Keep the whole production
on one board the crew shares.

Storyflow is built for exactly this job: the script, shot list, strip board, prep table and call sheet PDFs sit on one board the crew shares in real time, and its AI builds the plan from a prompt or your script. One current plan is the basis for listing it first. StudioBinder still sends call sheets and tracks confirmations, which Storyflow does not.

Track casting, locations, wardrobe, equipment, permits, insurance, the shot list and the shoot dates, each with one owner and one date. In Storyflow that is a table with person, date and status cells, rows kept in date order, beside the references for each task. Review it at a fixed time each week, because a row with no owner a week before the shoot is the usual cause of a bad day.

For a one or two-day commercial, three to four weeks of prep is a workable start; longer when casting, permits or a location need lead time. Work back from the first shoot day, and if a task lands before today, the date or the scope has to change. On a Storyflow board the prep table shows that squeeze on day one rather than in the final week.

Ask Storyflow's AI for a call sheet from the board. It drafts a PDF with the schedule, contacts, location and a line for the nearest hospital, and leaves anything it does not know visibly blank rather than inventing it. Check it, fill the gaps and send it through your usual channel. Storyflow does not send call sheets or track confirmations, so a producer who needs that uses StudioBinder.

It builds a strip board grouped by shoot day with page counts, and it can hold the schedule in a table with date cells, rows kept in date order. Storyflow does not recalculate when something moves, has no Day Out of Days and has no calendar view, so changes are made by hand. For a large scripted production, a dedicated scheduling tool still earns its place.

No. Storyflow manages the plan, schedule, call sheets and creative work, and you can note costs in a table, but it does not run budgeting or payroll. Pair it with Movie Magic Budgeting for the budget and a payroll service such as Wrapbook for the crew. Keeping the finance separate also means a client link never shows the numbers.

Yes. Invite the director, AD and department heads to the Storyflow board; they edit in real time on any paid plan, and anyone a paid member invites joins free. Share a view-only link with financiers and clients, which opens with no account. Crew on set can open the board in a phone browser, though building the plan is best done on a laptop.

Send a view-only Storyflow link to the board: the client opens it in a browser with no account and sees the latest version on reload. To comment on a frame or a row they sign in, so the note stays attached to what it is about. For a review meeting, presentation mode steps through the board fullscreen, or you can export a PDF.

StudioBinder is a production suite with script breakdown, stripboards and call sheets it sends and tracks, in structured forms. Storyflow is a canvas: moodboard, script, frames and shot list sit on one board, and the AI builds each piece from the script. A producer who runs many scripted shoots may want StudioBinder; one who also owns the creative and the client conversation often prefers the board.

Yes. Give each production its own Storyflow board, with no project limit on paid plans, so a company running several jobs keeps each one organised and separate. Group them in folders, and keep one overview board with a table row per job: phase, shoot date, producer and what it is waiting on.

Not yet. Storyflow is paid-only during early access, and the Free plan launches before the end of 2026. Anyone invited to a board by a paid member can sign up free. The AI inside Storyflow starts on Plus at $7.99 a month billed annually ($9.99 monthly), then Pro at $14 ($19 monthly) and Max at $39 ($49 monthly). Anyone a paid member invites joins free, so the crew adds nothing to the bill.

No. Storyflow runs in your browser with no native desktop or mobile app, so there is nothing for a freelance crew to install. Open the board on a laptop to build the plan, and on a phone browser to check the shot list or a reference on set. Keep a PDF export for locations with poor signal.