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Explore the sample script

Open “Humpty Dumpty”, a finished short script with a shot plan, storyboard frames, lighting plans and character profiles, to see what StageType can do before you write your own.

Open the sample

Choose File › Open sample script (it is also in My scripts and on the home page). You get your own copy, so you can change anything without losing the original.

Open the sample: Choose File › Open sample script (it is also in My scripts and on the home page). You get your own copy, so you can change anything without losing the original. (Open sample script)
  1. Open sample script

A formatted script

Three short scenes show every element: scene headings, action, character cues with a (V.O.) narrator, a parenthetical, dialogue and a final transition. Click any line and keep writing.

A formatted script: Three short scenes show every element: scene headings, action, character cues with a (V.O.) narrator, a parenthetical, dialogue and a final transition. Click any line and keep writing. (Scene heading; Character cue with (V.O.); Scenes and their shot counts)
  1. Scene heading
  2. Character cue with (V.O.)
  3. Scenes and their shot counts

The camera plan

Each scene has its shots: size, angle, movement, lens, seconds, a description and a frame. Open “Script lines” on a card to see which lines the shot covers.

The camera plan: Each scene has its shots: size, angle, movement, lens, seconds, a description and a frame. Open “Script lines” on a card to see which lines the shot covers. (Choose a scene; Low-angle dolly on Humpty; Planned time vs. the page (approx.))
  1. Choose a scene
  2. Low-angle dolly on Humpty
  3. Planned time vs. the page (approx.)

The storyboard

Every shot in order with its pen-drawn frame and the script lines it covers. Broken contours, detailed faces and cross-hatched shadows carry through to the character portraits. Play it as a timed animatic or export it.

The storyboard: Every shot in order with its pen-drawn frame and the script lines it covers. Broken contours, detailed faces and cross-hatched shadows carry through to the character portraits. Play it as a timed animatic or export it. (Play the animatic; Frame, shot details and lines)
  1. Play the animatic
  2. Frame, shot details and lines

Character profiles

Humpty, the Captain and the King have portraits, traits, wants, needs, flaws and conflicts. The Soldier has a short profile and the Narrator none, so you can see both.

Character profiles: Humpty, the Captain and the King have portraits, traits, wants, needs, flaws and conflicts. The Soldier has a short profile and the Narrator none, so you can see both. (Portrait; Traits; Want, need and flaw)
  1. Portrait
  2. Traits
  3. Want, need and flaw

The relationship map

Lines connect the cast: the Captain is Humpty’s friend and the King’s colleague; the dashed line shows the King blames Humpty for the mess.

The relationship map: Lines connect the cast: the Captain is Humpty’s friend and the King’s colleague; the dashed line shows the King blames Humpty for the mess. (Conflict; Line colours)
  1. Conflict
  2. Line colours

It is saved like any script

The sample appears in My scripts beside your own work. Delete it when you are done, or open it again for a fresh copy.

It is saved like any script: The sample appears in My scripts beside your own work. Delete it when you are done, or open it again for a fresh copy. (Open another copy)
  1. Open another copy

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