Movie Making Manual/Call Sheet

Call sheets give the broad and essential details of a day's shooting. Typically, you would send a call sheet out to every member of the cast and crew as early as possible. During production, this usually means the night before!

What a Call Sheet contains

• Project title
• Date
• Day out of days (e.g. "day 3 of a 5 day shoot")
• Location(s) for the day
• Parking details
• Contact details for (at least) the principal members of the crew (e.g. Producer, Production Manager, 1st AD, Location Manager)
• Recommended clothing (e.g. "wear black" or "wear full waterproofing")
• Scenes to be shot for the day
• Broad schedule (the call sheet doesn't usually include the shot-by-shot schedule)
  • Call times
  • Makeup and wardrobe times
  • Scenes
  • Travel
  • Breaks
  • Estimated wrap time
• Weather forecast
• Details of the local hospital
• Details of the local police
• Equipment details
• Hire company details