Pre-production takes daaaaaaays.
Not anymore.
Upload your script and Slate instantly breaks it down. Props, cast, locations, wardrobe, all organised by scene. Generate call sheets, check live weather for every location, and keep your whole crew on the same page.
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Slate was built by filmmakers. We know exactly what’s at stake when a breakdown is wrong and we built accordingly.
Your script is parsed by Slate’s own engine — trained exclusively on film and television production data. Not OpenAI. Not Claude. Not any general-purpose model. Ask it to solve a math equation and it won’t know where to begin.
Slate will never suggest a shot. It will never add a prop that isn’t in your script. What’s on the page is what goes into the breakdown. Nothing invented. Nothing assumed.
The moment your script is parsed, it is deleted from our servers. We do not store it, read it, or use it to train anything. Your IP remains entirely yours. Privacy Policy →
Every prop on this list
is in your script.
Word for word.
Slate doesn’t guess. It doesn’t infer. It doesn’t add a revolver because the scene feels tense, or list a glass because characters are having dinner. If the word isn’t on the page, it doesn’t appear in your breakdown. Full stop.
This precision comes from how the engine was built. We fine-tuned a base model on hundreds of real scripts — broken down scene by scene against a strict 26-field schema by people who actually work in production. The model learned the difference between a prop and a set decoration. Between a practical weapon and a background one. Between a featured extra and a named supporting role.
No general-purpose LLM carries that discipline. They’re built to be helpful, to fill gaps, to elaborate. Slate’s engine was built to do the opposite: read your script, pull exactly what’s there, and stop.
Build your budget.
Run the what-if.
Slate's budget tool lets you build a full production budget and run a what-if version beside it same script, two countries, side by side. It's directly linked to every major MENA rebate program Morocco, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. Spend thresholds, qualifying categories, and application checklists pull straight from each territory's program. You see exactly what you need to unlock the rebate before you commit to a location.
Every crew member.
One live project.
Every crew member works inside the same live project. Give each department head their own seat and they’re looking at the same breakdown, locations, call sheets, and storyboards updated the moment anything changes. No forwarded PDFs. No version confusion. One project, everyone in it.
Call sheets in seconds.
Not hours.
Add your crew once and they’re in every call sheet from that point forward. Select the scenes and actors for the day, and Slate generates the full call sheet automatically departments, contacts, locations, times. Done in seconds, not hours.
Slate is the first comprehensive pre-production platform that brings everything an assistant director needs into one place. From script breakdown to call sheets, budgeting to crew management it’s all here, and it’s all connected. Start your free trial today and unlock the full suite: live weather for every location, AI-powered storyboards, and a growing set of tools built specifically for the way productions actually run.
General AI models like ChatGPT & Claude were trained on the entire internet. When you ask them to break down a script, they do their best and their best is rarely good enough. They hallucinate props that were never in the script. They miss wardrobe cues buried in action lines. They confuse featured extras with named characters. Not because they’re bad tools, but because they were never built for this. Slate’s engine was trained exclusively on film and television production data, by people who’ve actually worked on set. It understands the difference between a prop and a set decoration, between a stunt and a standard action beat, between what a 1st AD needs and what a general chatbot thinks they need.
Break down every department, track spending against estimates, and keep your production on budget, all in one place.
Pin shoot days, script locks, and delivery dates. Your whole crew sees the same calendar, live. No more conflicting schedules.
Give every department head their own seat. Everyone sees the same live breakdown, budget, and schedule. No PDFs, no version confusion.