AI Script Coverage

Quick answer: Script coverage, in the trade sense, is a reader’s report: a logline, a synopsis, comments on story, character and dialogue, and a verdict such as pass, consider or recommend. SceneMixer does not write that report and gives no grade or recommendation. What it does when you paste or upload a script is read it back: a title, protagonist, era and logline, the characters, places and props it found, and an outline for every episode with its conflict, its emotional high point and its closing hook. Treat that as a cold read. If the machine’s version of your story is not the story you meant, you have learned something before a single picture is drawn.

Still from “Ikrar Jakarta”, an AI short drama generated end-to-end by SceneMixer (7 characters, 1 episode) — Sample: “Ikrar Jakarta” — Digital HD, 1 episode, produced end-to-end by SceneMixer from the script · watch the episodes

SceneMixer at a glance	What you get
Video price	From $0.06 a second (10 credits) on the default tier, up to $0.47 a second on the top tier; every price is shown before you press the button
Clip length	Up to 30 seconds per generated segment; an episode is composited from its segments at 1 credit a second
One episode, worked out	A 60-second episode on the default tier is about 660 credits (video plus compositing), about $4.11 at the lowest credit price; a 10-episode series of 90-second episodes from a 30,000-character novel is about 10,026 credits, about $62
Dialogue	Spoken in the video itself, one voice per character, in any of 15 languages
Formats	9:16 vertical or 16:9 landscape; 480P to 1080P, plus a 2K tier
Free to start	50 credits on signup, 15 free setup images, a free storyboard for the first episode and a free 5-second video preview
Who uses it	2,900+ creators have generated with SceneMixer (accounts with at least one generation, counted November 2026)
Input	A script, a novel or a one-line idea; .txt, .docx and .md uploads

Coverage, section by section: what you get here

A coverage report has…	Here?	Where it shows up
Logline and premise	Yes	The summary after the read: title, protagonist, era, logline and a one-line premise, all editable.
Synopsis	Yes, per episode	An outline for each episode of three to five sentences, with a conflict, an emotional peak and an unresolved ending.
Character notes	Yes, as descriptions	Each named character with an appearance specific enough to draw, plus a role and a voice. Not an opinion of the writing.
Structure and pacing	You judge it	The episode list shows how many episodes, and each entry’s conflict, peak and hook. The reading does not say whether they work.
Dialogue	Carried through	Your lines go into the storyboard with the speaker named and are spoken as written. Nothing is rated.
Marketability, comps, genre fit	No	No comparison to other titles and no market view.
Grade or pass / consider / recommend	No	There is no score, star rating or verdict anywhere in the product.

Everything it lists points back at your own text: each episode entry quotes the line of the script it came from, character for character, so you can check it. For the cast, places and props as production objects, see AI script breakdown.

The cold-read test

A human reader’s first value is that they know only your pages. The read gives you a cheap version of that. Before you press the button, write down three lines for yourself: who the protagonist is, what they want, how episode one ends. Then compare.

What you see	Worth checking	Where to fix it
A different protagonist from the one you meant	Does the script give someone else more of the action early on?	Roles in Step 2, or the script itself
Ten episodes for a story you saw as three	The type and the split were chosen before the read.	A new project with the type you want
A character who matters is missing	A person who speaks once and is never touched or named again may not make the cast list.	Add them in Step 2
An episode ends on an answer, not a question	The closing hook in that entry.	Rewrite the last beat of that episode
The last quoted line is halfway through your file	The read stopped short.	Check the length ceiling below, then start a new project and read it again

A mismatch is a prompt to look, not a finding about your script: the reading is a model, and it can be wrong. Checking the summary, and what re-parse means.

Reading the episode list for rhythm

The list is the closest thing to a structural overview. Read the entries one under another and ask the questions a story analyst would ask, answering them yourself:

Does every entry have a conflict? An episode whose outline is a sequence of events with no one wanting something is flat.
Do the peaks rise? Skim the emotional high points in order. A series that peaks in episode two and never again will feel it.
Are the hooks specific? “She discovers the truth” is not a hook; “she opens the second envelope” is.
Who is on the page? Count how many entries each lead appears in. The person you think of as the lead should be most of them.

