call sheet

The call sheet is the most important document on the shoot day. It is designed to enable all crew members to be organised and allow the cast members to know what they are doing, so the operations of the day run smoothly. A copy of the call sheet is given to each member of the cast and the crew. The call sheet contains different parts, including:


Production team - This is a list of all the people who are involved in the production. It also has a list of their roles within the production and a way of a means of contact, for example their mobile telephone number. This is in case they weren’t there on the shoot day, you would still have access to things they may have organised or dealt with.



Cast List Page - This is a list of all the cast you are using within your production. It also shows the roles that they will have in your shoot, what times they will be needed on set and what they need to do in their performance.



Studio set plan - This is a description of what will be used in the mise-en-scene; for example, in our case the fairy lights, the sofas ect. It also includes a birds eye view of the set so that it can be quickly and easily made on the shoot day.


Lighting Plan - The same principle as the set plan but it shows the lighting that will be used and the areas that light will be, showing ar

eas that requires it to be well lit.



Props list - a list of the props that are needed. It also included where the props are going to be sourced; for example, we sourced the feathers from the website 'Ebay'.



Wardrobe - This is a list of the garments of clothing that are to be worn on the shoot day, in what shots and who is wearing them at which points.


Shooting Schedule- This is a guide to what is going to be shot during the day and in what order. The storyboard is used to state which times which shot will be done. This will allow for breaks.


Storyboard - this is a very precise shot by shot guide of what is going to be shot. It includes timing and edit transactions. It is done against all the timings of the song, using the timeline to make sure you can fit everything in.