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A working sandbox. No sign-up, no project. Sample data only.
- A document editor. Drag a heading and its section moves with it.
- Several beat sheets per project: spine, B-story, thematic cut.
- AI drafts beats from a topic, or summarises a paper cut into one.
- Every beat links back to the moment on tape.
- Export to Word, or put it on a Miro board.
Setting + key players in the control room.
Power grid fails. Confusion turns to panic.
Marcus refuses manual override. Schism forms.
Elena bypasses the chain of command.
Drag rows or use the arrows to reorder.
How it works
Three steps from raw material to result.
Create a beat sheet titled after the spine you're chasing: "Act 1," "Marcus B-story," "Themes of silence."
Add beats manually, summarise from a paper cut, or let the assistant draft a structure from the indexed transcripts.
Drag rows to reorder, annotate inline, and export to Word for sharing with the director.
Frequently asked questions
How many beat sheets can I have per project?
As many as you need. Most documentary projects use two or three in parallel: a master spine, a B-story, and a thematic cut.
Can the AI suggest beats from a topic?
Yes. Give the assistant a topic or arc and it proposes beats grounded in the project's archive, with each beat linked back to the source moment.
Can I summarise a paper cut into a beat sheet?
Yes. A paper cut can be summarised into a beat-sheet draft in one click, then you reorder and refine from there.
Do beats stay tied to the original tape?
Yes. Click any beat to jump back to the moment on tape. Beats hold timecode, speaker, and the original quote.
Can I export a beat sheet?
Beat sheets export to a Word document for sharing with directors and writers. The export preserves order, beat titles, and short descriptions.
Can I put a beat sheet on a Miro board?
Yes. The beat sheet is copied as a grid that Miro pastes as cards, one column per act and one card per beat, so the wall in the story room and the document in the project are the same thing.
Related capabilities
Further reading
Background guides and comparisons.
A documentary beat sheet is not a screenplay beat sheet. Here is what a documentary beat actually says, how many beats a feature needs, and when directors write them before shooting versus after.
Beat sheets define structure. Paper cuts handle assembly. They work in sequence, not in competition. Here is how the two documents relate and why skipping the beat sheet creates problems in the paper cut.