Cinewright™On set
- Cinewright for iPhone and iPad, with the Apple Watch slate remote, today
- Cinewright for Android: in development
Coming early 2027
What Cinewright does
One workflow, script to screen. Here is the suite, app by app, grouped by the job it does. Everything works offline, with no account and no server, in 16 languages. VoiceOver support is in beta, being tested with VoiceOver users before launch.
How it works together
One production folderPhones on set and computers in the office share one production folder on a cloud drive the production already uses. No server sits in the middle, and nobody needs an account.
One production folder
- Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or a network drive; iCloud Drive for all-Apple teams
- Teams mixing Apple with Windows or Android pick a drive every device can reach
- An open JSON file format with SHA-256 fingerprints on every file
- Standard encryption: Ed25519 signatures, X25519 key agreement, AES-GCM for a sealed folder
In the office
- Budgeting and Scheduling for Mac, and CW Office on iPad, today
- Budgeting and Scheduling for Windows: in development
- Once those ship, a mixed Apple, Windows and Android crew works on one production
Cinewright Budgeting and Scheduling
MacThe production office, from studio features and series to commercials, documentaries and shorts. A real desktop app: dense, fast and keyboard-first.
Breakdown and script
- Scripts from Final Draft (with breakdown tags), Fountain, Fade In, Highland and PDF, scanned pages too, read on the Mac
- Scene headings in any of the 16 languages; series with scripts per episode
- New drafts compared scene by scene before anything changes, with revision colours
- Element suggestions from Apple’s on-device model, off until you turn them on; nothing added until you tick it
- Find and Replace across strips, breakdown and budget, every change previewed
- Shot lists and storyboards per scene, typed like a spreadsheet, with shot lines on the script page
- No script needed for commercials, documentaries, interviews, concerts and live events
Scheduling
- Colour-coded stripboard: drag, keyboard or menu, with day breaks and banners
- While you drag a strip, what dropping it there would do to the budget and the shoot days
- Smart Schedule keeps cast days and locations together, with a preview first
- Several boards per production, compared side by side; second units checked for clashes
- Genre and pace profiles, setup times, and a realism check in plain words
- Day Out of Days, calendar with public holidays, sunrise and sunset warnings
- Labour rule packs for the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand, including minors’ hours, as warnings with sources
- Daily element quantities: “50 background on day 3 only”
Budgeting
- Templates for features, low budget, commercials, documentaries, shorts, TV episodes and music videos
- Funder forms in each funder’s own numbers and layout, including Telefilm Canada, the Canada Media Fund, SODEC, CNC, FFA, Screen Australia, BFI NETWORK, NZFC, Screen Ireland and Eurimages
- Formulas, globals and schedule-linked values, so the budget follows the board
- Fringes with cutoffs and dated rate changes; built-in crew and cast rate packs
- Every total checked a second, independent way on every save and export
- Explain This Number and Why Did This Number Change?
- First-Pass Budget from the breakdown, the board and the union rate packs, every figure with its source
- Fill Down, several lines at once, and European top-sheet layouts
Money and financing
- Financing plan with confirmed, applied-for and hoped-for sources, and the gap
- 141 incentive programmes in 70 jurisdictions, each with its official source and the date checked (figures taken October 2026; check against current rates before relying on them)
- Cost reports with estimate to complete, variance and reasons; a summary for investors and funders
- Cash flow week by week; purchase orders and petty cash with receipts
- 53 co-production treaties and conventions, partner budgets in their own currencies and the recoupment waterfall
- Budget approval with signatures and the Producer’s Package as one PDF
The production office
- Call sheets with revisions, crew and cast versions, the nearest hospital and safety notes
- Call sheets in each person’s own language
- Weather forecast for each shoot day’s locations, from Apple Weather, only when you ask
- People, deal memos, timecards, performer time reports and department sign-off
- Locations, permits, insurance certificates, releases and clearances
- Health and safety, catering counts with dietary needs, background sign-in and run of show
- Crew availability and holds across all your productions
- A weapons register with firearm safety-meeting records (records only), and a digital replica consent register
Wrap, post and delivery
- Wrap Book: the production’s closing record in tabs, as a bookmarked binder PDF
- Deliverables checklist, chain of title and credits registers
- Music cue sheets from the locked cut’s EDL or XML; archive licence log
- VFX shot register, element strips and daily VFX shot sheets
- Carbon inputs for albert and PEAR
- Every report as PDF, Excel, CSV or a web page
- Planned: carbon planning estimates and CNC and FFA carbon reporting layouts (see Coming before launch and after)
Keeping work safe
- Hourly snapshots and a second copy on another drive, checked by fingerprint
- Recently Deleted for 30 days
- Every export read back and checked; every import previewed first
- A published file format, and Export Everything, so your work is never locked in
Linked to the set
- Send each shoot day to the phones and iPads: calls, scenes, shot list and places
- Progress, actual times and takes come back, with the projected wrap date
- A shared production folder on the cloud service you already use, or live on the set’s network
- Scouts, floor plans and signed releases arrive in the office by themselves
Working together
- Shared editing (beta): several people on one production at once through the production folder, no server, no accounts
- A role per person and part; conflicts kept side by side to choose from
- History of every shared edit, with Put Back
- Department heads approve budgets, timecard hours and POs on their phones
CW Office
iPad · FreeA free iPad companion that opens, edits and saves the productions made on the Mac.
