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House Lights

Professional lighting planning for film production teams

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Characters
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Actors
My Crew
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Pre-Production▾
Script Breakdowns
Budget Tracking
Market Analysis
Project Costs
Planning▾
Rehearsals
Tech Scout
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Schedule
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Welcome to House Lights

AI-powered pre-production for film & television

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Upload a screenplay and let AI break it down into scenes, shots, budgets & schedules
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Upload
Upload screenplay (PDF/TXT)
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Scenes & Shots
Parse, expand, and review
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Characters
Cast & character management
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Budget
Track costs & expenses
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Schedule
AI shooting schedule
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Storyboard
Visual shot planning
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Locations
Scout & manage locations
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Breakdowns
Scene-by-scene requirements

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Upload & Process Screenplay ▼

Upload Screenplay

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Drop your screenplay here
or click to browse
Choose File
Supports: PDF, TXT (Max 50MB)

Parse Scenes

Analyze screenplay with AI

💰 Project Costs ▼

Energy cost computed from lighting watts × hours × $/kWh
Extract = AI reads your screenplay to identify entities. Generate Prompts = AI creates image descriptions for extracted entities. Generate Images = AI creates visual images from prompts. Order: Extract → Generate Prompts → Generate Images.

👥 Characters (0) ▼

Parse a screenplay to extract characters, or add them manually.

🏛️ Locations (0) ▼

Assign real locations from your locations database for accurate budget calculations.
Parse a screenplay to extract locations, or add them manually.

🎭 Props (0) ▼

Parse a screenplay to extract props, or add them manually.

🎬 Actors (0) ▼

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Actors are reusable across projects. Assign actors to characters for accurate budget calculations.
Add actors from your talent pool, then assign them to characters.

🎬 My Crew Members (0) ▼

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Crew members are reusable across projects. Assign them to crew positions for accurate budget calculations.
Add crew members to your database, then assign them to project positions.

📍 My Locations (0) ▼

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Locations are reusable across projects. Assign them to project locations for accurate budget calculations.
Add locations to your database, then assign them to project locations.

👥 Crew (0) ▼

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Assign crew members from your database for accurate budget calculations.
Add crew positions manually, use templates, or assign crew members.

💰 Budget Tracking ▼

Click "Initialize Categories" to set up standard film budget tracking, or "Refresh" if already configured.
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📊 Market Analysis ▼

Generate AI Market Analysis to find comparable films, revenue projections, and marketing recommendations for your screenplay.

📅 Shooting Schedule (0 days) ▼

Create shooting days and schedule scenes for each day.

📋 Stripboard ▼

INT EXT Day Night
Load the stripboard to visualize and schedule scenes.

📊 Daily Progress Reports ▼

Select a shooting day to view or create its Daily Progress Report.

🎬 Storyboard ▼

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How to use the Storyboard:
1. Parse your screenplay into scenes
2. Expand shots for each scene
3. Generate images for each shot using "Generate Look"
4. Come back here to see your full visual storyboard

Choose a layout above (Grid, Filmstrip, or Presentation) to change how shots are displayed.
🎯 Focus Mode → Upload

🏢 Department Views ▼

Select a project and expand shots to see department-specific views.

🎬 Scenes & Shots ▼

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📋 Script Breakdowns ▼

Select a project to view script breakdowns.

📅 Production Calendar ▼

Select a project to view production calendar.

🎭 Rehearsals (0) ▼

Select a project to view rehearsals.

🔍 Tech Scout Checklists ▼

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Select a project to view tech scout checklists.

📝 Deal Memos (0) ▼

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Select a project to view deal memos.

🎮 Playground ▼

🎮 Load your project data to see the creative workspace.
Drag shots to reorder, click to expand details.

📊 Production Reports ▼

Select a report type to view.

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✨ Elaborate Shot Sections

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You agree not to copy, share, disclose, demonstrate, or discuss any part of the House Lights platform or its underlying technology with any person or third party without prior written authorization from House Lights.

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House Lights New Project Setup
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1Name
2Upload
3Parse
4Extract
5Cast
6Crew
7Direction
8Expand
9Budget
10Finish

Name Your Project

Give your screenplay project a working title.

You can change this later from the project settings.

Upload Screenplay

Upload your screenplay in PDF or TXT format (max 50 MB).

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Click or drag to upload screenplay (PDF / TXT)

Parse Scenes

AI analyzes your screenplay to identify scenes and estimate shot counts. ~3 credits

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Extract Entities

AI identifies characters, locations, and props from your screenplay. ~9 credits total

🎭 Characters: waiting...
📍 Locations: queued
🎬 Props: queued

Cast, Locations & Entity Images

Assign actors/venues, review entity images. Generate or upload images before shot expansion. ✨ AI optional

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Assignments are optional. Review and regenerate entity images before expanding shots.

Crew

AI suggests crew roles based on your project scope and budget. Fill in names as needed. ✨ AI optional

Click "AI Suggest Roles" to auto-populate, or add roles manually.
Crew assignment is optional. You can manage crew later in the working view.

Creative Direction

Set the visual style and budget scope. This shapes how AI expands your shots. Free

Expand Shots

AI creates detailed lighting, camera, and production plans — now enriched with your cast and crew data. ~1 credit/shot

🎬 Review & Edit Shots

Edit shot details, regenerate images, or upload custom images before continuing.

Generate Budget

Initialize budget categories and generate scene-level cost estimates. ~1 credit/scene

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Documents & Finish

Generate your production document package and wrap up setup.

📅 Schedule Setup

📋 Document Package

Select documents to generate. Check all that apply.

Data-Driven Documents
✨ AI-Assisted Documents credits required

✅ Setup Summary

📜 Screenplay
Click 📜 Script to load your screenplay
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House Lights Help

Tips for getting started

📜 Screenplay
Open a project with a screenplay to view it here.
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