyboard layout, and the shot list, arranged as connected boards on the same canvas. Schedule boards you build yourself, dragging scenes into shoot days right beside them. Location scouts, casting references, and notes sit right next to the plans they belong to.
Because everything lives on one board, film production planning stops being a document chase. Change a scene in the breakdown and the storyboard and shot list are right there to update. Share one link and the whole crew sees the same plan.
HOW IT WORKS
Film production planning in four steps.
Start from the script, not from a stack of blank templates. The AI drafts each board and you make it production-ready.
01
Open a free canvas
A free account takes seconds and the production planning canvas opens straight in the browser. Nothing to install, no card details, no procurement conversation.
02
Add your script
Drop the script onto the canvas as a PDF, or paste it straight into the AI chat. From there it anchors the board: the source of truth every plan traces back to.
03
AI drafts the planning boards
Ask for a script breakdown, a storyboard, or a shot list. The AI generates a structured first pass of each, laid out on the canvas. Shoot days you lay out as boards yourself.
04
Connect, refine, share
Pin locations, casting references, and notes next to the plans, then invite the crew or share a view-only link. Export any board as an image or PDF.
Every planning document, generated and connected.
The boards that usually live in five different apps sit side by side on one canvas, all built from the same script.
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Elements pulled from the script automatically
Break the script down in minutes
The AI reads your script and lays out a breakdown of scenes, characters, props, and locations, so the spreadsheet stage of film planning disappears.
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Coverage planned next to the frames it covers
Build the shot list beside the storyboard
Generate a shot list from the script and keep it next to the storyboard, so shot sizes, angles, and setups always match the frames the director signed off.
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Shoot days, scenes, and crew on visual boards
Draft schedule boards the crew can read
Lay out shoot days as boards instead of spreadsheet rows. Move scenes between days with drag and drop and keep the day's references one glance away.
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Scenes visualized before the first setup
Storyboard the film on the same canvas
The AI lays out a storyboard from the script with scenes, structure, and notes. Sketch over it, drop in references, and keep it linked to the shot list.
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The free plan covers the whole shoot: boards without a cap, no clock running, and a crew that can view everything without paying a cent.
No cap on productions: boards and projects stay unlimited
Basic AI usage to draft breakdowns, boards, and lists
Drag and drop scripts, images, video, and PDFs
The whole crew joins free; departments view from one link
BUILT FOR PRODUCTIONS
Film planning software that thinks in boards, not rows.
Storyflow is an AI-native canvas, so the plan is something the crew can see, not a folder of files nobody opens twice.
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One script feeds every plan
The AI drafts the first pass of everything
Start from the script: Paste the script or drop a PDF on the canvas. The AI works from it for every board you ask for.
Breakdown, board, and list: Ask for each planning document in plain language and get a structured layout with scenes, elements, and notes.
Re-prompt as the script changes: New draft, new pages, new plan. The AI keeps the context of your board, so updates do not mean starting over.
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Scouting photos and maps on the board
Location boards next to the schedule
Collect every option: Drag scouting photos, map screenshots, and links onto a location board for each scene or shoot day.
Grab frames from video: Capture stills from YouTube or Vimeo location walkthroughs straight onto the canvas, no screenshot tool needed.
Decide in context: Compare locations next to the scenes they serve, and write the pros and cons right beside the images.
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Faces, looks, and notes per role
Casting reference boards for every role
One board per character: Pin headshots, reels, and look references next to character notes so casting conversations have visuals.
Character profiles: Keep wardrobe, makeup, and continuity references with the character, not buried in a shared drive.
Linked to the breakdown: Casting boards live on the same canvas as the script breakdown, so who appears in which scene is never a guess.
One link for the whole crew
A single source of truth for the production
Invite the team free: Bring on the AD, the DP, and the coordinator at no cost, and control who can edit or view.
View-only links for everyone else: Cast, clients, and department heads can review the plan from a link without creating an account.
Export what set needs: Export any board as a high-quality image or PDF for call sheet packets and the on-set binder.
WHO IT IS FOR
Who plans film productions in Storyflow?
Anyone responsible for getting a script to set in one piece.
Producers
Run film production planning from one canvas instead of a folder of versions. See the breakdown, boards, and schedule in a single view before money moves.
Line producers
Build the breakdown and schedule boards fast, then keep them honest as the script changes. Every revision happens where the rest of the plan lives.
Directors
Storyboard the film, mark up coverage, and pin look references next to the scenes, so the creative intent survives the production planning process.
Production coordinators
Keep locations, casting references, and day boards organized and current. Share one view-only link instead of re-sending attachments.
Indie crews
Get production planning for film without enterprise software. The free plan covers unlimited boards, AI drafts, and the whole crew as viewers.
Film students
Learn the full pre-production workflow on one canvas: breakdown, storyboard, shot list, and schedule, free with no time limit.
Film production planning, answered.
Everything people ask about planning a film shoot with Storyflow.
Film production planning software is a tool for turning a script into a shootable plan: script breakdown, storyboard, shot list, schedule, and reference boards. Storyflow does this on one infinite canvas, where the AI drafts the breakdown, storyboard, and shot list from your script and the crew works from a single shareable link.
The script is written. Plan the shoot.
Drop the script on a canvas, let the AI draft the breakdown, storyboard, and shot list, and build a schedule the whole crew can see. Free plan, no credit card.