Call Sheets

Get Certified in Production Call Sheets for Film and TV Series 

Taught by Korey Pollard, Producer and DGA Unit Production Manager/First Assistant Director 

A call sheet is a document generated daily by the production department that details every aspect of who and what is required for any given day of shooting and when and where they need to be – it is the heartbeat of a production day. The line producer, working closely with the first assistant director, creates a schedule for each day of shooting and that is turned into a daily call sheet containing all the details and elements required each day.

The call sheet is a document that keeps track of every element required each day. This document is very important not only for communicating to the cast and crew the daily plan and what is required of each department but it also keeps track of exactly who and what needs to be on your set and when.

This certification course will teach you how the various iterations of schedule documents are used in preparing the call sheet, how the call sheet is made, and how to read and utilize the call sheet to have smooth and organized days of production.

The course will cover:

• An Overview
  • How to read a call sheet from top to bottom front to back
  • Where the elements from a script and a schedule belong on the call sheet and why
  • How to anticipate estimated hair, makeup and wardrobe times on a call sheet and how those times affect the call times each day
  • What the basic cast and crew turnaround (rest periods) are and how they affect each day
  • The importance of approving the preliminary call sheet and why it needs to get out to the crew as early as possible the day before a production day
  • The importance of accurate information on the call sheet for your crew and the liability issues created by missing production elements, cast and crew members
  • When is a revised call sheet necessary and why?
• How does the 2nd AD start prepping the call sheet?
  • How to prep and approve the call sheet.  
    • What should the line producer be looking for on the call sheet and why?
    • Reading the call sheet with other departments in mind.
    • Cross referencing notes from the shooting schedule from various meetings and confirming they are on the call sheet.
    • How to determine which department head can best answer your questions about the call sheet element and manpower needs.
• Working with the Team on the call sheet
  • Working with the director, director of photography and assistant director on the call sheet for estimated shooting hours
  • Communicating with all the various departments about manpower and special equipment needs

About the Instructor

This certification module is taught by Korey Pollard, producer, DGA unit production manager/first assistant director with over two decades in the business on over 60 film and television productions. His television and film credits include Emmy-winning American Crime Story (FX), Emmy-nominated Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (Amazon), Nashville (ABC), Seal Team (CBS), Big Sky (ABC), the critically-acclaimed show Monk (USA), Deadwood (HBO), House (FOX), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Boomtown (NBC), and CSI (CBS) and dozens more.

Film credits include Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids 2, And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself, Thirteen Days, Waterworld, Clear & Present Danger, Eye For An Eye, G.I. Jane, That Thing You Do, and Stand By Me, among many others.

He also holds a position on The First Assistant Director/Unit Production Manager Committee of The Directors Guild of America.

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