The Calendar view in the Scheduling tab lays out your shooting days on a real calendar grid. It shows when you shoot, how much you shoot each day, and any conflicts between scheduled dates and tags or locations marked as unavailable.
Before you begin
Note: The Calendar shows only shooting days defined by day breaks with assigned shoot dates. Without dated day breaks, the Calendar displays "No shooting days scheduled".
Open the Calendar
Procedure
Go to app.filmustage.com and open your project.
On the ribbon, select Scheduling, then select Calendar from the dropdown.
What each day cell shows
For every shooting day, the cell displays:
Date — weekday, month, day.
Day N/Total — shooting day number out of total shooting days.
Total pages — sum of scene page counts in eighths (for example, 3 5/8 pg).
Total time — sum of scene estimations in hours.
Scene blocks — one block per scene, colored to match its scene color.
Non-shooting days appear as empty cells inside the same weekly grid, so weekends and gaps between shoot days are visible at a glance.
Note: Banners do not render as separate blocks in the Calendar. They remain visible in the Stripboard.
Interacting with scenes
Scene blocks in the Calendar are read-only and draggable. Click or hover does not open the scene — to edit scene details, go to the Stripboard and use Edit Schedule Item.
Only the red conflict flag (🚩) on a scene is interactive — see Spot scheduling conflicts below.
Spot scheduling conflicts
When any tag or location has unavailable dates that fall on its scheduled shooting day, a red Conflicts button appears in the top-right corner with the conflict count. Affected scenes also show a red flag (🚩) on their scene block.
Select the button to open the conflict list. Each row shows the scene number, the date, and the conflicting tag or location.
From the conflict list, you can:
Type into Search by name to filter the list by tag or location name.
Select Ask AI Dude to send the conflict context to AI Dude for resolution suggestions.
Select a scene number — the Calendar scrolls to and briefly highlights that scene.
Select a tag name — opens the Edit Tag dialog to adjust unavailable dates, scene assignment, or other tag settings.
Select a location name — opens the Edit Location dialog with the same options for locations.
Tip: Conflicts come from unavailable dates set on tags (see Edit a tag) and on locations (see Bulk edit locations). Adjust either side to clear a conflict.
Reorder scenes
Move a scene to a different position within the same day, or to another shooting day.
Procedure
Click and hold a scene block.
Drag it to the target position. Drop within the same day to change shooting order, or onto another day cell to reassign.
Release.
Filmustage commits the new order immediately. The change is reflected in the Stripboard. Day totals (pages, time) recalculate automatically when scenes move between days; within-day reorder keeps totals unchanged.
Reorder shooting days
Swap the contents of two shooting days without changing their dates.
Procedure
Click and hold the day header (the date and Day N/Total bar) of a shooting day.
Drag it onto another shooting day.
Release.
Filmustage moves the scenes of the dragged day into the target date and shifts the other day's scenes accordingly. The day break dates themselves stay put.
Note: Day breaks define the dates of shooting days. To change which calendar date a shooting day falls on, edit the day break itself — see Edit or remove day breaks.
What you cannot do in the Calendar
The Calendar is view-and-rearrange only. To do the following, switch to the Stripboard:
Add, edit, or remove day breaks and banners
Assign units, locations, or shooting time estimates
Run AI Sort or 3-level sort
Edit scene details (scene number, header, color, synopsis)
Export the schedule