Daily production reports

Production Reports

Record the day from crew call through last person out, then carry scenes, pages, setups, rolls, cast, background, crew hours, notes, signatures, and Exhibit G into the production office paperwork.

Prepare a Production Report
DAILY PRODUCTION REPORTDAY 18 OF 32
WED, AUG 20
CREW CALL06:30
FIRST SHOT08:12
LUNCH13:06
CAMERA WRAP19:42
PRODUCTION IS1 DAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
SCENES4shot today
PAGES6 3/8shot today
SETUPS31today
DATA2.4 TBtoday
A CAM 14B CAM 12SOUND 18LAST OUT 20:18

Built from the shooting day

Start with the schedule. Record what actually happened.

Choose the shoot day and work from its scenes, cast, crew, and locations. Mark the work completed, enter the day’s times and counts, and leave production with a report that matches the floor.

The daily report

Keep the day’s actuals on one production record

Calls, meals, and wrap

Record crew call, shooting call, first shot, lunch, second meal, first shots after meals, camera wrap, and last person out.

Schedule position

Carry production start, scheduled finish, estimated finish, and whether the picture is on, ahead of, or behind schedule.

Scheduled and actual days

Count 1st unit, 2nd unit, rehearsal, test, travel, hold, and holiday days against the plan.

Scenes and pages

Mark scheduled strips shot, not shot, or added, with previous, today, to-date, and remaining scene and page totals.

Setups and minutes

Enter today’s setups and screen minutes beside the previous and to-date totals.

Rolls and data

Track A, B, C, and D camera rolls, sound rolls, and data in GB or TB, with previous, today, and to-date counts.

Locations worked

Carry the practical locations used that day with the production report.

Roll and production notes

Keep camera, sound, data, schedule, adjustment, and general production notes with the day.

Key people and signatures

Choose and order the key people shown on the report, then set the signatories and phone details needed at closeout.

Cast, background, and crew

Carry the working times behind the top sheet

Keep the cast movement, background count, and crew in-and-out record with the same shoot day so the AD department and production office are working from the same actuals.

  • Cast report to hair, make-up and wardrobe; report on set; dismissal; meals; location travel; NDB; MPVs; forced calls; and total hours.
  • Background and stand-in quantity, name, rate, in, out, meal penalties, and notes or adjustments.
  • Crew grouped by department with title, name, in, out, lunch and second-meal MPVs, and total hours.
  • Add or remove the cast and crew carried for that shoot day without changing the master crew list.
NAME / POSITIONINOUTHRS
Director of PhotographyA. Rivera06:3019:5513.4
1st Assistant DirectorM. Chen05:4520:1814.5
Principal Cast 04HMW / set / dismiss07:1018:4211.5
Background - Cafe18 performers08:0017:309.5

Daily production paperwork

Finish the report, Exhibit G, and background breakdown together

Exhibit G

Complete performer status, minor status, HMW and set times, meals, company travel, stunt adjustments, tutoring, outfits, forced calls, MPVs, hours, and overtime units.

Background breakdown

Prepare a separate background and stand-in sheet with quantities, rates, in and out times, MPVs, and adjustments.

Production-ready pages

Use preliminary and revision paper colors, choose Letter, Legal, or A4, check the working preview, and print each report as a PDF.

Make the day. Record the day. Close the paperwork.

Give the producer, UPM, AD department, production office, payroll, and accounting a clear daily record.

Prepare a Production Report