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Planning and budgeting vertical dramas and short-form series.
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Sep 2026
How to Plan a Vertical Drama Shoot, From Script to Shoot Days
Plan a vertical drama shoot: number 60 episodes for production, count pages, group scenes by set, pick a page rate, and break the series into shoot days.
Sep 2026
Short-Form Series Budget: How to Budget a Vertical Series
How to budget a short-form or vertical series: which costs follow shoot days and which follow episodes, a quantity worksheet for a 60-episode shoot, and per-minute math.
Sep 2026
Vertical Series Production Schedule: Building the Shoot Days
How to schedule a vertical series: a two-week shoot calendar, one 24-scene day built hour by hour, strip order by wardrobe look, and when each episode is ready to cut.
Sep 2026
Vertical Video Call Sheets: Adapting the Format for Series
How to write call sheets for vertical video and micro-drama shoots: episode and scene numbers, wardrobe looks per block, frame notes, BTS rules, and a phone-first layout.