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Starting a Project on Mooiev: From Script to Shoot
How to start with Shots only, Client work or Full production, then use the tools your project needs: scripts, shots, storyboards, breakdowns, schedules, call sheets, gear and budget.
In this article 10 sections
Pick your workflow
Start by choosing a set of tools: Shots only, Client work or Full production. Review “What you get,” then select Continue to enter your project details. You can turn tools on or off later inside the project. If you’re unsure, Decide later starts with Shots only. Full production also lets you choose Short, Feature or Series in the details form; Series creates Episode 1 and opens the episodes workspace. AI video is a closed beta and appears only for accounts with access.
Project details
- Cover image, project name, client and contact details
- Shoot date and time — optional on purpose: multi-day productions add days in the Schedule instead
- Edit deadline, delivery and post dates, location, price and currency, notes
Write or import your script
- A professional screenplay editor: scene/action/character/dialogue auto-formatting, Tab to switch element types, a slash menu, and autocomplete for known characters
- Import Fountain, text, Markdown, Final Draft XML or PDF; review scene headings, character names and dialogue after import
- A docked scene navigator lists every scene; click to jump
- Sync the script to Characters & Locations with a preview — you approve exactly what gets imported
- The Export menu provides a complete screenplay PDF, character sides and a scene breakdown
Estimate voice-over and dialogue length with the free script timer
Build the shot list
- From script: AI reads every scene and suggests shots — size, angle, movement, description, cast. You review and keep only what you want; each scene becomes a Sequence
- A quality check runs first and warns if the script needs work — with "continue anyway" always available
- From video: upload footage and AI splits it into a shot list
- By hand: one unified shot form — scene/shot numbers kept unique, camera settings, movement, notes, a reference photo, cast and location links
- Search, filter, sort and bulk-select; sequences display as clapperboard cards
Storyboards
Generate an AI storyboard frame for one shot or many at once, in one of eight visual styles. The Storyboard view lays the whole film out in order, grouped by sequence with estimated runtimes, and a full-screen Present mode plays it through for pitches. Generation uses your plan’s AI quota.
Characters, locations & breakdown
- Characters & Locations: add people and places, generate script-aware AI reference portraits or upload your own; bulk generation keeps running server-side even if you leave the page
- Breakdown: cast per scene plus eleven production-element categories (props, wardrobe, vehicles, SFX, stunts…)
- "Fill from script" suggests elements scene by scene — nothing is written until you approve each one
Schedule, DOOD & call sheets
- Add shoot days and organize scenes as colored strips (INT/EXT × day/night), moved by click — no fragile drag-and-drop
- Each day takes its own location and shows an automatic weather forecast with sunrise and sunset
- The Day Out of Days matrix tracks every cast member’s Start/Work/Hold/Finish days with hold counts — printable
- Call sheets build from a shooting day: location with a maps link, nearest hospital, weather, scene list and per-person call times
- Email the call sheet to everyone and track each recipient: sent, viewed, confirmed — and refresh it from the schedule when the day changes
Gear & budget
- Gear: a per-project checklist grouped by category with packed checkboxes and progress, fed from your master inventory
- Budget: line items by category with estimated vs. actual and variance (commercial and film projects)
Documents & sharing
- Treatment/Lookbook and Proposal documents assemble themselves from the project’s real data — cover, cast portraits, framed shots, budget
- Every document can become a public web link (mooiev.com/d/…) that opens without a login, plus PDF
- Commercial projects can share a client-facing shoot sheet link with prep notes and contacts
Stay on track
Use Overview for the shared brief and production milestones. Contextual Comments, Tasks and Activity keep discussions, assignments and changes with the work. Some actions provide Undo or recovery; read the confirmation for permanent deletion instead of assuming every action can be reversed.