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In theatre, it is a general term for identifying possible dividing points within the play, to organize the work of the playwright, actors, director, or other creative personnel. A dramaturg may use script breakdowns to guide the work of a playwright.

In film and television, it is a summary of a screenplay or teleplay. Screenwriters usually create breakdowns before the screenplay is written; many screenwriters believe that effective screenplays share certain structural elements, and that breakdowns should therefore always include these elements. Later, directors and editors create breakdowns from the script, to organize the process of shooting and editing the film.

In comic books, it is the process of determining how each action, character, and piece of dialogue described in the script will be placed visually on a page. In the studio system that dominated mass-market comic-book production from the 1940s through the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends, breakdowns were done by the pencillerIn producing a comic book, the penciller (or penciler draws the comic based on the script created by the writer. The script at this stage might be complete and elaborate or it may be little more than vague descriptions of each scene with little or no dial or by a separate breakdown artist, rarely by the scriptwriter; in some cases, breakdowns were done from a rough story outline before the dialogue was written. Later comics writers such as Alan MooreAlan Moore (born November 18, 1953) is a British writer and co-creator of comic books such as Watchmen and V for Vendetta''. Beginning his career writing strips for publications such as Doctor Who Monthly (or Weekly as it was then), Moore went on to work and Neil GaimanNeil Richard Gaiman (born November 10, 1960 in Portchester, England) is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many comic books. As of 2002, he lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Biography After being rejected many times, influenced by cinematic technique, began to include more layout details within their scripts. Cartoonists who both write and draw their own work sometimes begin with a script and do their own breakdowns, and sometimes work through drawings without a separate script.