Backlot

Every film starts as one line and a room full of disagreements. Backlot recreates that room. A Writer, a Director, a Cinematographer, a Producer, and a Critic debate your one-line idea in a capped, structured argument: positions, clashes, and a resolution where real decisions get made. The Critic holds one veto and spends it. The Producer cuts for scope. The Director protects one signature shot. Nothing in the output is written before the argument settles, so the treatment, the 9-shot list, the look bible, and the storyboard frames are all compiled from decisions you watched happen, and the decision log shows who won each clash and why. Built for independent filmmakers and film students who pre-produce alone: Backlot gives them a writers' room that pushes back.