Schedule guide

Build a shooting schedule

A free shooting schedule spreadsheet, with the Cinevaris screens for arranging scenes into shoot days.

Best when
Use this when your scenes are ready to be arranged into possible shoot days.
You'll leave with
A first shoot-day plan shaped around your scenes, people, places, and available time.
Use this resource

Building shoot days

Build a first pass

List the scenes you want to shoot together, then choose their order. The spreadsheet starts blank; the field guide below explains what to add.

Script-To-Schedule Workflow
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SceneNumber, slugline, page count, place, and time of day
PeopleWho appears and when they are available
The setupLight, sound, weather, access, travel, and anything unusual
Shoot dayThe date and scene order you want to try
AlternativeAnother scene or place you could use if the day changes

Open the CSV in Excel or import it into Google Sheets. Use one row per scene and repeat the shoot-day label for scenes on the same day. Leave dates and call times blank until confirmed. Copy and Print keep the field guide, not a filled-in schedule.

CheckCheck cast availability, location access, travel time, and daylight before confirming the day.

Arrange your shoot days in Cinevaris.

Cinevaris keeps the scene details, shot list, shoot days, and call sheet together while you find the plan that works.

In Cinevaris

Do this in Cinevaris

Building shoot days

Current Cinevaris Breakdown workspace
BreakdownScene details

Confirm the scene, location, cast, time-of-day, and practical notes you need before grouping days.

See Breakdown in the product tour