The production schedule is a project plan of how the production budget will be spent over a given timescale, for every phase of a business project.

The scheduling process starts with the script, which is analysed and broken down, scene by scene, onto a sequence of breakdown sheets, each of which records the resources required to execute the scene. These resources include:

• Cast Actors
• Special Effects
• Wardrobe
• Special Equipment
• Stunts
• Extras/Silent Bits
• Props
• Make-up/Hair
• Extras/Atmosphere
• Vehicles/Animals
• Sound Effects/Music
• Production Notes
• Others

From the breakdown sheets, the Production Manager compiles a production board which is used as the basis for a shooting schedule for every day of the shoot.

See also

Breaking down the script

References

• Film Scheduling by Dennis . King (2nd Ed, 1991)
• Film Production Management by Bastian Clevé (2nd Ed, 2000)
• The Complete Film Production Handbook (3rd Ed, 2001)
• Production board in Microsoft Office Excel by Eddy Grabczewski (2006)