Script Annotations. Collaborate In Real Time.

The way a script supervisor marks up a paper script — highlights, notes in the margin, a stamp on a locked scene — except the whole crew is on the same page, live. Mark up the script you already broke down in Filmustage, keep each department's notes in its own layer, and skip the re-sent PDFs.

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The toolkit

Highlight, draw, stamp — mark it up like paper

Grab a tool and go — the whole toolbar sits over the script, and nothing you add touches the script itself:

Highlight, underline, strikethrough, a freehand pen, text boxes, and APPROVED / ADDED stamps.
Each tool on a keyboard shortcut and in any color, with a readability check so a highlight never buries the text.
Overlap two highlights and they blend like a real marker.
Undo and redo like any editor (⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z), and the eraser clears anything in a swipe.
Nothing you add changes the script text or your breakdown tags — annotations sit on top.

Layers

Every department's notes on one script

Keep the DP's lighting marks, Make-up's continuity notes and your own reminders in separate layers on the same page:

Name and color every layer, so a glance tells you whose notes you are reading.
Switch any layer — or any single mark type — on and off.
Keep a layer to yourself, or share it with the department that needs it.

Live collaboration

Mark the same script, at the same time

Everyone works on one live script. Your highlights and comments show up for the rest of the crew the moment you make them:

No version emailed around, and no "which PDF is current."
Comment on a line, reply in a thread, resolve it when it's handled — and reopen it when it isn't.
Team Access decides who can view, add or manage the notes.

Hand off clean

Send the DP their notes. Just theirs.

Hide every layer but one and export to PDF — the camera team gets a page with only the marks they need, not everyone else's:

One layer per PDF — hand each department exactly its own notes.
Watermark the export and carry the viewer's identity inside it, so a page that leaves the crew still points home.
Lock the PDF: block editing and copying, or require a password to open it.
It's the same script you broke down, scheduled and budgeted — no separate app to license, sync or teach the crew.

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Frequently asked questions

What is script annotation?
Marking up a screenplay — highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, notes, drawings and stamps — so cast and crew know what to prep and shoot. In Filmustage you do it right on the Script tab, on the same script you break down.
Can I annotate a script online, without an app?
Yes. Filmustage runs in your browser on any computer — nothing to download, no iPad required.
Can my whole team annotate the same script?
Yes. Annotations sync in real time, so everyone sees each other's marks and comments as they happen. Team Access controls who can view, add or manage notes.
Will annotating change my script or my breakdown tags?
No. Annotations sit on top of the script and never change the script text or your tags.
How do layers work?
Every set of notes lives in its own layer you can name, color, show or hide — keep it to yourself or share it with a department. Hide all but one layer and export it to PDF to hand one team exactly the notes it needs.
Can I add approval stamps?
Yes. Drop a preset stamp like APPROVED or ADDED, or make your own — handy for locking a scene or flagging what changed.
Do comments and shared layers cost extra?
Script annotations are free on every plan, including Free. Comments and shared team layers come with Team Access.
Can I control what happens to an exported PDF?
Yes. Content Protection can watermark the export and carry the viewer's identity inside the watermark, and the PDF lock can block editing and copying or require a password to open the file.
Is this an alternative to a PDF markup app like Scriptation?
If you've used a PDF annotation app, you'll recognize the tools — highlights, layers, notes, stamps. The difference: Filmustage is live and browser-based, so your team marks the same script together in real time, on the very script you break down and schedule — with no per-device app to manage.
Which annotation tools can I use?
Highlight, underline, strikethrough, comments, a freehand pen, text boxes and stamps — plus an eraser, a select tool and full undo/redo (⌘Z / ⌘⇧Z), each with a keyboard shortcut. Annotation is coming to your summary and storyboards next.