Southeast Asia · Est. 2026 · Reel No. 01
Where greatstories findthe right hands.
The protected creative marketplace connecting writers, screenwriters, novelists, and directors with verified Industry Pros, production houses, and OTT platforms across Southeast Asia.
Now in the marketplace
The programme
A rotating look at the works in circulation, grab to spin ↔
Every film that moved you,
every series you couldn’t stop watching - began as pages someone was afraid to hand over.
SceneOne exists so that fear never costs you your story. Protect it, then put it in front of the people who can make it real.
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Creators onboarding
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Why it's different
Protection is not a feature. It's the whole architecture.
IP Protection
A SHA-256 fingerprint and timestamp certificate on every upload. Your proof of creation, permanently on record.
Double Opt-In
Your work stays private. Industry pros request access. You approve who reads what, no exposure without consent.
Commission Transparency
Every introduction logs a commission clause. Deal terms are agreed from the first message, not after.
How it works
Write. Protect.
Analyze. Get discovered.
Step 01 · Write
Write on ScenePad
Draft on-platform in a distraction-free editor that autosaves and counts pages as you go.
INT. HAWKER CENTRE — NIGHT
Steam curls off a cold wok. MEI (32) wipes the last table, then stops — someone is watching from the dark.
MEI
We're closed. Whatever you're selling, I've heard it.
Step 02 · Protect
Certified the instant you upload
A SHA-256 fingerprint and timestamped certificate of authorship, attached the moment you upload.
Certificate of Authorship
SEAL
Step 03 · Analyze
Script Health, 0–100
Your work is read across nine axes, rolled into a Craft and Market score and an honest verdict.
Script Health
Hawker Nights
74
Strong
Step 04 · Discover
What industry pros see
Verified professionals discover you by score and story — not cold emails. You control access.
Hawker Nights
Screenplay · Thriller
A night-shift hawker realises her stall was the last place a missing man was seen — and someone wants it to stay that way.
The journey
Simple for creators.
Powerful for industry.
Upload your work
Screenplay, novel, storyboard, TV pilot, any format. Private and encrypted.
Get instant IP protection
A SHA-256 fingerprint + timestamped certificate, and an automatic originality check.
Publish to the marketplace
Now discoverable by verified Industry Pros. You choose when it goes live.
Approve who reads it
Review every request. Nothing is exposed without your say-so.
Share a 5-page sample, then full access
Inside a private, watermarked project room, every page traceable to the reader.
Discuss & close the deal
Agree terms in-room. SceneOne earns 5% only if a deal actually closes.
Subscribe & get verified
Industry Pros are reviewed and approved before they can browse, it keeps the work safe.
Discover
Search and filter the feed of protected works by format, genre and creator.
Open a work's page
The gist, proof of protection, and the writer's bio, awards and other works.
Request access → read the sample
Once approved, you get the first 5 pages, watermarked to you.
Request full access
The creator unlocks the full manuscript inside the project room.
Negotiate & close
Message the creator, move the deal along, and close it on SceneOne.
The moment they meet
Creator
Publishes a protected work
SHA-256 certified
Industry Pro
Discovers & requests access
verified studio
Creator
Approves → grants full access
5-page sample first
Project room
Watermarked read → deal agreed
SceneOne earns 5%
Strong
The Lighthouse Keeper, rated in seconds on upload.
Every story
gets a score.
The moment you upload, SceneOne reads your work and rates it 0-100 across nine axes, concept, structure, character, dialogue, emotion and more, rolled into a Craft and Market score, and a verdict.
Every work earns a tier, worst to best
Early Draft
0–49
Developing
50–59
Promising
60–69
Strong
70–79
Exceptional
80–89
Masterpiece
90+
The Benchmark
We ran it on films you already know.
The same engine that reads your script, pointed at work the world has already judged — and we published what it said, including the films it marked down. A grader that likes everything grades nothing.
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Films rated
2
Languages
93–83
Score range
2
Verdicts
Scores and credits only. We don’t host these screenplays and we don’t distribute them — the analysis is ours, the work belongs to the people who made it.
Read a full report →The difference
The old way, and the new.
The old way
SceneOne
Plans
Protecting your work is free. Always.
You never pay to protect, publish or be discovered. Pro is for writers who want the platform working harder for them.
Creator
No card. No trial clock. Free forever.
- Up to 2 protected works in each genre
- SHA-256 certificate on every upload
- Script Health score, all 9 axes
- Publish to the marketplace
- Approve or decline every access request
- 50 MB per file
Creator Pro
Most popularEverything in Free, plus the parts that get you seen.
- Unlimited protected works
- ScenePad: write on-platform, formatted as you type
- Industry mandates: read the briefs and pitch straight to them
- Where to pitch: your work matched to open briefs by AI
- The Benchmark: full reports on produced films, to learn from
- AI coaching: what to fix, comparable films, target directors
- Priority placement at the top of the feed
- Full analytics, approval rate and top works
- 500 MB per file
Industry Pro
For production houses, studios and publishers. Every account is reviewed and verified before it can browse a single page.
Subscription + verification · full discovery, mandates, deal rooms and hiring.
SceneOne takes a 5% share only when a deal actually closes through an introduction made here. No deal, no fee.
Who's behind this
Real people, not a faceless platform.
You're trusting us with unpublished work. The least we can do is tell you exactly who we are, and exactly who is answerable for what.
Founder & CEO
Sadesh
Built SceneOne after seeing how many Southeast Asian stories never reach the people who could make them.
Accountable for
- Industry relationships
- Verification of every pro
- Where the platform goes next
Chief Technology Officer
Bharathraj Santhakumar
Builds the protection layer, the Script Health engine and everything the platform runs on.
Accountable for
- IP protection & certificates
- Script Health engine
- Security and your data
Something wrong, or something you need? Write to us and a founder reads it.
hello@joinsceneone.comOur pledge
Ten percent of every cent SceneOne earns goes back out as a donation.
Not of profit after the accounting is done, of what we actually earn. We'll publish where it goes.
Before you ask
Questions, answered.
Is my work safe before I publish it?
Yes. Every upload is private and encrypted. Nothing is visible to anyone until you choose to publish, and even then, the full file stays locked until you personally approve a specific request.
How do industry pros actually read my work?
They send an access request with a note. Only if you approve do they receive a single, time-limited 1-week read link. No downloads, no forwarding, no permanent copies.
What does it cost a creator?
Free to upload, protect and publish. Pro (see the plans section for the current price, plus tax) adds unlimited uploads, larger files, priority listing in the feed, and analytics on who's viewing your work.
What about commissions on a deal?
Every introduction logs a transparent commission clause up front. Deal terms are agreed from the very first message, never sprung on you after the fact.
How is my Writer Score calculated?
It blends your best-rated work (60%) with your average across everything you've had rated (40%), plus a small bonus for a bigger body of proven work. It comes only from Script Health ratings on your own writing, so it's earned, never bought. Tiers run Developing, Emerging, Accomplished, Elite.
Is the IP certificate legally binding?
It's cryptographic proof of your creation timestamp (SHA-256) and strong evidence of authorship. It isn't statutory copyright registration on its own, but it's your first line of evidence. In Singapore, copyright exists automatically the moment you create the work — our certificate evidences when.