The development workspace for filmmakers
Day for Night keeps the script, the breakdown, the visual work and the plan in one production-aware workspace — so a decision made in prep is still legible on the day.
Hero region — final headline, subhead and key art are deferred to the marketing content and visual design phase.
Built with productions in closed alpha
Social proof region — production names and logos will be added once alpha participants agree to be credited.
Overview
One workspace, nine connected modules
Most tools handle one stage of a production and hand off a PDF. Day for Night keeps the stages attached to each other, so the breakdown knows which script version it came from and the schedule knows what the breakdown found.
Script
Import, version and review the screenplay that everything else derives from.
Breakdown
Scene-by-scene elements — cast, props, costume, technical — kept with the script version they came from.
Workshop
A shared department canvas for references, decisions and visual research.
Schedule
Prep tasks, one-liner, cast availability and Day Out of Days.
Budget
Department budgets, transactions and revision approvals.
Crew
Who is on the production, what they can see, and when they are available.
Features
Built around how a production actually moves
Each feature section below will be expanded with a focused explanation, an example and supporting media.
Script as the source of truth
Versions, activation and scene-level review — so everyone downstream knows which draft they are working from.
Durable, historical breakdown
Elements are attached to a script version. Older versions stay readable instead of being overwritten.
Department-shared visual work
The Workshop is shared inside a department context, while your own panels and layout stay personal.
Personal presentation, shared data
Move your tiles, keep your widgets open, arrange your own view — without changing what anyone else sees.
Workflow
From a draft to a shooting plan
The same four steps every production takes — with the connections between them kept intact.
- 01
Bring in the script
Import a draft, activate a version, and let it become the spine of the production.
- 02
Break it down
Extract the elements each department needs, scene by scene, with history preserved.
- 03
Develop it visually
Work the look in the Workshop — references, sections and items your department shares.
- 04
Plan the shoot
Turn the breakdown into a schedule, a calendar and a budget that stay connected.
Collaboration
Departments work in parallel, not in copies
Crew are invited into a production, see the modules relevant to them, and work in a shared department context. Approvals are revision-specific, so an approval that happened stays part of the record.
Invitation-based access
People join a production through a secure invitation link, not an open sign-up.
Role-aware surfaces
What a person can see and change follows their access, enforced in the database.
Review that reflects reality
Ask two reviewers to approve an item; later changes are shown as changes, not as a reset.
Use cases
Who it is for
Director
Hold the visual argument of the film in one place and bring departments to it.
Producer
See what changed, what needs review and where the budget is moving.
Cinematographer
Build the visual language — references, lenses, ratios, stock — against real scenes.
Production designer
Track sets, locations and props from the breakdown into department work.
1st AD
Move from breakdown to one-liner, DOOD and prep readiness without re-entering data.
Line producer
Keep department budgets and approved revisions attached to the schedule.
Inside the product
Screens from the workspace
Product screenshots will be captured once the visual design phase is complete.
Testimonials
What filmmakers say
Reserved for quotes from alpha productions. No testimonial is shown until a real one is given and approved for use.
Quote slot — a filmmaker's account of using Day for Night on a real production.
Name · Role · Production
Quote slot — a filmmaker's account of using Day for Night on a real production.
Name · Role · Production
Quote slot — a filmmaker's account of using Day for Night on a real production.
Name · Role · Production
Pricing
Free while in closed alpha
Pricing is not finalised. During the closed alpha there is no payment and no plan selection.
Indie
Not set
Plan contents and price for this tier are still being decided.
Production
Not set
Plan contents and price for this tier are still being decided.
Studio
Not set
Plan contents and price for this tier are still being decided.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- Is Day for Night available now?
- Day for Night is in closed alpha. Access is by invitation only — join the waitlist and we will be in touch as we open more productions.
- Do I need to import a script to start?
- No. The Workshop and Crew modules work without a script, but Breakdown, Schedule and Budget become far more useful once a script version is active.
- Who can see my department's work?
- Workshop content belongs to a department context and is shared within it. Your personal layout, notes and open panels are never shared.
- Does Day for Night replace scheduling software?
- It covers prep, one-liner, cast availability and DOOD derived from your own breakdown. Interchange with established production tools is on the roadmap.
- What happens to my data?
- Project data lives in your workspace with row-level access control. Personal presentation settings stay personal.
Bring your next production into Day for Night
Access is by invitation while we work with a small number of productions. Join the waitlist and tell us what you are making.