Get a story overview and an editable, timecoded shot-list draft. Review it against your video, then export.
Study your own or licensed short drama episodes, one shot at a time.
MP4 / MOV · Up to 5 videos per batch · Up to 5 minutes each
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Up to 500 MiB per video · H.264 video · AAC or no audio track
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Review 80 seconds of footage and 22 shot candidates, with saved AI descriptions and labeled corrections. Inspect the CSV and report downloads.
Inspect the shot-list sampleFirst 80 seconds of a 14:25 film. Missing coverage is labeled.
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Follow identity, relationships and unresolved questions across three episodes, with visual notes and evidence references.
Read the three-episode studyPlay episodes 1–3 above, then compare the analysis.
Move from what happens to how it works—and keep the evidence close.
Read episode summaries, character actions, dialogue and emotional changes in one place.
Review timestamps against the video. Correct shot descriptions and keep your own notes.
Explore identity, relationships, world rules, hooks, style and special advantages across the supplied episodes.
Create a project. Upload up to 5 videos per batch, each up to 5 minutes. Confirm you have the rights to analyze them.
Check episode order and the quote before analysis. Credits are reserved first, then charged for a complete result.
Use timestamps to check the source. Edit the overview and shot list; missing evidence stays visible.
Save your corrections and export a document or spreadsheet. Editing and exporting do not spend analysis credits.
Explore a three-episode Zero Hour study, with cross-episode changes, evidence references and clear limits. Then try review and export in a separate saved AI example. No account needed.
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180 billable minutes
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10 credits per started minute, rounded up per episode. A 2:10 episode uses 30 credits. Taxes, if applicable, are shown at checkout. No auto-renewal. Failed or incomplete analysis releases the reserved credits.
No. StoryTeardown analyzes existing video you have the right to use, producing story overviews, shot lists and analysis drafts you can review, edit and export. It does not generate or edit videos for you.
MP4 or MOV files with H.264 video and AAC audio, or no audio track. Upload up to 5 videos per batch, each no longer than 5 minutes and no larger than 500 MiB. Only upload footage you own or have permission to analyze.
You get a story overview and a timecoded shot-list draft. Check it against the video, edit and save your work, then export a CSV shot list or DOCX, HTML, Markdown, TXT and JSON files. AI output is a working draft that still needs human review.
View the video and shot-list sample →StoryTeardown keeps episodes, video timestamps, editable shot lists and saved revisions in one workspace. Return to the relevant moment, correct a field and export a structured document, with less manual work bringing separate results together.
You can use it to study existing AI-generated short-drama videos that meet the upload requirements and that you have the right to use. Use the analysis drafts to examine story progression, shot choices and changes across episodes, then form your own creative judgments. StoryTeardown does not generate short dramas or guarantee that you can reproduce the original result.
Use breakdown analysis in your AI short-drama workflow →Check characters, dialogue, timestamps and analytical claims against the source video. Distinguish what the footage directly shows from interpretations of motivation, emotion or creative intent. A partial clip cannot establish the direction of an entire series or a director’s intention.
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Work through story progression, character actions and shot choices, keeping observations close to the evidence.
Examine the questions raised at the opening, the suspense at the ending and whether later episodes follow through.
Turn narrative and visual observations from reference footage into ideas for your own creative work.