Files you can own.
Plain JSON describes the film. Media stays in ordinary files. The project remains meaningful with or without an application.
OPEN FORMAT. SHARED AUTHORSHIP.
A film starts
with an idea.
Keep it open.
Your characters. Your world. Every version of the story. A plain-text format that keeps the whole film in your hands.
Public draft Windows application in development
THE PROJECT, IN PLAIN SIGHTSAMPLE
FILMOPEN PROJECT
The Cartographer
A story is more than a final cut.
CHCharactersThe people who inhabit your world.json
SCScenesThe story, one moment at a time.json
SHShots & soundFrom intention to image and audio.json
Readable by people.
Writable by tools.{ "filmopen": 1 }
Writable by tools.{ "filmopen": 1 }
Room for another take.
Keep each author’s version. Compare alternatives. Choose what becomes official without losing the work that led there.
Open to what comes next.
Built for people, scripts, and AI systems. A shared format for describing, studying, adapting, and making films.
START WITH THE WORK
Understand the format.
Help shape the tools.
The Windows application opens and creates projects, edits project details, and lets you compare and fork versions. The format and software are still evolving.
Find your starting point