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Major Project: Creating a shooting schedule and updated shot list

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What is a shooting schedule?   "A  shooting schedule  is a project plan of each day's shooting for a film production"   - Wikipedia, 201 I knew it was extremely important for me to be organised and be fully prepared for the shoot. My actors needed to know the exact start times and wrap times. The rest of my crew needed to know as well so I wanted to take the time to create a document that was as clear as possible and easy for everyone to understand. I was looking online to see examples and noticed there was a trend for using Excel to create a shooting schedule document but I did not like the layout of the ones I saw because there was something a  little messy about them. (example below)  It was important for me to know what information is needed for the shooting schedule as well so I got some tips online. It became evident to me the importance of knowing HOW you want to shoot your film BEFORE creating a shooting schedule because you need to have a g