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From Script to Schedule to Budget: A Modern Pre-Production Workflow

A screenplay tells a story. A shooting schedule explains how that story will be filmed. A production budget reveals what it will cost. Between those three documents lies one of the most important parts of filmmaking: pre-production. A script may describe a conversation in a crowded restaurant, a car chase through downtown streets, or a […]

Collaboration in Film Scheduling: Why Passing Files Back and Forth Breaks Down

The assistant director sends out a revised shooting schedule on Monday. By Tuesday morning, the producer has suggested several changes, the production manager has identified a location conflict, and the director wants to move an important scene to another day. Three people now have three slightly different versions of the same schedule. Meanwhile, the line […]