Mac appMade by Black FX

ScriptPlan for Mac.

A prompt book app for the Mac. Open the script as a PDF, put your cues on the words they go on, and call the show from it. It can also send cues to your sound and lighting desks.

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Screenshots

A prompt book on screen

Pages show two at a time, like an open script. Cues sit in the margins in their department colour, with a line back to the words they’re called on.

ScriptPlan showing two pages of a script with LX, sound, pyro, stage and special effects cues in the margins, each linked to highlighted words — The status bar along the bottom shows the current and next cue, a show timer and the MIDI and OSC lights. The script is a made-up sample.

The status bar, showing the current cue SND 2 GO, the next cue LX 3 GO, a show timer and the MIDI and OSC lights — The status bar along the bottom shows the current and next cue, a show timer and the MIDI and OSC lights. The script is a made-up sample.

Features

What it does

Cues on the words

Drag across a word or phrase to put a cue on it. The words are highlighted in the department colour and the tag goes in the margin.

Every department

LX, Audio, Pyro, Stage, Video, General and Special FX. Standby, Warning, Go and Note cues, plus Mic On/Off and effects like Reverb On.

Grouped cues

One cue can fire several things at once, such as MIC 1–3 ON with REVERB ON, or a sound and lighting cue together.

Quick Cues

Every cue you’ve used is kept in a list. Drag one onto a word to reuse it, or pin your mics so they’re there for every script.

Calling the show

Press Space for the next cue. Lock the script so nothing moves by accident, and use Night Mode to dim the pages in a dark wing.

Flash a department

Flash the screen in a department’s colour with its name and a message, so the right op knows a standby is coming.

MIDI and OSC in

Turn pages and step through cues from a foot pedal, a MIDI controller, QLab or any OSC app. MSC GO jumps to that cue.

Exports

Export an annotated PDF of the whole script or one department’s cues, and a CSV cue sheet.

Your PDF stays as it is

Cues and drawings are saved in a small file next to the script. The original PDF is never changed.

Cue list

Every cue in one list

The side panel lists every cue page by page, with the words it’s called on and any note you’ve added.

Filter by department, or show one department only
Double-click a cue to make it the current cue
Pen and highlighter for blocking notes, with undo
Hide the cue list, thumbnails and toolbars to give the script the whole screen

The ScriptPlan cue list, showing cues for pages 2 and 3 with the words each cue is called on

Sending cues

Talks to your desks

ScriptPlan only listens unless you switch sending on. When you do, each cue is sent out as it goes live.

OSC for each department, with its own address, host and port
Ready-made addresses for QLab and ETC Eos
MIDI Show Control GO from its own MIDI port
A Send button on every cue to fire it by hand
Standby and Warning cues are skipped unless you want them sent

ScriptPlan's sending settings, with OSC and MIDI Show Control options for the LX department

Who it’s for

Uses

Stage management

A DSM’s prompt book for theatre, panto and musicals, without the pencil and rubber.

Sound and LX ops

Your own copy of the script with just your department’s cues, following along from QLab or the desk.

Pyro and effects

Pyro, confetti, fog and haze cues marked on the script so the firing position knows exactly when.

Touring

The whole book on a laptop. Copy the script and its cue file to the next venue’s Mac and carry on.

Schools and am-dram

Easy to pick up for a first show, and you can print or export the marked-up script for everyone.

Concerts and events

Use a running order or set list PDF as the script and cue mics, video and effects against it.

DownloadSoon

ScriptPlan is nearly ready. The download will be here once it is.

Needs macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Runs on Apple silicon and Intel Macs.

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