Report Guide

Every section of a Quilty report, explained

A plain-language guide to what each part of a Quilty report does, how the different report formats compare, and which features and pages they connect to.

Report formats

Quilty tailors the report to what you uploaded. The full feature-film report is the most complete; other formats focus on what matters for that medium.

Feature film full report

The complete analysis for a standard feature, organized into the report parts above. This is the default deep-dive report.

Preview

A free, pre-purchase read: executive summary, story summary, at-a-glance ratings, structural markers, characters, dialogue, tone/genre, visual storytelling, and gated packaging. Buying unlocks the full report.

Writer's Coverage SKU

A standalone writer-feedback product: overview, structure, characters, dialogue, theme & voice, visual craft, narrative genome, writing theory, revision plan, script + notes, and verification.

Short film

A short-form report: overview, story, dialogue, market intel, writer notes, festival strategy, comparables, and pattern departure.

Stage play

A theater report across 13 theater features: executive, Quilty Score, artistic craft, commercial potential, market fit, production viability, IP & adaptation, and pattern departure.

Microdrama

A vertical/short-form video report: MQS Score, episode analysis, story & characters, production & format, and a coverage report.

TV series & episodes

Series and episode reports covering pilot evaluation, platform fit, budget, binge-worthiness, renewal, audience, season arc, sustainability, cultural impact, and writers-room signals.

Treatments & novels

Specialized reports for film treatments, TV treatments, and novel adaptations — summary, story, market, production, and pattern departure.

Report sections

The full feature-film report is organized into these parts, in the order they appear in the report navigation. Each part contains one or more analysis tabs.

Executive Summary

The executive readout plus Quilty Score, Quilty Rules, format adapters, and the action roadmap.

Executive Summary is the dashboard view a busy executive reads first: overall score, recommendation, key risks, logline and premise, strengths and weaknesses, and next steps. Nested under it are Quilty Score (four-pillar breakdown and Score Lab), Quilty Rules (empirical compositional patterns vs produced films), format adapters (Feature→TV, International IP Scout, Episode Optimization), and the Action Roadmap (prioritized fixes and next steps).

Story & Craft

Structure, craft diagnostics, Trim Advisor, Coverage, and Writer's Coverage.

Story & Craft is the deep creative read: Story & Craft analysis, Writing Theory, and sub-analyses such as Scene Visualization, Emotion Tracking, Narrative Genome, and Scene Notes. It also includes Trim Advisor (scene-level cut/merge/trim and spec-length fit), Coverage (the ten-category Hollywood coverage grid), and Writer's Coverage (grounded writer feedback with a prioritized rewrite roadmap). Use it to understand why the story works or does not — at the craft level.

Market, Money & Package

Market fit, comps, financial projections, distribution, talent package, and IP market.

This section combines Commercial Viability (market positioning, deep market intel, audience scores, casting strategy, financial projections, distribution strategy, and marketing plan) with Pattern Departure — where the project breaks the commercial pattern and how it could still work — and IP Market (underlying rights and comparable IP). It answers "who buys this, for how much, and why now?"

Culture & Audience

Cultural resonance, acting/performance notes, audience simulation, and demographic reception.

Culture & Audience includes Cultural Resonance (Zeitgeist and cringe scores, demographic authenticity, cultural themes), Character Lab, Test Screening (audience simulation), and Audience Diversity. It shows how the project lands with real audiences and sub-demographics.

Production Plan

Execution budget, readiness, schedule, post-production, and compliance.

Production Plan brings together Production Intel (budget breakdown, locations and incentives, shooting schedule, call sheets, scene costs), Production Readiness, Post-Production Intelligence (VFX, editorial, sound, color, reshoot risk), and Compliance. It is the "can we actually shoot this?" view.

Labs & Trust

Opt-in, partner, verification, and alternate-coverage surfaces.

Labs & Trust groups opt-in and trust features: Climate Storytelling (Green Story Score and regenerative storytelling, powered by Good Planet Innovation), Authenticity (AI-content detection), and Legal & Business surfaces. These appear only when enabled and relevant to your project.

Features & pages

Beyond the report itself, these are the pages and tools you will use most often.

Upload & dashboard

Upload a screenplay (PDF, DOCX, TXT, Final Draft FDX) to start an analysis. Your dashboard tracks every project, its status, and its latest score.

Sample report

A full example coverage report you can browse without an account — useful for following along with this documentation.

Quilty Score methodology

The 0-100 four-pillar score and how each pillar is calculated, with a public benchmark of notable films.

Industry intelligence

Free public tools covering film festivals, film markets, incentives, the industry directory (TheBiz), the industry snapshot, and The Quilty Brief newsletter.

Screenplay workspace

Per-project tools above the report: Package (talent and budget configuration), Global Resonance (territory scorecards and compliance), Compare Versions, Pitch Tools, Casting Lab, and Title & Synopsis Lab.

Studio visual tools

Image-generating tools attached to a project: mood boards, storyboards, posters, and lookbooks. These produce real images from shot lists and scene briefs — separate from the text-based report sections.

Pricing & credits

Plans and per-analysis credit pricing for script coverage and analysis, with a free preview available without signup.

When sections appear

Not every section appears on every report. What you see depends on a few things:

Report format. A short film, stage play, or microdrama uses a format-specific report, not the full feature-film set of parts.
Purchased package. The free Preview shows a subset; buying the full analysis unlocks the complete report. Some products (like Writer's Coverage) are separate SKUs.
Available analysis data. Some tabs only render when the underlying analysis has been run and returned data for that section.
Feature flags. Newer features (for example, On-Demand Analysis, Authenticity, or Climate Storytelling) appear only when enabled for your account.

If a section you expected is missing, check the report format and your package first, then run any on-demand analyses listed in the report.

Follow along with a real report

Open the sample report side by side with this guide to see each section in context.

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