What is a shooting schedule?
A shooting schedule is a plan of what will be occuring during the time period of a film production. It is most likely created and managed by the assistant director; this is who reports to the production manager that is in charge of managing the production schedule.
The shooting schedule is used in order to keep time of the events taking place during the film production; this allows the film crew and everyone taking part to keep track and making sure they are doing everything in the correct order. This is also a way of helping them stick to their deadlines and releasing dates.
You have to break down each little bit of the film in order to put in the correct order on the shooting schedule. This also helps you to distribute all the money you have in an ideal way; this allows you to keep to your budget and not go off track. Adding to this shooting schedules allow producers and directors to know how many days it will take them to complete the film.
The shooting schedule is used in order to keep time of the events taking place during the film production; this allows the film crew and everyone taking part to keep track and making sure they are doing everything in the correct order. This is also a way of helping them stick to their deadlines and releasing dates.
You have to break down each little bit of the film in order to put in the correct order on the shooting schedule. This also helps you to distribute all the money you have in an ideal way; this allows you to keep to your budget and not go off track. Adding to this shooting schedules allow producers and directors to know how many days it will take them to complete the film.
What should shooting schedules include?
All shooting schedules should include key points to make it easier to follow:
- The actors being used on that day
- The extras
- The props needed in the scene
- The set of the scene and the locations
- Wardrobe and costumes included in the scene
- Make up
- Special effects and optical effects needed
- Special Equipment
- Vehicles
- Animals
Once all the points above are written down and highlighted; the director and producers must create something called a breakdown sheet. You must have one breakdown sheet for each scene in your film.
What do you include in your breakdown sheet??
What do you include in your breakdown sheet??
- Script Page
- Scene Number
- The page count
- The Location or setting
- The synopsis of each of the scenes
- Time of day ( Day or Night)
- Interior or exterior
- The script day
Here is an example of a breakdown sheet:
Here is an example of a good shooting schedule. This is an ideal shooting schedule because it includes every little detail of what you will be doing while shotting; this includes the locations and the characters that will be needed in the shot aswell as the different lighting notes and camera angles. This means that it will be 100% planned and all things have been thought about which will essentially mean that no mistakes should be made when filming.
Here is an example of a bad shooting schedule because it does not give as much detail as the shooting schedule previously shows. It just says what scene number but doesn't show what will happen in the scene; this will essentially mean they will not 100% know what they will be doing on that particular scene.
Our Shooting Schedule
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