Movie in a Box
The fastest way to outline a film is to start from a structure that already works, then fill in its beats with your story. Pick a template below — three-act, Save the Cat, the Hero's Journey or the sequence method — and Movie in a Box walks you beat by beat, explaining what each beat has to accomplish before you write it.
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See the same story through every lens — the best place to start.
Three-Act
3 actsBeginning, middle, end — in a 1 / 2 / 1 rhythm. The foundation under everything. Simple and flexible.
Best for almost anythingSave the Cat
15 beatsTurn-by-turn directions. Fifteen clear beats, each with a job. The most guidance of any structure.
Best for your first filmHero's Journey
12 stagesThe classic myth: an ordinary hero is called to adventure, faces an ordeal, and returns transformed.
Best for epic & transformationStory Circle
8 stepsEight plain words — you, need, go, search, find, take, return, change. The quickest way to a complete story.
Best for character-driven storiesThe Engine Room
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