[Bug] "Cast Members" element missing from Breakdown elements

[hyuri]

In the Screenplay Breakdown view, the "Cast Members" element is missing from the list of available elements. It's one of the most important elements, and should be one of the firsts in the list, so it's a design bug.

I'm wondering if Cast Members are automatically included in exports and that's why you didn't include it. If that's the case, although the Cast Member element detection can be automated to some degree, since Starc already knows which characters inhabit which scenes, what Starc can't do is guess special cases, like when a cast member is needed in a scene only for a shot of a hand grabbing a prop, or a finger running down a piece of paper. Not to mention it can't add actor names. So, in any case, we do need a Cast Members element that we can assign manually. And, lastly, if Starc is indeed detecting Cast Members, it should clearly indicate so in the editor, by coloring character names.

The Color

I think the Cast Members element should be blue. Blue is not currently being used by any other element, and Cast Members is blue in Final Draft, for an example, so it makes sense to keep it familiar.

[hyuri]

Update:

I've just exported my first breakdown spreadsheet from Starc and, indeed, as I guessed, there's a Cast list automatically generated.

So this point is valid:

although the Cast Member element detection can be automated to some degree, since Starc already knows which characters inhabit which scenes, what Starc can't do is guess special cases, like when a cast member is needed in a scene only for a shot of a hand grabbing a prop, or a finger running down a piece of paper.