Your results

Circle Take writes a CircleTake folder inside your project, with one folder per shoot. The path is shown above the Make the Cut button, and again on the Done screen.

The files

The Done screen lists each file with a Show or Open button. Show reveals an XML file in Finder. Open opens a text file.

• Project and shoot name .xml: the cut. It holds the Selects, Lines and First drafts you turned on. A run makes it when at least one of those is on.
• Project and shoot name -synced.xml: the whole shoot, synced, nothing cut. Every run makes it.
• picks.txt: circled takes first, then what each take kept and why. Made by a run with Selects, Lines or First drafts on.
• draft.txt: the first drafts as a script, with timings. Made when First drafts is on.
• transcript.txt: every take, timestamped.

Bring it into your editor

• The XML files are in Final Cut Pro 7 XML format.
• Premiere Pro: choose File, Import and pick the XML.
• DaVinci Resolve imports this format too.
• Show in Finder reveals the main XML file.

The Done screen

• The numbers at the top show takes kept out of the total, how many reads were circled, and how many first drafts. After a sync they show how many clips synced to the recorder, or “camera sound” when there was no recorder, and how many takes were transcribed.
• Needs a look: things worth checking. That includes clips that couldn't be matched to the recorder and so use the camera's own sound, and clips where the sound drifts against picture.
• Lines read differently from the script: phrases that came up in several takes but aren't in the script, with the take numbers. Worth checking against the final script.
• Scripts used and Scripts nobody read: scripts nobody read on camera are left out.
• First drafts: each spot's runtime, the length the script asked for, the number of cuts, and “over by” when a draft runs long.
• Run Again goes back to the options.