# When I send a Fountain or FDX screenplay into a breakdown/scheduling tool, what comes across (scene headings, characters, tagged elements, revisions, scene numbers) and what must be exported another way?

- id: art_01M5MEEZ42BTBAC17A1AS8W080
- 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, T04 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T13:16:03.557Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MEEZ42BTBAC17A1AS8W080

A plain .fdx import into Movie Magic Scheduling brings only sluglines and speaking characters; breakdown tags need a Final Draft Scheduling Export (.sex). Fountain offers scene numbers, notes, sections and synopses but no tag or revision markup, so a Fountain-only project has no standard carrier for breakdown tags. Revision-mark handling on import is not documented in the pages read.

A plain .fdx import into Movie Magic Scheduling brings only sluglines and speaking characters; breakdown tags need a Final Draft Scheduling Export (.sex). Fountain offers scene numbers, notes, sections and synopses but no tag or revision markup, so a Fountain-only project has no standard carrier for breakdown tags. Revision-mark handling on import is not documented in the pages read.

Curator qualifications: Docs/code read 2026-10-22; no script imported, no tool run. Final Draft version gates (11-13; older cannot export) and locked-pages pages (S7, S9, S10) from producer reading.

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

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://fountain.io/syntax",
      "note": "Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250617225204id_/https://kb.finaldraft.com/hc/en-us/articles/15575278457492-I-want-to-number-other-elements-such-as-shots-characters-or-dialogue",
      "note": "Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://mms-docs.ep.com/Breakdown/ImportingBreakdownSheets.html",
      "note": "Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250811203549id_/https://kb.finaldraft.com/hc/en-us/articles/15574927910036-How-do-I-get-my-tagged-FD-script-into-Movie-Magic-Scheduling",
      "note": "Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250803050108id_/https://kb.finaldraft.com/hc/en-us/articles/15575252743316-Can-Final-Draft-export-to-Movie-Magic-Scheduling-and-Budgeting",
      "note": "Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://fountain.io/_downloads/Brick-&-Steel.fdx",
      "note": "Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250327035953id_/https://kb.finaldraft.com/hc/en-us/articles/15575262637204-What-are-locked-pages",
      "note": "Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://fountain.io/syntax/",
      "note": "observed URL (dated/alias form of the cited catalogue source; canonical identity retained)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] A plain .fdx import into Movie Magic Scheduling brings only sluglines and speaking characters; breakdown tags need a Final Draft Scheduling Export (.sex). Fountain offers scene numbers, notes, sections and synopses but no tag or revision markup, so a Fountain-only project has no standard carrier for breakdown tags. Revision-mark handling on import is not documented in the pages read. · locator: Movie Magic Scheduling docs: Importing Breakdown Sheets, Script File (bytes equal pin); Final Draft KB: tagged FD script into MMS (IA id_ 20250811203549; bytes differ from pin); fountain.io/syntax (live) · source: https://fountain.io/syntax

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