Scheduling tab
Сreate and manage your moive shooting schedule
By Egor1 author27 articles
Stripboard
Build and arrange your shooting order: scenes, day breaks, banners, units, locations, and export.
- Sorting parametersDetailed information about shooting schedule sorting parameters and how they work
- What is the StripboardAnatomy of the Stripboard view and when to use it instead of Calendar or DOOD
- Manage shooting scheduleHow to manage your shooting schedule
- Reorder and move scenes manuallyHow to manually reorder and move scenes in your shooting schedule
- Sort the scenes by 3-level sortingHow to sort scenes using 3-level sorting
- Reorder scenes with Scheduling AI DudeUse Scheduling AI Dude to reorder scenes, move them between shooting days, and restructure your schedule with natural language.
- Add Day Breaks manuallyHow to manually add day breaks into a shooting schedule
- Add auto Day BreaksHow to add Auto Day Breaks into a shooting schedule
- Edit or remove day breaksHow to update or remove day breaks
- Add bannersHow to add banners to your shooting schedule
- Assign units to scenesHow to assign units to scenes in your shooting schedule
- Assign locations to scenesHow to assign locations to scenes in your shooting schedule
- Bulk edit locationsHow to edit all locations in one view
- Edit Schedule ItemHow to edit your scenes in the Scheduling tab
- Adjust the 1/8th countHow to manage your 1/8ths
- Set shooting time estimationHow to set time estimation for shooting a script scene
- Set the script day for a sceneLabel scenes with a story day in the Scheduling Stripboard, reuse and sort by it, and rename or delete a script day across scenes.
- Export your shooting scheduleHow to export your shooting schedule in various formats: MMSX, SEX, XLSX, or PDF
Calendar
Map shooting days to real dates and spot scheduling conflicts.
DOOD
Day Out of Days: see when each cast member and tag is needed across the schedule.
Sides
Build print-ready shooting sides from your schedule — pick each day's scenes, cross out what's not filmed, track what's shot, and export verified PDFs for cast and crew.
- What is SidesWhat Sides are in Filmustage — daily actor packets from your shooting schedule, with cross-out, shot status, Smart Highlight, multi-day packets, and PDF export.
- Build a daily sides packetAssemble a sides packet for a shooting day in Filmustage — pick the day, choose scenes, set the order, and bundle multiple days.
- Cross out lines in sidesMark lines not filmed on a shooting day in Filmustage Sides — struck lines stay greyed in the packet, and the scene shows a skip count.
- Highlight scenes in sidesSpotlight scenes in a Filmustage Sides packet by cast, location, tag category, or scene type with Smart Highlight, and optionally drop non-matches to an appendix.
- Track shot status on setTrack shot status, continuity notes, and takes per scene in Filmustage Sides — the status shows as a chip in the rail and feeds the next day's packet.
- Export sides and verify with QRExport a Filmustage Sides packet to PDF with cover page, QR codes, and skip-already-shot options, and verify on set by scanning the QR code.