How to Use Backlot
Backlot is the production office behind a Cinematic Sites AI client job — three tabs covering the brief, the price, and the relationship. Every tool autosaves your last inputs and can save a permanent history you can reopen anytime.
• Before You Start
Backlot runs entirely in this browser tab — nothing you enter is sent anywhere. Storyboard and Callsheet both build a "brief" for a client job; whichever one you build last becomes the active brief that RateFrame and Callsheet's tracker read from automatically.
1 Storyboard — turn a vague ask into a build-ready prompt
Three tools, top to bottom on the Storyboard tab:
- Style Descriptor Matcher — pick the client's niche and target audience, press Match Styles, then press Use This Style on whichever ranked option fits — it fills the style field below automatically.
- Scene Brief Generator — fill in the business name, niche, location and offer, tick the feature modules the client needs, then press Generate Prompt. The result is a paste-ready prompt for Cinematic Sites AI. Press Copy to grab it, or Save to keep it in your history below.
- Module Coverage Checklist — paste the client's own words into the box and press Check Coverage. It flags anything they mentioned that isn't ticked in the Scene Brief Generator above, so nothing gets missed.
2 RateFrame — turn a finished build into a priced quote
- Package Builder — it auto-fills the module count from your latest Storyboard/Callsheet brief; adjust niche and turnaround, then press Build Package for a tier and price.
- Traditional-Cost Comparator — tick which old-world costs apply (developer, hosting, booking software, etc. — editable defaults are pre-filled), press Compare Costs to see the savings versus your RateFrame price.
- Client Quote Generator — enter the client's name and press Generate Quote to mail-merge the package and savings into a printable one-pager. Use Print / Save as PDF on the quote itself.
3 Callsheet — get the brief right, then manage what comes back
- Discovery Question Generator — pick the client's niche and press Generate Questions for a ready interview script.
- Structured Brief Compiler — enter what the client told you in answer to those questions, press Compile Brief — this produces the same kind of prompt as Storyboard's Scene Brief Generator, and also becomes the active brief RateFrame reads from.
- Revision Request Tracker — after delivery, type each piece of client feedback into the box and press Log Revision. It's auto-categorized (Design / Copy / Layout / Functionality) with a suggested re-prompt line, and every entry stays in the history below as your change log.
• One Thing to Know
Everything lives in this browser's local storage — nothing is uploaded, there's no account, and nothing syncs between devices. Clearing your browser data clears Backlot's saved history too, so if a saved brief, quote, or revision log matters, keep it somewhere else as well (copy/paste or print it).
Storyboard
Turn "I need a website" into the exact prompt that gets you the cinematic version.
Style Descriptor Matcher
Pick a niche and audience, then match.
Scene Brief Generator
Fill in the business details and generate.
Module Coverage Checklist
Paste the client's ask and check it against your Scene Brief modules above.
RateFrame
Know what to quote before you ever open Cinematic Sites AI.
Package Builder
No active brief yet — build one in Storyboard or Callsheet to auto-fill the module count.
Set the module count, niche, and turnaround, then build.
Traditional-Cost Comparator
Untick anything that doesn't apply. Defaults are the low-to-typical costs of piecing this together the old way.
Build a package above first, then compare costs.
Client Quote Generator
Pulls the tier/price from your latest built package and the savings from your latest cost comparison.
Build a package and compare costs above first, then generate.
Callsheet
Get the brief right the first time, and handle the "can you change this" emails without starting over.
Discovery Question Generator
Pick a niche and generate an interview script.
Structured Brief Compiler
Enter what the client told you, then compile.
Revision Request Tracker
No active brief yet — build one in Storyboard or Callsheet's Brief Compiler for reference here.
Type client feedback and log it to categorize and get a re-prompt line.