How much does it cost to go from logline to pilot?

Drafting is 2 credits, the cut is 2, and each take is priced per second (Standard 720p is 6 per second). A twelve-beat pilot at ten seconds per take on Standard 720p is 720 credits plus 4; fewer or shorter beats cost less.

Can I skip the draft and write the beats myself?

Yes. The act sheet is editable without ever drafting. Drafting is there when you want a first pass.

What if my logline fails moderation?

Text that reaches the drafting model is checked first. If it is blocked, nothing is charged and you can revise it.

Does the pilot have to use all twelve beats?

No. The cut joins whichever takes are finished, in act order. A six-take pilot is a shorter pilot.

Who owns the pilots I make here?

You do. Everything the service produces at your direction belongs to you under our terms of service, and you can publish it, sell it or keep it private. Because copyright is handled differently by each country, check with a lawyer in yours before signing anything that depends on ownership.

Logline to pilot

Start with the sentence. Show Creator takes a logline, turns it into a pitch card, drafts a twelve-beat act sheet around it, renders the beats as takes with a cast you pick, and cuts them into a pilot. Each step is visible and editable; none of them is skipped.

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Every episode, same five acts

Cold openAct oneAct twoAct threeTag

Twelve beats, one take each, four to fifteen seconds a take.

Step one: the sentence

A logline is a promise: who wants what, what stands in the way, and why it matters now. Paste yours into the pitch form (the box below sends it straight there) and give the show a title. Tone, mood words and audience are optional, but each one you fill in makes the draft sharper. “A retired harbour pilot notices a boat that should not be there” is a logline; “salt-stained, patient, dread” is a tone.

If the sentence is not working yet, the pitch room is still the place to fix it. The logline field is editable at any time, and every later draft reads the current version, so a logline that gets sharper after the pilot is drafted will shape episode two.

Step two: the act sheet

From the pitch room, draft the pilot for two credits. The model writes a title, a synopsis, a cliffhanger and twelve beats: one for the cold open, three for act one, four for act two, three for act three and one for the tag. Every beat is a heading and a short shot description built to be one take: one place, at most three people, one action, at most one line.

Read it like a writer, not a customer. Change headings. Rewrite the beat that lands flat. Redraft any single beat for one credit with a note about what you want instead. The act sheet is a working document, and the draft is its first pass.

Title, synopsis and cliffhanger for the episode.
Twelve beats across five acts, each a single take.
Cast names from your sheet used consistently.
A writer’s note field for steering the draft.

Step three: the takes

Each beat renders from the take desk. The beat text is the prompt; cast names in it light up and fill the slots; you pick a set and the quality. A take costs its rate per second times its length, printed before you click. Takes render in the background and the act sheet shows which are pending, finished or failed. Re-shoot a beat and the new take replaces the old one in that slot.

Step four: the cut

When the beats you care about are finished, cut the pilot for two credits. The takes are conformed to one frame and joined in act order into a single file with continuous sound. That file is the pilot: it plays on your pitch page under the poster, has its own share link, and can be posted to the showcase.

The logline is still there at the top of the page, exactly as you typed it. The difference is that now there is an episode under it.

Sample takes

Rendered from beats like yours

Open the showcase

Dawn on the iron gallery deck of a lighthouse. Dagny, a weathered woman in her 60s in a navy duffel coat, lowers a pair of binoculars and says quietly, "That boat was not there last night." Gulls wheel; the sea is grey.

Morning light through the slatted doors of a riverside boathouse. Leila, late 20s with a high black ponytail, tests the weight of a brass padlock on a chain and says to Rhys, "They locked us out of our own boat."

A late-night radio station lobby, the ON AIR lamp glowing red. Jericho, late 40s with a grey goatee, holds the studio door half open and says into the dark, "If you are listening, I know it was you." He lets the door close.

An indoor community pool after closing, underwater lights on. Oona, early 20s with strawberry-blonde braids, blows a chrome lifeguard whistle once at an empty pool, laughs at herself, and switches the lights off.

Questions

How much does it cost to go from logline to pilot?: Drafting is 2 credits, the cut is 2, and each take is priced per second (Standard 720p is 6 per second). A twelve-beat pilot at ten seconds per take on Standard 720p is 720 credits plus 4; fewer or shorter beats cost less.
Can I skip the draft and write the beats myself?: Yes. The act sheet is editable without ever drafting. Drafting is there when you want a first pass.
What if my logline fails moderation?: Text that reaches the drafting model is checked first. If it is blocked, nothing is charged and you can revise it.
Does the pilot have to use all twelve beats?: No. The cut joins whichever takes are finished, in act order. A six-take pilot is a shorter pilot.
Who owns the pilots I make here?: You do. Everything the service produces at your direction belongs to you under our terms of service, and you can publish it, sell it or keep it private. Because copyright is handled differently by each country, check with a lawyer in yours before signing anything that depends on ownership. Read the terms of service.

Ready when the logline is.

Two free credits on sign-up. The price of every step is shown before you click.

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