Movie Making Manual/Call Sheet
Call sheets give the broad and essential details of a day's shooting. Typically, you would send a call sheet out to every member of the cast and crew as early as possible. During production, this usually means the night before!
What a Call Sheet contains
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- Date
- Day out of days (e.g. "day 3 of a 5 day shoot")
- Location(s) for the day
- Parking details
- Contact details for (at least) the principal members of the crew (e.g. Producer, Production Manager, 1st AD, Location Manager)
- Recommended clothing (e.g. "wear black" or "wear full waterproofing")
- Scenes to be shot for the day
- Broad schedule (the call sheet doesn't usually include the shot-by-shot schedule)
- Call times
- Makeup and wardrobe times
- Scenes
- Travel
- Breaks
- Estimated wrap time
- Weather forecast
- Details of the local hospital
- Details of the local police
- Equipment details
- Hire company details