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Dead Tired · Short film

Getting Started

Thirteen short videos that take one screenplay step by step from import through scheduling, script breakdown, elements, cast and crew, the Day out of Days and crew schedule, budgeting, globals and fringes, cost tracking, GPS locations, the call sheet that goes out to your crew, and the script editor, shotlists and storyboards the director works from.

13 videos · about 75 minutes

1. 1 Episode 1: Starting a Project & Importing a Screenplay Create a film production project, set its password, and import a Final Draft or PDF screenplay that becomes your stripboard, breakdown and budget. 5 min watch · not recorded yet
2. 2 Episode 2: Film Scheduling: Stripboard & Schedule Optimizer Build a shooting schedule on a digital stripboard, set shoot days against real dates, and let the optimizer group locations and respect cast availability. 7 min watch · not recorded yet
3. 3 Episode 3: Script Breakdown & AI Auto-Tagging Break a screenplay down scene by scene: tag props, wardrobe and vehicles with an AI auto-tagger that runs on your own computer, and export breakdown sheets. 3 min watch · not recorded yet
4. 4 Episode 4: Props & Elements: Costing by Shoot Day Turn breakdown tags into tracked production elements with rates and suppliers, and see them charged for the shoot days they are needed on rather than the scenes they appear in. 5 min watch · not recorded yet
5. 5 Episode 5: Cast & Crew Contacts, Rates and Availability Build a cast and crew contact list, assign characters, set the daily rates your budget reads, and block the unavailable dates your schedule optimizer works around. 4 min watch · not recorded yet
6. 6 Episode 6: Day out of Days & Crew Schedule Read a Day out of Days worked out from your schedule, paint rehearsal and hold days the schedule cannot know about, and build a crew schedule of prep, shoot and wrap days. 5 min watch · not recorded yet
7. 7 Episode 7: Film Budgeting That Follows Your Schedule Build a film budget from a template, import cast and elements that arrive with their rates and day counts already filled in, and watch the totals move when the shoot moves. 6 min watch · not recorded yet
8. 8 Episode 8: Budget Globals & Fringes Explained Use globals to keep a repeated number in one place, and fringes to add payroll taxes and benefits on top of wages, with a cutoff that caps the base. 6 min watch · not recorded yet
9. 9 Episode 9: Cost Tracking: Actuals vs Budget Log real expenses against budget lines, attach invoices and proofs of payment, read variance in colour, and pay people from the payment schedule. 7 min watch · not recorded yet
10. 10 Episode 10: Shooting Locations, Map Pins & Travel Time Create real shooting locations with addresses and GPS pins, map your script's locations onto them, and let the optimizer plan the driving between them. 3 min watch · not recorded yet
11. 11 Episode 11: How to Make a Call Sheet & Script Sides Build a production call sheet card by card, from crew call and meals to every cast call time, then export it with trimmed script sides for the day. 16 min watch · not recorded yet
12. 12 Episode 12: Screenwriting, Revisions & Locked Scene Numbers Write scenes straight into the screenplay editor and watch them reach the stripboard, mark revisions in the industry colour sequence, and lock your scene numbers. 4 min watch · not recorded yet
13. 13 Episode 13: Shot Lists, Storyboards & Animatic Export Build camera shot lists, get storyboards drawn from each shot's own settings, edit frame durations on a timeline, and export a PDF deck or an MP4 animatic. 4 min watch · not recorded yet