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FOR INDIE FILMMAKERS

Organize your whole film
on one board.

Storyflow is where indie filmmakers plan the whole thing without expensive software: the idea, the script, the moodboard, the shot list, and the schedule, all on one canvas. Describe the film and the AI drafts the pieces. Free forever, no credit card.

Free plan

No credit card

No expensive software

Film Plan built on the Storyflow canvas
Quick answer

How do indie filmmakers organize their projects?

The filmmakers who stay organized keep the whole film in one place: the script, the moodboard, the shot list, the schedule, and the tasks, instead of scattered docs and spreadsheets. Storyflow puts all of it on one infinite canvas with an AI that reads the board, so pre-production is one connected plan. Free plan; paid from $9.99 per month, far below industry software.

StoryflowWhole film on one canvas: script, moodboard, shot list. Free plan.
StudioBinderGreat for formal call sheets and scheduling on bigger shoots.
Notion / docsFlexible, but not built for the visual side of a film.
SpreadsheetsTrack a schedule, but the creative work lives elsewhere.

Used by creative professionals at:

Artlist

Pixar

Nike

Red Bull

The North Face

Porsche

Start from a ready-made template

Pick a board to see what you can build, then let AI fill it in. Every template is a real, editable starting point on the same infinite canvas.

Pre-Production built in Storyflow

Pre-Production

Pull the brief, script, shot list, and moodboard into one pre-production hub so the whole shoot is planned in one place.

Browse all templates →

How indie filmmakers actually stay organized

An indie film is not a smaller studio film; it is a different shape. There is no production office, no army of coordinators, and no budget for a stack of expensive software. Usually it is a director wearing five hats trying to keep the script, the look, the shots, the schedule, and the cast straight, mostly in their head and across a mess of docs, folders, and group chats.

That is exactly where indie films lose time and coverage: not on the shoot, but in the gap between all those scattered pieces. The moodboard says one thing, the shot list forgot it, the schedule booked the wrong location for it. When the plan lives in five places, the shoot day pays for it.

Storyflow gives indie filmmakers one board for the whole film. The idea, the script, the moodboard, the shot list, and the schedule live on one infinite canvas, and an AI reads all of it, so the plan is connected and pre-production is one thing instead of five. No production office required, and no per-seat software bill.

HOW IT WORKS

Organize a film in four steps.

Get the whole film onto one board and let the AI draft the pieces you would otherwise build from scratch.

01

Open a free canvas

Start in the browser with a free account. No app to install and no card to enter, just one infinite board for the film.

02

Describe the film

The logline, the genre, the vibe. The AI drafts a treatment, a moodboard direction, and a first shot list to react to.

03

Build out pre-production

Add the script, the moodboard, the shot list, and the schedule as cards, all connected on one board.

04

Share it with your crew

Send one link so the whole crew works from the same plan, and share view-only with anyone who needs to follow along.

The whole film, on one board.

Not a folder of docs and a spreadsheet. One canvas that holds the creative and the logistics of an indie film together.

A film developed from idea to treatment

Idea to treatment

Develop the film with AI

Turn a logline into a treatment, a story outline, and characters on the same board, so the film takes shape before you spend a dollar shooting it.

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A film shoot planned on one board

The whole shoot planned

Moodboard, shot list, and schedule

Build the look, the shot list, and the schedule beside the script, so the shoot day runs on a plan instead of a memory, and nothing gets missed.

See video production planning
A shot list for an indie film

Every setup covered

A shot list you shoot from

Break every scene into setups with framing and notes, so on the day you know exactly what to capture and come back with full coverage.

See video project management
Film research and references on the canvas

Research in one place

Keep references and research together

Pin locations, references, and research to the board beside the plan, so the whole film's context lives in one place the crew can see.

See collaborative storytelling

Free forever. No expensive software. No credit card.

Open a board and plan the whole film in one place. The free plan has no time limit and no per-seat bill.

Unlimited boards for the whole film

Unlimited collaboration, invite the whole crew free

Basic AI usage to draft the treatment, shot list, and schedule

Attach scripts, references, and locations to any card

See pricing
A free indie film planning workspace in Storyflow

BUILT FOR INDIE FILMMAKERS

Made for the way indie films actually get made.

Hold the creative and the logistics together, bring the crew onto one board, and let the AI do the first pass.

A whole indie film on one canvas

One board, whole film

Creative and logistics together

Everything connected: The script, the moodboard, the shot list, and the schedule live on one board, so the creative and the logistics never drift apart.

No expensive stack: One free canvas replaces a folder of docs, a spreadsheet, and a per-seat production tool most indie budgets cannot justify.

Infinite canvas: Zoom from the whole film down to a single scene. The board grows with the production instead of a rigid template.

An indie film crew working from one board

A crew on one board

Keep the whole crew in sync

One shared plan: Invite the crew to the same board so everyone works from one version, not a stale doc someone forgot to update.

Share view-only: Send a view-only link to a producer, an investor, or the cast, so they can follow the plan without changing it.

Present the film: Export a clean PDF of the treatment or plan to pitch the film, all from the same board.

An AI planning an indie film from the board

The AI does the first pass

An AI that reads the whole film

Draft the plan: Describe the film and the AI drafts a treatment, a shot list, and a schedule, so you refine a real plan instead of a blank board.

Reads the whole board: Because the AI sees the script, the moodboard, and the shot list together, what it drafts fits the film you are actually making.

@-mention your context: Bring in up to one Blueprint and three documents, a script or a treatment, and the AI plans the shoot against them.

Explore templates for your project

Every template opens as a real, editable board on the infinite canvas. Pick the closest fit and make it your own.

Pre-Production

Pull the brief, script, shot list, and moodboard into one pre-production hub so the whole shoot is planned in one place.

Pre-Production template
Pre-Production template built in Storyflow
Browse all templates →

COMPARED

How Storyflow compares for indie filmmakers.

Big-production tools are built for offices and budgets. The question is what fits an indie film.

Storyflow

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Notion

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Spreadsheets

Whole film on one canvas: script, moodboard, shot list

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Free plan, no per-seat production software bill

Built for a small crew, not a production office

What creators are saying

Join early creators getting structured workspaces and AI that remembers their projects

Storyflow has sped up my workflow by at least 3x, which means more flow state and more projects I can actually ship. It truly changed the way me and my team create.

Reilin Joey

Reilin Joey

Director & YouTuber

One prompt gets me a structured board. But the tactics are my favorite. I run my YouTube scripts through them and my intros and retention got better. It's amazing.

Justkay

Justkay

YouTuber & Freelance Filmmaker

I used to juggle five apps to plan a project. Now I describe what I am making and get boards, lists, and a schedule. All in one place.

George

George

@fernwehchronicles

Indie filmmaker questions, answered.

Everything indie filmmakers ask about planning a film in Storyflow.

The organized ones keep the whole film in one place rather than scattered docs and spreadsheets: the script, the moodboard, the shot list, the schedule, and the research together. Storyflow does this on one infinite canvas with an AI that reads the board, so pre-production is a single connected plan and the shoot day runs on it instead of on memory.

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Stop keeping the film in your head. Put it on one board.

Open a free canvas, describe the film, and let the AI draft the treatment, shot list, and schedule, all in one place. Free plan, no credit card.

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