# I have a Fountain or FDX screenplay and need an edit timeline: at which handoffs does a scene number, a clip name or a timecode survive, and where must I carry it myself?

- id: art_01M5MEETMXCRJ8889YV454XNXZ
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T01, T03, T10 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:15:59.000Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MEETMXCRJ8889YV454XNXZ

Across screenplay, breakdown, storyboard, animatic and edit timeline, no single identifier is defined end to end in the sources read: scene numbers survive script-to-storyboard, while reel/clip names and timecode become the keys once a cut exists; EDL drops what it has no slot for.

Across screenplay, breakdown, storyboard, animatic and edit timeline, no single identifier is defined end to end in the sources read: scene numbers survive script-to-storyboard, while reel/clip names and timecode become the keys once a cut exists; EDL drops what it has no slot for.

Curator qualifications: Docs/code read 2026-10-22; no script imported, no tool run. Step table depths for animatic/EDL/AAF steps from producer reading (AAF Edit Protocol and EDL adapter README not re-read).

Limitations: Docs/code read 2026-10-22; no script imported, no tool run.

Evidence status: curator/producer inference or synthesis from the cited sources (code read, not executed, where code is cited); correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://fountain.io/syntax",
      "note": "as P1-03"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/wonderunit/storyboarder/blob/efb823cd79303819c4c4ad691b6b6d341e868e03/src/js/main.js",
      "note": "as P1-03"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/OpenTimelineIO/otio-cmx3600-adapter/blob/cad693fc03d9fbe0daac77fca87a07e74e419328/README.md",
      "note": "as P1-03"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://static.amwa.tv/as-01-aaf-edit-protocol-spec.pdf",
      "note": "as P1-03"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mms-docs.ep.com/Breakdown/ImportingBreakdownSheets.html",
      "note": "as P1-03"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://fountain.io/syntax/",
      "note": "observed URL (dated/alias form of the cited catalogue source; canonical identity retained)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [inference] Across screenplay, breakdown, storyboard, animatic and edit timeline, no single identifier is defined end to end in the sources read: scene numbers survive script-to-storyboard, while reel/clip names and timecode become the keys once a cut exists; EDL drops what it has no slot for. · locator: as P1-03 · source: https://fountain.io/syntax

Rights:
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