Script Breakdown
Import the shooting draft, mark cast, sets, props, vehicles, wardrobe, and department needs scene by scene, then bring in revised pages without losing the prep.
Break Down a ScriptFrom script breakdown to wrap
From Script to Wrap
Break down the script, schedule the shoot, prep the departments, send the call sheet, report the day, and follow the money.
Start with the shooting draft and stripboard. From there, prepare cast, crew, locations, and department lists; issue the call sheet and sides; then close out the day and the costs.
Core workflow
Break down the script. Build the schedule. Create the call sheet.
The broken-down scenes carry into the shooting schedule, sides, call sheet, and production report.
Scheduling
Arrange scenes on the stripboard, set the shoot days, check cast and department work dates, and print the schedule or day-out-of-days.
Build a Shooting ScheduleCall Sheets
Pull the day’s scenes, set the calls, check locations, parking, base camp, hospital, weather, meals, and notes, attach the sides, and issue the PDF.
Prepare a Call SheetSides
Pull the pages for the scenes scheduled that day or choose scenes by hand, check the sides, and print or send them with the call sheet.
Pull SidesProduction Reports
Record actual calls, meals, scenes, pages, setups, rolls, data, cast, background, crew hours, Exhibit G, signatures, and production notes.
Prepare a Production ReportCast, crew, and locations
Prep the people, places, and vehicles needed for the shoot
Move from casting and crew hires through scouting, the tech scout, and the vehicle list.
Scene Elements
See every breakdown element by department and scene, combine duplicates, and print the breakdowns each department needs.
Prepare Department BreakdownsCasting
See each role’s scenes and page count, compare actors, reps, notes, and media, mark the selects, and hand production the cast list.
Start CastingCast & Crew
Make the cast and crew lists with contacts, work dates, travel, food notes, walkies, documents, and department access.
Make a Cast & Crew ListLocation Scouting
Compare options and keep photos, contacts, fees, permits, access, parking, base camp, hospitals, and the scenes that need to be shot at the location.
Scout LocationsTech Scout
Walk the location with the scenes and sets in front of the departments, then list Camera and G&E needs with scout photos and notes.
Start a Tech ScoutTransportation
Make the production vehicle list, assign picture cars to scenes, and keep rates, working dates, notes, and totals with each vehicle.
Make the Vehicle ListProduction Calendar
Schedule scouts, fittings, tests, meetings, pickups, returns, travel, shoot days, days off, and other production dates.
Schedule Production DatesCreative and department prep
Work out the look, coverage, equipment, and sets before the shoot
Set the references, coverage, equipment, and sets that each department will prep.
Moodboards
Put reference images, clips, links, labels, and department notes on separate boards for the look, character, set, location, or sequence.
Make a MoodboardShot List
List coverage by scene with framing, movement, lenses, camera settings, storyboards, setup time, shooting order, and department needs.
Make a Shot ListCamera List
Make the camera order with bodies, lenses, filters, media, power, accessories, monitors, support, crew, and prep and return dates.
Make a Camera ListGrip & Electric
Make the G&E order with fixtures, distro, frames, rags, flags, stands, rigging, dollies, expendables, crew, and prep and return dates.
Make a G&E ListCostume, Hair & Makeup
Number the costume changes, hair looks, and makeup looks, add fitting and continuity photos, assign the scenes, and write the wear notes.
Prep the Character LooksArt Department
Make the set list, connect sets to locations and scenes, and prep dressing, construction, labor, references, sourcing, dates, and costs.
Prep the SetsPurchases, budget, and actual costs
Prepare the estimate and follow the spend through wrap
List purchases and rentals, issue the budget, then compare the estimate with committed, paid, and outstanding costs.
Warehouse
List purchases and rentals, vendors, pickups, returns, storage, wrap disposition, costs, and who has each item.
List Purchases & RentalsFilm Budget
Set the account structure, budget the line items, apply globals and fringes, check the top sheet, and issue the production estimate.
Build a Film BudgetProduction Actuals
See what was budgeted, committed, paid, and still owed, then check account variance, split costs, expenses, and vendor totals.
Track Production ActualsTake the production from breakdown through wrap.
Prep the show, issue the call, report the day, and know where the money went.
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