In the office and on the move
- Stripboard with drag and drop, Day Out of Days and the calendar
- Handwritten strip notes with Apple Pencil
- Breakdown, script revisions, storyboards and shot lists
- Call sheets, production reports, locations, health and safety, catering and equipment
Budget and set link
- Top sheet, accounts, fringes, globals, today’s spend and the cost report
- The budget lock respected, with Explain This Number
- The production folder on any Files provider, and live progress from set
- Shared editing (beta) with the Mac, and Ask Your Production
- Every report the Mac prints, to PDF or the printer; the Mac’s keyboard shortcuts
Cinewright Reader
FreeA read-only copy of the production for crew, cast, financiers and anyone the office chooses. No network access at all.
For the crew
- Schedule, one-liner, call sheets and reports, with the issue date on every page
- The newest copy opened from the shared folder, with What Changed ready
- My Department: a department’s elements by day and scene
- Confirm your call by email or text, and add your calls to your calendar
Back to the office
- Comments on a scene, a strip, a budget line or a person, with photos and marked-up pages
- Replies from the office, private to each reviewer
- Private notes and highlights that stay on your device
- Search across scenes, the script, elements, people, locations and notes
Cinewright for iPhone and iPad
iPhone · iPadThe camera department’s everyday tools, from the first location scout to the last take and the files editorial needs.
Director’s viewfinder
- The exact field of view of each camera’s sensor format and lens set (see cameras and lenses)
- Frame lines for every delivery aspect, anamorphic de-squeeze, your own cameras and lenses
- False colour, Stop Scale, zebras, peaking, scopes, LUTs, ASC CDL and lens character
- Colour-accurate log monitoring: each maker’s published log curve and colour gamut converted to Rec.709 with a proper display transform and an exposure index setting, so skin tones and saturated colours show as the camera intends
- LiDAR focus, and HDMI capture from a camera or wireless receiver on iPad
- Share your framing live with the director and AD
Scout and prep
- Sun and moon planner with golden and blue hours and an AR sun path, saved for offline use
- The sun’s path on any photo; a light and colour meter with gel suggestions
- Floor plans from LiDAR, a 3D scan or by hand, with cameras, lights and blocking
- Lighting plot with power per leg, generator size, voltage drop and DMX patch
- Script breakdown on the device, storyboards from the viewfinder, animatics and tech-scout PDFs
On set
- Slate with a frame-accurate flash and beep, big numbers and frame-rate checks
- Today’s Show: the whole crew on one call sheet and shot list with a six-letter code
- Wireless video village, intercom and timecode sync
- Camera remotes for Blackmagic, Z CAM and Canon
- Shot list on set with planned against actual setup times; the day’s equipment
- Sides for the cast, with each actor’s name on every page
- Continuity books, interview log, releases signed on the device, heat and water reminders
- Firearms: the day’s safety meeting signed in and cold checks recorded for the office (records only)
Script supervisor
- Final Draft, Fountain or PDF scripts lined with Apple Pencil or a finger, or a paper one scanned
- Takes logged from the slate, continuity stills from the live picture
- Uncovered lines marked in the margin; an end-of-day check against the camera’s clips
- Avid ALE, EDL, DaVinci Resolve CSV, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro XML, ACES AMF and ASC CDL
- Sound report CSV and VFX data per take
Calculators
- Timecode, with drop-frame, feet and frames, and rate conversion
- Depth of field, exposure and ND, shutter and flicker-free
- Gels, light output and power
- Media and storage for mixed A, B and C cameras
Nothing lost
- Every change saved within a second
- A rolling take survives a crash or a dead battery
- Checked copies every hour; deletions wait 30 days in Recently Deleted
- A damaged or newer list never empties the rest; a screen left open never writes an older copy back
- Optional sync between your own devices through your private iCloud
Apple Watch
WatchSlate remote
- Scene, take, roll and camera letter on your wrist
- Running timecode at the production’s frame rate, with an off-speed warning
- Marker, Cut, and take up or down with a tap
For crew without the app
No app neededCalls and confirmations
- Call sheets by email or text, each person’s changes listed for them
- Call sheets in each person’s own language
- Confirm a call by replying to the message; the office matches each reply by its own code
Pages anyone can open
- A web page of any report that opens in any browser, phones included, with nothing to install
- PDFs for every report, with password protection where it matters
- Sides with each actor’s name on every page
Cameras and lenses
Built in, offlineThe viewfinder knows each camera’s recording areas and each lens set’s focal lengths, so a frame you line up is the frame the camera will see.
