ABSTRACT
Audiences attribute creativity in a movie to the director, writer and actors, but significant imagination goes into designing a schedule as well. The effort will be appreciated by producer and entire cast and crew. The breakdown process quantifies and identifies resources. Scheduling organizes those resources, constructing the blueprint for an actionable shoot—setting practical goals to capture needed footage. State rules for minors strictly limit their working hours, turnaround and hours on set, making it necessary to build extra time into the schedule for their scenes. Automatic daybreak sort function results in a schedule that is random. It would be great if creating a schedule was that simple, but computers need us for just this reason. Drag the strips or daybreaks where director feel they belong, to positions that make sense. Film scheduling programs print several reports, used for a variety of reasons: dissemination to department heads, cast, crew, refining schedule in discussion with directors' team, working toward a shooting schedule.
