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FOSS tools like Studio Binder for filmmaking (sopuli.xyz)

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Hey there, I'm looking at producing my first documentary and one of the tools people use for that is called Studio Binder. It's an all-in-one for making your scripts, shotlists, moodboards, location scouting, storyboards, production planning, collaborators management etc etc.

Any of you know of similar tools that are FOSS? I think some VFX/animation pipelines also have similar needs.

I already found storyboarder for making panels which seems amazing but I'm getting a bit lost in the jungle of options for the project management/scripting side of things. I'm considering Airtable for example but might be overkill for my needs.

Ideally it's something tailored for filmmaking specifically but open to hearing about general purpose planners that can be adapted.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hey thanks for the link I'll check out Notion.

Yes of course you're right, I can recreate everything through sheets, docs and slides, but a purpose-built tool has done a lot of the legwork for you and makes sure you're using industry-standard instead of reinventing the wheel.

I think basically what it comes down to is if I want to avoid the proprietary all-in-one I'll have to make a pipeline with multiple tools myself, if there was a shiny and well maintained Foss alternative I'd probably have found it by now.

Here's an example in airtable for context