Pilot programme · Micro Drama
Quanten Arc breaks a micro drama script into episodes and beats, maps the intensity of every beat, and shows whether your paywall lands on a peak. Before you shoot.
Platforms greenlight dozens of series a month and only a handful earn back their budget. Every series that fails costs a full shoot, a full edit and a full marketing push.
A strong opening gets viewers in. A run of flat episodes in the middle loses them. That stretch is hard to see when you read 80 short episodes one after another.
The paywall episode decides the revenue. If the biggest intensity peak lands before or well after it, viewers either leave satisfied or never feel the pull to pay.
The same structural engine that maps feature films and prestige series, applied to short episodes and a paywall.
Send the series as one document or one file per episode. Arc splits it into episodes and identifies the story beats inside each one.
Every beat scored for intensity from 0 to 100%, so you see the shape of each episode and of the whole run on one curve.
Below 50% intensity, viewers can let a scene play in the background. Arc flags every stretch that sits under that line, with its episode range.
The beats that hold full attention. See where the peaks cluster, where they thin out, and which episodes never reach one.
Where the paywall sits against the peaks on the curve, and which episode would put the purchase decision on a high point.
Each story thread tracked across the series, plus an arc for each main character, so you can see where the lead or the antagonist drops out.
Sample report
Intensity across the run. Below 50% is passive watching, above 75% is intense. The shaded stretch is where the series drops into the passive zone.
Illustrative sample, not a real title.
Paywall placement
Ep 10 vs peak at ep 13
The biggest intensity peak lands three episodes after the paywall. Moving the paywall to ep 13, or pulling that beat forward, puts the peak where the purchase decision happens.
Passive stretch
Ep 24 to 34 under 50%
Eleven episodes in a row below the passive-watching line. This is where viewers stop paying attention and start drifting off.
Story threads
Revenge thread quiet, ep 23 to 33
The main revenge thread goes dormant across the same stretch. Bring the thread back and the intensity has something to build on.
A backtest on your own catalogue. The only proof that matters is whether Arc can tell your hits from your misses.
Share the scripts for 10 series you have already released: a mix of hits and misses. You keep the performance data to yourself.
Every series is broken into episodes and beats, with intensity, story threads and character arcs mapped, without knowing which series performed.
We sit down together and line up the intensity curves against your actual retention and paywall conversion.
If the curves separate your hits from your misses, roll Arc into development. If they do not, you have lost two weeks, not a shoot.
Backtest pilot
call to ask, priced on your catalogue
Platform and production-house plans on request.
Script files are deleted from our servers as soon as analysis completes. We keep only the structural data. No readable script content is stored, and we will sign your NDA before you send anything.
Quanten Arc already maps the narrative structure of films and series, scene by scene, against a catalogue of 500+ produced titles. The micro drama pilot applies that engine to short episodes and paywall economics.
Vertical and short-form scripted series with episodes of roughly one to three minutes, typically 50 to 100 episodes per series. Romance, revenge, family drama, thriller and fantasy all work. Scripts can be one file per episode or a single document for the whole series.
Full episode scripts give the most accurate maps. Detailed episode outlines or beat sheets also work for an early read, and are useful for testing concepts before scripts are written.
English scripts are the standard. Translated or adapted scripts work well. If your scripts are in another language, mention it in your application and we will confirm before the pilot starts.
Yes. Script files are deleted from our servers as soon as analysis completes. We keep only the structural data. We are happy to sign your NDA before you send anything.
Retention analytics tell you where viewers left after the series is shot, edited and launched. Arc reads the script, so you see the passive stretches and the paywall problem before any money is spent on production.
If the backtest is useful, we set up ongoing access for your development team, priced on the number of series you analyse each month. Platform and production-house plans are agreed on a call.
We are taking a small number of micro drama platforms and production houses into the first pilot group. Tell us a little about your slate and we will reply within two working days.