104cameras and sensor formats, digital and film
220lens sets: cinema primes, anamorphics, vintage glass and zooms
16languages, with the full guide in each
Digital cinema cameras
Film cameras
35 mm, 16 mm, Super 8 and Regular 8, 65 mm and IMAX.
Lens makers
Log monitoring
Log to Rec.709 from each maker’s published curve and gamut (ARRI Wide Gamut, REDWideGamutRGB, S-Gamut3, V-Gamut, Canon Cinema Gamut, Blackmagic Wide Gamut, F-Gamut, Apple Log, N-Log and L-Log in Rec.2020), with a filmic or clipped display transform and an exposure index setting for ARRI.
Add your own cameras, lenses and frame lines at any time.
Security and privacy
Closed setsBuilt for closed sets and confidential productions. Read the full privacy policy.
- No account, no server, no sign-in. Works offline for as long as you need.
- No analytics, tracking or advertising in any of the apps.
- Encrypted on set. Crew show, video village and live progress, joined by code, with a wrong-code lockout.
- Signed files. A changed or damaged copy is refused.
- Codenames. A cover name stands in for your title on the air, in notifications and in shared folders.
- Sealed production folder. Encrypted end to end, with the key handed over in person by QR code.
- Private screens. Hidden from screen recording and sharing on iPhone, iPad and Mac.
- Phone numbers and private records stay in the office unless the office chooses to share them.
- Locks. Face ID on iPhone and iPad, and password-protected, watermarked PDFs.
- On-device intelligence. One switch, off until you turn it on; nothing leaves the device.
On-device intelligence
Optional · on the deviceApple’s on-device model, on the Mac, iPad and iPhone. One switch in Settings, off until you turn it on. Nothing leaves the device, questions aren’t kept, and private records are never read.
Ask Your Production
- “Which nights is Maya called before 6 am?” “Which scenes use the red car?”
- Answers from the production’s own records, with every source listed and one tap away
- When nothing matches, the app says so
- On the Mac, in CW Office and in the Reader on iPhone and iPad
First-Pass Budget and more
- Every figure computed by the app from the breakdown, the board and the rate packs; the model only suggests where a line goes
- Breakdown suggestions, storyboard sketches and transcripts
- Every suggestion shown for you to accept
Coming before launch and after
PlannedApproved and being built, or queued to be built. None of these is in the apps yet, and plans can change.
