Planning, Scripting & Ideas
Production schedule
Also called: shooting schedule, shoot schedule, filming schedule
Order of shooting rarely matches order in the edit. A schedule groups work by what is efficient to capture together: everything in one location, every setup sharing a lighting rig, every scene needing the guest who is only free on Tuesday. Each block carries a call time, a location, the people required and the shots to get. The solo creator's version is much smaller, a list of setups with rough timings, but it does the same two jobs. It stops you striking a light and rebuilding it an hour later, and it tells you before the day starts whether the plan actually fits the hours available.