The Breakdown Report gives you a powerful, customisable overview of all scenes, characters and scene items across your script or episode. It is ideal for department planning, approvals, continuity checks, and sharing breakdown information without giving access to the Breakdown editing tools.
The report mirrors the information created during scene breakdowns — including scene details, characters, extras, background groups, and all scene items — but presents it in a structured, production-friendly format.
Where to find the Breakdown Report #
You’ll find it under: Breakdown › Report
Who can access the Breakdown Report? #
The Breakdown Report is available to any user with:
- Full Breakdown access
- Read-only Breakdown access, or
- Limited Breakdown access
This allows many team members to access the information they need without granting them editing access to the Breakdown itself.
Creating custom reports #
Through a combination of filters and show/hide buttons, the breakdown report can be filtered in many ways to create simple or highly detailed selections. This allows each department to generate exactly the information they need.
You can combine filters to refine reports, such as: All exterior scenes on Script Day 3, on a specific location, featuring a particular character relevant to a specific department This makes it easy to generate focused reports like “all wardrobe-relevant scenes on Script Day 1” or “all scenes with vehicles at a specific location”.
Filtering the Breakdown Report #
You can filter by.
- Episode
- Scene
- Character
- Set
- Location
- Script Days
- Workdays
- Time of Day
- Extras
- Background cast groups
If you can’t find the filter, click the black menu icon and select Filter items.
Show or hide character and scene item details #
A dedicated toggle lets you reduce or expand the level of detail shown in the report. If you can’t see it, click the black menu icon and select Show/Hide.
- Collapse all character details
- Collapse all scene items
- Hide scene items for specific departments
- Show only the information relevant to your workflow
This is especially useful for departments such as:
- Wardrobe
- Makeup & Hair
- Props
- Set design/scenography
- Graphics
- Stunts
- Production teams
- Continuity supervisors
How the Breakdown Report is used in production #
- Wardrobe, Makeup & Hair: To track appearances, changes, and continuity requirements across scenes and episodes.
- Props: To list and prepare all required handheld and scene-specific items.
- Set Decoration / Scenography: To confirm set dressing, construction needs and cross-scene reuse of elements.
- Graphics: To identify signs, documents, screens and any graphical material required.
- Production Management: To verify alignment between breakdowns, scheduling, budgeting and call sheets.
- Continuity: To ensure script day progression, character consistency, and scene sequencing.
The Breakdown Report brings all this information together in one accessible place.
Exporting the Breakdown Report #
You can export the Breakdown Report to share it with your team in several ways:
- Export as a PDF
- Print the report directly
- Create smaller, department-specific reports by applying filters before exporting
Exports always reflect the filters you have applied, allowing you to tailor each report to its intended audience.
