Calls, meals, and wrap
Record crew call, shooting call, first shot, lunch, second meal, first shots after meals, camera wrap, and last person out.
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 report.
The report
Put the day’s progress into the daily production report
Progress
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.
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
Carry the shooting locations for the day into the production report.
Roll and production notes
Keep camera, sound, data, schedule, adjustment, and general production notes.
Key people and signatures
Choose and order the key people shown on the report, then set the signatories to sign off.
Cast, Background & Crew
Track the working hours
Keep the cast report, background vouchers, and crew time record with the day’s call sheet so production, payroll, and the AD department can check the actual times and counts.
- Track cast through hair, makeup, wardrobe, on set, meals, travel, dismissal, NDBs, MPVs, forced calls, and total hours.
- Record background and stand-ins with vouchers, rates, call and wrap times, meal penalties, and production notes.
- Log crew start, lunch, wrap, meal penalties, and total hours by department.
- Add day players, background, or additional crew for the shoot day without changing the master production roster.
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.
DPR, Exhibit G, and background pages
Use preliminary and revision paper colors, choose Letter, Legal, or A4, check the working preview, and print each report as a PDF.
Wrap the day with complete production paperwork.
From cast reports and crew time to background vouchers and production notes.
Prepare a Production Report