Production: Creating the daily schedule

As the Producer I felt it was important that I created a daily schedule of what was to happen by time for each shoot day.  This would allow the cast and crew complete clarity in what was to happen and what was expected of them.  It also allowed me to ensure we kept to time and got everything that was needed. Below is an example of what I created for the shoot: 

Overall the daily schedule was a success as everyone understood what was happening when and it allowed me to keep the crew to time.  I was praised by the cast on how organised the shoot days were and how professional we were as a crew.  If I hadn't created a daily schedule then we wouldn't have had such an organised shoot period. 

After researching what happens on a film set with regards to a shooting schedule, most productions use what is called a 'strip board'. A strip board is where all of the scenes of the script are written on coloured cardboard strips and are arranged on a board as to when they will be shot. They are on movable strips because throughout the pre-production and production phase these will probably need to be moved around due to availability of crew, talent, equipment etc. An example of a strip board is from 'studio binder' below: 

I chose to write mine differently because it was clearer for our cast and crew to understand by time what would be filmed when. Overall I think this worked well and I am confident that I would be able to successfully create a strip board if needed in a professional environment.