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Features

Everything a film asks for.

The screenplay, its four views, and everything that prepares the shoot. One feature per card, as it is in the software today.

The software

As it is, on your screen.

Not a mock-up: DUKE-DRAFT, with a real script and a director’s notes right next to the text.

The DUKE-DRAFT editor: a screenplay in industry format, the scene list and a director’s comments.
  • Industry format
  • Colour revisions
  • Anchored comments
  • Offline
  • Encrypted

All connected.

A scene is declared once, in the screenplay. Its characters, set, time of day and props follow it into every tool.

The project

Sc. 12

INT. APARTMENT – NIGHT

  • Interior
  • Night
  • Léa
  • Marc
  • Bedside lamp
  • 3/8 page
  • BreakdownLéa, Marc · bedside lamp, phone
  • Storyboard4 shots drawn
  • Shot listShot 1 · close-up · 35 mm
  • Floor planCamera A · 35 mm, field of view drawn
  • ScheduleDay 3 · night shoot
  • Call sheetLéa and Marc called

In detail

The floor plan, lit like the set

Cameras, actors, set, and 96 real fixtures, from ARRI to K5600. The lighting list and total power add themselves up.

A floor plan: two actors, three cameras, named fixtures and the lighting equipment list.

Offline

On the train, no signal: keep writing, everything syncs when you’re back online.

Encrypted

Your scripts are encrypted on our servers, and every access is checked.

Colour revisions

Blue, pink, yellow… the eight production colours, asterisks in the margin.

Script doctor

Nineteen checks computed in your text, without sending it anywhere.

Your files stay yours

Final Draft, Fountain, PDF, plain text: import and export whenever you like.

All the way to funding

Breakdown, schedule, call sheets, funding dossier: all from the same script.

And always

Professional formatting

Return and Tab are all you need: the editor recognises a scene heading, a character cue, a transition, and applies the expected margins.

Scenes in front of you

The scene list stays next to the text and follows every keystroke. One click takes you there; drag to reorder.

Pages while you write

Page breaks appear as you type, exactly where the PDF will break. The page count is the one your producer will read.

Versions and compare

Freeze a state, start again from a copy, compare two versions scene by scene and word by word. Nothing is overwritten: it adds up.

Script doctor

Precise notes (page, scene) on structure, dialogue and pace. Never a rewrite in your place.

Characters and locations

Pulled from the text on every save: who speaks, how many lines, in which scenes, on which sets.

Import and export

Final Draft (.fdx), Fountain, plain text and PDF, both ways. You are never locked in.

Always saved

Every keystroke reaches the server and is stored within seconds. Offline, nothing is lost while the tab stays open: it all goes out when you are back online.

Eight themes

Four for everyone, four more with a Studio or Production subscription.

For everyone

  • General · DarkDUKE’s own look, dark or light
  • General · LightDUKE’s own look, dark or light
  • ProjectionThe dark theatre: velvet, projector light
  • AtelierCream paper, blue ink, red pencil

With a subscription

  • Day for NightDay shot as night: deep blue, moonlight
  • DarkroomThe photo lab: deep black, red safelight
  • Three-StripIvory and the bold colours of three-strip film
  • SoundstageGrey concrete, yellow gaffer tape, black slate

Your progress

Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum: time spent writing, rewarded.

  1. Bronzefrom the first hour
  2. Silverfrom 10 h
  3. Goldfrom 50 h
  4. Platinumfrom 150 h

The easiest way is to try it.

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