Outlines are editable and editing text is free, so a rewrite costs nothing until you generate shots. AI episode outline generator.

Hear it before you decide

The read is a summary. The storyboard is the script as shots: numbered, with seconds, framing, the speaker and the line. The first episode’s storyboard on your first drama is free, and a 5-second preview is free. A quick dialogue check you can run on any script: a spoken line takes about three words a second in English, so a twelve-word line needs a four-second shot. Lines that do not fit their shot are easy to spot in the storyboard. How dialogue is written in a shot · Shot seconds and timing.

What goes in, what it costs, what it will not do

Formats: paste, or upload .txt, .docx or .md. A .docx is unpacked to plain text in your browser. PDF and .fdx are not read directly; export to text first. Screenplay layout with scene headings and character cues is understood: using a screenplay.

Length: a floor of about 330 characters of English, and a ceiling of 300,000 characters in one project. Long scripts are read in two passes so the episode list is not quietly cut short.

Cost: reading is 4 credits per 1,000 characters, English counted lighter. If a read fails, the credits come back. New accounts start with 50 credits.

It will not give a score, a rating or a recommendation.
It will not compare your script with other films or judge its market.
It will not rewrite your plot: scene order, dialogue and beats follow the script.
If you need a recommendation to hand a producer, you need a human reader.

Where to go next

Languages

Native dialogue in 15 languages

Every series below was produced by the same pipeline with the cast speaking that language natively: the interface, the working documents and the spoken lines are all in one language, and nothing is dubbed. Open one to hear it.

See all 15 languages

In SceneMixer vs. stitching tools together

Most AI drama workflows are five or six tools in a row. This is where each step happens here, and what it replaces.

Step	In SceneMixer	Doing it by hand with separate tools
Script and episode plan	Paste a script or a novel, or type one line: it is read into a cast, locations, props and an episode outline you can edit	A chat model writes the script; you split it into episodes and carry the text from tool to tool
Character faces and places	Every character, location and prop is drawn once as a reference sheet and attached to every shot it appears in	An image model, one sheet at a time; you upload the right reference to every clip yourself
Shots	A storyboard per episode with numbered shots and seconds; video is generated segment by segment in 9:16 or 16:9 against the same sheets	A video model, one clip per prompt, describing the same people again each time
Voices and dialogue	Lines are performed in the video itself, one voice per character, in any of 15 languages	A text-to-speech tool for each line, then a lip-sync pass on every clip
Fixing one shot	Edit that shot's text and regenerate the segment alone; the rest of the episode is untouched	Regenerate the clip, then re-cut the timeline
Finishing	Segments are composited into one episode file with its score; members download without the AI badge	A video editor to join the clips, add music and captions, then export
Publishing	You upload the finished episode to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram or anywhere else; nothing is posted for you	Upload by hand, the same as here

FAQ

Does SceneMixer do script coverage?

Not in the trade sense. It reads your script back as a summary, a cast and an outline for every episode. It does not write comments or give a score, a rating or a recommendation.

Can AI tell me whether my script is good?

Not here. The read shows you what a machine understood: protagonist, era, characters, and each episode’s conflict, peak and hook. Whether that is good is your call, or a human reader’s.

What does the read give me?

A title, protagonist, era, adaptation strategy and logline, counts of characters, scenes, props and episodes, and an outline for each episode with a verbatim quote from the script.

How is this different from AI script breakdown?

The breakdown page covers the cast, places and props as production objects. This page is about using the same read as a cold read of your story.

Which files can I use?

Paste text, or upload .txt, .docx or .md. PDF and .fdx are not read directly.

How long can the script be?

From about 330 characters of English up to 300,000 characters in one project.

How much does it cost?

Reading is 4 credits per 1,000 characters, English counted lighter, and a failed read is refunded. The first episode’s storyboard on your first drama is free.

What happens if the read fails?

Step 1 shows the reason and the credits are back. Fix what it names, usually a script that is too long, too short or just a link, and press Next again.

Read your script back

Paste it, read the summary, and see whether it is the story you meant.

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Updated November 2, 2026