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BreakdownSwitch production to another draft
Move production to a newer or different screenplay draft, after reviewing what changes.
Before you start
- The project has a Production Source and at least one other draft.
Steps
Click Change source in the Production Source bar.
If the screenplay has a newer draft, a yellow bar also appears under the source bar: Newer revision available, with Review Production Update and Dismiss. Review Production Update does the same job as Change source for that draft. Dismiss hides the bar for this visit. Production stays on its current draft until you review the update.
In the dialog Handing the script over to production., click the draft you want.
Each draft is a card. The current one carries a Current source label and a tick, and it shows Not locked or a lock date and the number of scenes. A note at the bottom says: You will not recreate any scene by hand. Your screenplay is not changed. The button at the bottom right is Review Production Update. It stays greyed out while the current source is selected. Cancel and the X close the dialog without a change.
With another draft chosen, click Review Production Update.
A review dialog opens, titled Update Production from the draft name. It says nothing changes until you confirm. Four tiles count Scenes added, Scenes removed, Text changed and Heading changed. A list shows each changed scene with a chip: Needs Breakdown for a new scene, Historical for a removed scene and Review for a changed one. If there are more than eight changes, click Review Changes First to see them all. A line at the bottom says nothing is deleted: every breakdown element is kept, removed scenes keep their breakdown as history, and changed scenes are flagged for review. This dialog is not pictured here.
Click Update Production Baseline to switch. Click Keep Production on the current draft, or Dismiss, to stay where you are.
After the update a message says Production now uses the new draft and how many new scenes need breakdown, and that nothing was deleted. New scenes show a red Needs breakdown chip. Changed scenes show Needs review. The next workflows cover both.
What you get
Production uses the draft you chose. Existing breakdown work is kept and changed scenes are flagged.
Watch out for
- Nothing is deleted when you switch. A scene that is not in the new draft moves to Removed scenes with its elements.
- Switching the Production Source does not change either screenplay draft.