Scheduling for Film and TV / Demystifying schedules

 

• Script breakdown
  • Step by step of how to breakdown a script ie what to identify in a scene
  • Data Entry and different programs available, including pen and paper option.
  • Script amendments and how it can effect your schedule. Explain A,B scenes, Locked pages, coloured pages.

• Scheduling
  • What it looks like
  • Where to start
  • Variables to consider

• Schedule reports. What you get out of a schedule.
  • Show samples of different reports commonly used. Eg Day out of days, full schedules, strip schedules, block schedules.

• Practical exercises in script breakdown and scheduling with sample script
• Call sheets
  • Different formats for different types of shows but basically the same information in different formats.
  • Protocol and formatting

• CREW models – discuss big budget vs independent models (eg. Fat Pizza)
• Rules and regulations and where to find them
  • MEAA, SPA, OCG, RSPCA, NSW Health
  • How it effects your schedule

• Safety
  • safety reports, risk assessments and inductions
  • mental health

• Reporting back to the office
  • Familiarize with standard production reports – 2^nd AD reports, DPR, cast sign outs, incident reports.