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Call Sheets

Build the shooting day once — cast, crew, locations, weather and scenes compose themselves, then go out to the unit.

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What it does

The call sheet is the day’s single source of truth, and in Cinethread it isn’t a document you retype every night. It assembles from what already lives in your production: the scenes you scheduled, the people in your Library, the locations you saved, and the weather for that date. You edit the parts that are genuinely different today, then send.

The day editor — scenes from the schedule, people from your Library, weather and the nearest hospital filled in. You change what’s genuinely different today, then Send. Every mock in this Help Center is drawn from the real screens; the data is our fictional Wildflower shoot.

Where this lives

A production is one screen with a row of tabs across the top, and the call sheet is what the Days tab builds. The rest of the tabs are the same production seen from a different angle — the same people, dates and locations underneath.

Building a day is a block stack you can reorder — header, schedule, cast, crew, locations, notes. The bar tracks how complete the sheet is and names what’s still missing before it’s safe to send.

Getting started

  1. Pick the day. Open your production, go to the Days tab and choose a shoot day. Cinethread creates the sheet with the day number, date and general call already in place.
  2. Pull the scenes. Scenes come across from the Schedule with their set, int/ext, day/night and page count. Reorder or add one-off scenes right on the sheet.
  3. Set calls. Add cast with individual call times, then crew by department. Anyone already in your Library comes in with their role and contact details attached.
  4. Add locations and hospital. Choose the day’s locations from the Library — address, parking notes, base camp and the nearest hospital travel with them.
  5. Review and send. Check the preview, then send. Recipients get a private link (no login), and you can see who opened it.

The editor

Building a day happens in a block stack you can reorder — production header, schedule, cast, crew, locations, notes. The bar across the top tracks how complete the sheet is and tells you what's still missing before it's safe to send.

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Noa Kim

Confirmed
Your callThu Sep 176:30a
Hartley Farm — Kitchenparking at base camp · map link
TodaySc. 12, 13 · then company move

What the crew opens — their own call, the day, directions. No account, no download.

What the crew sees

Recipients don't get a PDF attachment they have to pinch and zoom. They get a private link that opens to their call time, with the day's schedule, directions and a confirm button underneath.

Worth knowing

Times that add up

Set the shooting call and department calls flow from it, so a schedule shift doesn’t leave stale times behind.

Weather built in

Sunrise, sunset and the forecast for the location and date are pulled in automatically.

Send and track

Distribute by email, then see who’s viewed the sheet — no more chasing confirmations.

Push updates

Changed something after sending? Push the update and everyone’s live link refreshes.

Hospital on every sheet

The nearest hospital travels with the location — address, drive time and phone, already on the sheet.

PDF when you need it

Download a print-ready PDF for the wall, the van, or anyone who still wants paper.

Tip. Build a day you’re happy with, then duplicate it for the next one — the structure carries over and you only change what moved.

Common questions

Can I send to just one person?

Yes — resend to a single recipient without re-sending to the whole unit. Useful when one person's call moves.

What if I don't have a script or schedule yet?

Add scenes straight onto the sheet. The Schedule is a convenience, not a prerequisite.

Does the sheet show everyone's call time to everyone?

The full sheet shows the unit's calls, as a call sheet should. What's personalised is the top of each recipient's mobile view — it leads with their own call.

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