The biggest issue we encountering with our cast is availability. As the director, I documented the weekly schedules of all my talents and I am trying to construct a filming schedule that best suits everyone. It will be difficult and messy but I believe the best way to go about it is to carefully look through our shot list, and materialize everything we did during pre-production. To get a proper understanding, I briefly watched a video giving a descriptive tutorial on how to effectively create a production schedule.
How to Make a Production Schedule for Film- Cine Pandemia
Cine Pandemia first explains how to "line" your script into 1/8 of a page by using a ruler. By doing this you can number how many sections each scene takes up. For example, scene 1 on his script took only 7 out of those 8 sections, meaning it takes of 7/8 of the page. This method is very effective to measuring how long things take on set. From there he suggested that I open an excel to create a stripboard. He explains how the entire schedule should be built on locations, actor availability, and complexity of shots. Unfortunately, I can barley work excel so I consulted my cinematographer to create a more simplified version. By the end of this I should be able to properly create my call sheet and send out a proper schedule to my cast to keep production running as smooth as possible.
My attempt at the stripboard method:
A still the stripboard version of my script
From there, I shared these pictures with my cinematographer, who is creating our shot list, and discussed how to integrate this method into our shot list. When making the shot list, we need to make sure to match up each number if each shot description.
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