R+P Post 31: My Call Sheet

A call sheet is a schedule which is handed to everyone, cast and crew, who are working on the project and it includes important information like contact details and call times of each individual member so that everyone knows exactly what's going on and when are where they are needed. This helps avoid confusion over timings and where people need to be.

Here is an extract from our call sheet that we have produced for the first day of shooting:

Important aspects include:

• Timings - when and where everyone needs to be
• Breaks/Lunches
• Crew, Cast and Tech call times
• Allows time for hair and make up
• Shows where we have to change set ups to adjusting lighting etc.

Benefits after shooting:

• Everyone knew exactly when they were needed so our actors and crew were all as efficient and on time as possible 
• There was no confusion about when, what and where we were shooting
• It made the shoot days a lot easier to deal with as everyone was organised, this was something that caused us a problem during our test shoots. 
• It helped us as well because it's essentially a condensed version of the shootboard so it was easy during the shoot to quickly check what's supposed to be happening at what times.