About
How to Schedule and Run a Film Shoot is a self-paced course for the person running the set on an independent feature: a first-time 1st AD, a producer covering the job, or a production manager who got promoted on a Tuesday. Thirteen steps take you from a locked script to what a 1st AD carries onto day one: a breakdown, a stripboard, a day count you can defend, a day out of days, a one-liner, a call sheet and a safety plan. Then it walks you through the day itself, from crew call to the production report. Each step has a short read, a Don’t skip box with the part first-time ADs miss, a worked example, and questions. You answer them for your movie, and by the end you have built its schedule. Included: the How to Schedule and Run a Film Shoot workbook, a file that opens in your web browser, saves as you type and does the page-eighths math, plus a printable worksheet for every step, a blank breakdown sheet, a blank call sheet, a color code and strip card, a walkie and set-call card, and a blank day out of days grid. The workbook compiles your answers into one printable AD packet at the end. Self-paced, at your own speed. There are no videos, no live sessions and nobody checking your board. When the schedule is real, a budget has to follow it, and that’s the work Goldsmith Production Services does.
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