NovelToVideo AI

What novel and script to video tools accept as source text

Lexicon: the words on intake pages

The same word does different work on different vendors' pages. Each entry defines a term as the register uses it and shows which tools use it and how. As of 2026-09-25.

How this section is arrangedTerms that recur on upload boxes, FAQs and plan tables, defined as the register uses them. It holds 18 pages.SectionLexicon18 pagesEach pageOne term, as vendors use it.Each readingPage address and the date checked.
Fig. 1 Each page links back to this list and to the pages beside it.

Entries cover file formats, units of length and the names vendors give to a breakdown. Format entries cite the standard that defines the format where one could be read.

Each entry is written for this register; any vendor wording it cites is copied and dated.

1Pages filed here

  • .docx — .docx, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 3 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Beat sheet — Beat sheet, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 6 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Character count — Character count, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 3 vendors' wording quoted and dated.
  • Word count — Word count, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 3 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Fountain — Fountain, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 1 vendor's wording quoted and dated
  • Input language — Input language, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 4 vendors' wording quoted and dated.
  • Logline — Logline, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 8 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Outline and treatment — Outline and treatment, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 7 vendors' wording quoted and dated.
  • Production asset — Production asset, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 5 vendors' wording quoted and dated.
  • Re-parse — Re-parse, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 8 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Script breakdown — Script breakdown, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 9 vendors' wording quoted and dated.
  • Shot list — Shot list, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 9 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Source text — Source text, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 9 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Box counter — Box counter, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 3 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • Paste box — Paste box, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 9 vendors' wording quoted and dated
  • PDF screenplay — PDF screenplay, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 3 vendors' wording quoted and dated.
  • Plain text file — Plain text file, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 5 vendors' wording quoted and dated.
  • Screenplay page — Screenplay page, as the word is used on novel and script to video intake pages, with 2 vendors' wording quoted and dated.

2What happens after the text goes in

After the intake question in “Lexicon”, SceneMixer describes what it does with the text:

The clip you upload is used for one thing: to be read.

SceneMixer, The Clip You Upload for a Remake: Where It Is Stored, What It Is Used For, and What It Is Never Used For (read 2026-10-13)

Your browser converts whatever you pick to JPEG before uploading, so WebP, HEIC and PNG are all fine.

SceneMixer, What You Can Feed In — “Do I have to convert my images first?” (read 2026-10-13)

3Elsewhere on the site