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Cold Open
A cold open is a teaser scene that plays before the titles, written to hook the audience in the first moments.
A cold open is a teaser scene that plays before the titles, written to hook the audience in the first moments.
Cold Open is a document type in the Screenplay content type. Open the Screenplay page to see every document type it offers.
The stages it moves through
Every document moves through the same shape: Ideation, Outline, Draft, Revision, Final edit. After Ideation you can move back and forth freely — jump to whichever stage the work needs.
Where it belongs
This document type is part of the Screenplay content type. The content-type page lists its full document roster, the coaches it recommends, and what each stage costs.