Customizing Your Call Sheet
This 3-part series guides you through the essential aspects of customizing your call sheet, covering topics such as key times, meal times, locations, weather data, managing cast and crew, adding notes and custom banners, and adjusting layout settings.
🎬 Part 1 of 3:
Topics covered in part 1:
Key times
Meal times and head counts
Locations
Weather data (auto-filling and updating)
Editing header information and adding logo
Building the shooting schedule and adding scenes
Adding custom banners for block shooting
Managing cast information and call times
🎬 Part 2 of 3:
Topics covered in part 2:
Extras and stand-ins
Managing crew calls
Setting pre-call durations
Customizing call times with text (OFF, O/C, etc)
Re-ordering crew members
Hiding / removing crew members from call sheet
Displaying email addresses and phone numbers
Key crew members and key contacts
Customizing layout options
Reordering / customizing departments
🎬 Part 3 of 3:
Topics covered in part 3:
Adding front and back notes
Quote of the day section
Department-specific notes
Production reminders
Adding attachments (e.g., script sides, parking diagrams)
Customizing call sheet layout (rearranging sections, removing page breaks)
Adding custom banners (formatting, icons, styles)
Adjusting page settings (size, spacing, header layout)
Customizing header (uploading logo)
Hack for including multiple logos on the call sheet
Downloading PDF, customizing watermark, exporting to Excel