Creating your first project
Every screenplay in Premiere.Studio lives inside a project. A project holds your script, its outline, version history, comments, and any production metadata. Here's how to get started.
Film vs. TV projects
When you create a new project, you choose a format:
| Format | Best for | Default length |
|---|---|---|
| Film (Single Camera) | Feature films and standalone screenplays | 120 pages |
| Short Film (Single Camera) | Self-contained shorts told at the scale of one dramatic question | 25 pages (5 to 40) |
| TV Series (Single Camera) | Hour-long dramas and single-camera shows | 50 pages |
| TV Series (Multi Camera) | Sitcoms and multi-camera comedies | 50 pages |
The format you choose determines your default page target and how the editor handles formatting details like act breaks and episode structure. You can always adjust the target page count after creating the project. A short film's target length is capped at 40 pages: the story guidance and outline density are tuned for that length, so a longer script belongs in a Film project.
Creating a new project
- From the Dashboard, click the New Project button in the top navigation bar.
- Choose your format: Film, Short Film, TV Series (Single Camera), or TV Series (Multi Camera).
- In the creation form, enter a title for your project. You can also add an optional summary to remind yourself what the project is about.
- Adjust the target page count if the default doesn't fit your needs.
- Click Create Project. A film opens in the Editor; a TV series opens its series page.
A film project starts with a blank page, ready for you to write your first scene heading. If you wrote a plot summary and left Draft my outline with AI on, the AI proposes a first outline from it, and you review every card before it's applied.
TV series projects
When you create a TV series project, it appears as a series on your Dashboard. A series can hold multiple episodes, each with its own script. You can manage seasons and episodes from the series detail page.
Learn more about TV series projects
Opening an existing project
From the Dashboard, click on any project card to open it in the Editor (a TV series opens its series page, where you pick an episode). Your most recently edited projects appear first.
If a project was shared with you by another writer, it will show up alongside your own projects. Shared projects are marked so you can tell them apart.
Project settings
Once you're inside a project, you can update its settings at any time:
- Title. Rename your project from the toolbar at the top of the Editor. Click on the title to edit it.
- Format profile. The format profile (film single cam, TV single cam, TV multi cam) controls pagination rules and default page targets. It's chosen when you create the project, and you can switch it later from Settings (the gear icon in the Editor's top bar) or the command palette.
- Target pages. Adjust the target page count to match your intended script length. This shows up as a progress indicator while you write.
- Summary. Add or edit a short description of your project in Project Properties (in the toolbar's More menu).