Safety and welfare Planned
- Hazards on the call sheet, each with its safety bulletin
- Safety meeting sign-in for every hazard, with training records
- Credentials and permits with expiry
- Minors' daily record: teacher, chaperone and guardian sign-in
- Animal and drone packs with flight logs
- Safety data sheet register
- Incident report-by clocks and a medic's treatment log
- Driver hours check with fuel and mileage
- Welfare and anti-bullying block on UK call sheets
- A published security hardening guide
Office and paperwork Planned
- Walkie channels and radio-mic plan
- Crew and contact list, dated and versioned
- Production report that fills itself from set data
- Background agency lists to the PA's phone
- Makeup, hair and wardrobe in and ready times
- Crew deal memos, NDAs and box rentals signed on the phone
- SAG-AFTRA paperwork with deadlines
- DGA and WGA paperwork with deadlines
- Cast deal points, character breakdowns and start-paperwork status
- Script distribution log with per-recipient watermarks
- Call-sheet map links and hospital suggestions the AD confirms
- Crew info form: diets, sizes, emergency contact
- Revision alerts on phones and the Watch
- Pictures and comments on any element
- Clearances on any element, flagged on set
- Crew contacts from past call sheets and spreadsheets
Scheduling and the board Planned
- Call sheet, production report and crew list per unit
- Pre-rig and de-rig days, units sharing one element library
- Scenes matched by their text through renumbering
- Each actor's turnaround checked as strips move
- "Ready before shooting" conditions on strips
- Weather cover sets with the cost of switching
- Rental alerts when strips move
- Whole-season production: episodes, blocks and directors
- One-click undo of a whole script import
- One timeline from prep to delivery
Budgeting and money Planned
- AICP bid form, current A–X layout
- Commercial client billing schedule and branded template
- Vertical and micro-drama template
- Production insurance register
- Department petty cash and POs from the phone
- PO approval chain with spending limits
- Bank statement import and reconciliation
- Whole-budget currency view and exchange-rate cushion
- Commercial Excel budget template read and write
- Copy and paste lines and accounts between budgets
- Plans side by side: A, B and C
- Off-budget ledger for damage, claims and deposits
- Rounding rule per production
- Location costs feed the budget
- Tax-credit forecast from actual spending
- One line split across jurisdictions
- Pay hours from the schedule into labour lines, labelled an estimate
- Paid to date and instalments against POs and invoices
- Payroll register reconciliation
- Overage origin timeline for the bond company
- Early warning: pace of shooting against pace of spending
- Development slate, company overhead and financier drawdowns
- Studio chart-of-accounts mapper
Set and camera Planned
- Camera report additions: white balance, card ID, card cleared
- iXML and BWF sound metadata
- DIT day sheet with MHL hand-over
- Data and storage plan in every app: camera, codec and compression (RAW ratios, ProRes, X-OCN and more) to total TB, from script pages and shooting ratio or the schedule
- High-speed, under-cranked and time-lapse portions, each with its own codec
- Camera cards per day and how many to own or rent; copies, LTO, proxies and sound
- Film: feet, rolls and cans with short ends, magazines, processing and scanning, at your lab's prices
- Data plan to the budget, and plan against actual
- QR labels and scanning for equipment
- Take browser on the Mac and CW Office
- Approved-camera flag
- Tentacle timecode over Bluetooth
- "AI-generated" labels on AI storyboard frames
Post and delivery Planned
- Two-way editorial: AAF, EDL, XML and marker lists in and out, with Media Composer, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve
- Whole-show ALE and a VFX pull list with handles
- Post schedule with cut periods and post-session notices
- ADR cue list, sessions and costs
- Delivery spec and acceptance per recipient, with a languages matrix
- Dialogue list draft
- Festival and awards tracker
- Licence request letters, temp-music log and uncleared-music flags
- GEMA film and TV cue sheet
- Documentary contributor welfare record
VFX Planned
- Studio VFX status report with shot naming and thumbnails
- VFX financial report
- VFX exposure log raised from set
- Show technical spec and a fuller ACES colour pipeline
- ASC Framing Decision Lists read and written
- VFX asset register linked to shots
- On-set hand-off in the VES folder layout
- LED volume planning and a virtual production log
- Generative-AI use register per shot
Production types and the business Planned
- Travel and housing, with My Travel on the phone
- Publicity: stills, EPK days and set visits
- Art schedule, picture cars and playback cues
- Teacher's class roll-up for film schools
- Carbon planning estimates for each shoot day
- France (CNC) and Germany (FFA) carbon reporting layouts
- UK broadcaster contributor list layouts
- Site and volume licences for companies and schools
Ease of use and data safety Planned
- Role workspaces at first launch
- Search Everything
- Guidance: On, Light or Off
- Features that appear when they are relevant
- A guided tour for people coming from other software
- Every budget action from the keyboard, with your own shortcuts
- Save and sync status on every screen
- Documented JSON export of a whole production
- Versioned second copies and safe recovery on the Mac
- End-of-day reconciliation between office and set
Platforms and languages Planned
- Budgeting and Scheduling for Windows: in development
- Cinewright for Android: in development
- Hebrew, Hungarian and Czech, in the first update after launch