The standard film call sheet works for a vertical series. What breaks is the scene block. A feature day might list five scenes. Day 8 of ASHFORD HEIR, the fictional 60-episode series from how to plan a vertical drama shoot, has 19 scenes from four episodes, three wardrobe looks for the lead, a stunt into a fountain, and 30 wedding guests. A five-row table doesn't hold that, and a 19-row table with one scene per line hides the information departments need.
Below is Day 8's call sheet, adapted, with notes on each change. For the standard layout, start with the call sheet template. For how Day 8 got its scenes, see the vertical series production schedule.
The header, with a format line
ASHFORD HEIR (vertical series, 60 eps) DAY 8 OF 8
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 FINAL DAY
CREW CALL 6:30 AM SUNRISE 6:27 AM
SHOOTING CALL 7:30 AM SUNSET 4:48 PM (civil twilight ends 5:14 PM)
LUNCH 11:30 AM EST. WRAP 5:30 PM
LOCATION Ashford Estate (practical house, address on page 2)
FORMAT All cameras 9:16 native. Frame lines 9:16 with post's safe area guide.
Video village and BTS use the same guide.
BTS BTS by unit photographer only. No personal posting of anything from
this set until the platform releases episode 57.
Two lines are new compared with a feature sheet.
The format line exists because vertical footage cropped from a wider frame, or framed on a monitor without the right guide, can cut off hands, props, or text that looked fine at video village. Camera already knows. The line is for everyone else who looks at a monitor: the director, the script supervisor, the client or platform representative, and whoever shoots behind-the-scenes content.
The BTS line is there because this is a wedding in episode 57. The series releases episodes over weeks, and one photo of Clara in a wet wedding dress posted from set gives away a cliffhanger. Name who is allowed to shoot BTS and give a condition for when anyone can post.
Light shapes this whole day. In Pasadena on November 18, 2026, sunrise is 6:27 AM and sunset is 4:48 PM, with civil twilight ending at 5:14 PM. That's about ten hours of usable daylight for an all-exterior day, which is why Day 8 carries only 9 6/8 pages, the lightest day of the shoot. The sunrise and sunset planner gives the times for any location and date.
The scene block, in shooting blocks
BLK EP.SC SET DAY CLARA LOOK PGS
1 55.01 55.02 56.01 EXT. ASHFORD ESTATE - DRIVEWAY D13 (not in) 1 4/8
Julian and his father arrive. Picture car: black sedan.
2 56.03 57.01 57.02 57.03 57.04 EXT. GARDEN - WEDDING CEREMONY D14 10 (dress) 3
Vows interrupted. 30 BG.
LUNCH 11:30 AM
3 57.05 57.06 57.07 57.08 EXT. GARDEN - RECEPTION D14 10 (dress) 2 2/8
57.08: STUNT. Clara pushed into fountain (stunt double).
4 57.09 57.10 57.11 EXT. GARDEN - FOUNTAIN D14 10 WET 1 2/8
Clara climbs out. Wet dress #2, #3.
5 60.03 60.04 60.06 60.07 EXT. GARDEN - DUSK D14 11 1 6/8
Final scenes of the series. Must roll by 4:30 PM.
19 SCENES TOTAL 9 6/8
Each row is a block of scenes that share a set, a story day, and the lead's look. The page total per block lets the 1st AD track the day at a glance, and the day total is checked in eighths like any call sheet: 12 + 24 + 18 + 10 + 14 = 78 eighths, which is 9 6/8 pages. The scene count is 3 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 4 = 19.
The episode and scene number (57.08) replaces a plain scene number. Everyone from props to the editor can find it in one script. Keep the full scene descriptions on the sides and put only what a department needs to act on in the block: the stunt, the picture car, the wet dresses, and the hard light cue on block 5.
The look column is the change that saves the most time. Wardrobe, hair, and makeup plan the day around it, and the 1st AD can see that blocks 2 through 4 need no changes except wetting down, while block 5 needs a full change. Story day sits beside it for the script supervisor.
The cast block, with look changes
# CHARACTER PERFORMER STATUS PU MU/WD ON SET LOOK CHANGES
1 CLARA Nia Hollander WF 5:15A 5:45A 8:15A 10 dress 5:45A · 10 wet after 57.08
· 11 at 3:45P (45 min)
2 JULIAN Theo Marsh WF S/D 6:30A 7:15A Tux 6:30A · look 8 at 3:45P
7 FATHER Grant Oyelaran WF S/D 6:45A 7:15A Tux
9 GRANDMOTHER Ada Pryce WF S/D 8:00A 8:45A Wedding look
CLARA STUNT DOUBLE Jo Keane SWF S/D 10:30A 12:30P Dress #4. Fountain 57.08.
Four principals finish today (WF), so the office needs wrap paperwork and wardrobe needs every costume back or held. The stunt double is SWF.
Clara's meal timing drives lunch. Her makeup call is 5:45 AM. SAG-AFTRA's theatrical meal rule puts the first meal within six hours of a performer's first call, which for her is 11:45 AM. Crew call is 6:30 AM, so crew lunch could wait until 12:30 PM, but a lunch at 11:30 AM covers both. On a vertical day with this many scenes, one performer's early call often sets lunch for the whole company. Check it with the meal penalty calculator if the morning is likely to run long.
The look change times are for wardrobe and the ADs. A 45-minute change before a scene that has to roll by 4:30 PM means Clara leaves set at 3:45 PM, whatever else is happening. Putting that time on the call sheet tells the whole crew when she'll be gone.
Background, stunts, and safety
BG 30 wedding guests. Report 7:00 AM holding tent, wardrobe check 7:15 AM.
On set 8:30 AM. Formal daywear, no white, no red, no logos.
STUNTS 57.08 fountain push. Stunt coordinator: on set 12:00 PM. Rehearsal 12:30 PM.
Fountain drained to 18 in. and inspected by coordinator before rehearsal.
SAFETY Safety meeting 12:25 PM at fountain. Bulletins #4 (Stunts) and
#17 (Water Hazards) attached. Medic standing by at fountain for 57.08.
The Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety Committee's bulletins can be attached to call sheets, and a stunt into water calls for two of them: #4 on stunts and #17 on water hazards. Put the safety meeting on the sheet with a time and a place, and put the depth check and who does it in writing.
Department notes that only a vertical sheet needs
CAMERA 9:16 frame lines on all monitors. BTS photographer uses printed frame guide.
SCRIPT Continuity photos of look 10 WET for 57.09 to 57.11. Wedding look matches
Day 7 inserts (ep 56).
WARDROBE Wedding dress x4 (hero, wet #2, wet #3, stunt #4). Dryers at holding tent.
SOCIAL Unit photographer: stills and BTS for platform, cleared by producer before
any use. Cast: no stories or posts from set.
SIDES Sides in shooting order, 57.01 to 60.07, 11 pages.
Day 8 is also the last day, and the sheet has to carry the wrap along with the shoot. Add a short wrap note: every principal's costume goes back to wardrobe before they leave set unless it's being held for pickups, the office collects final paperwork from the four performers finishing, and props gathers hero items for storage in case any scene has to be reshot. If the series has pickups planned, name the items being held. On a series with 60 episodes, the editor may not find a missing insert until weeks later, and the dress needs to still exist when they do. The wrap report guide covers the close-out after this day.
Sides for a vertical day are longer than the page count suggests when scenes are printed with episode headers, and they need to be in shooting order, not episode order. Mark them with block numbers so an actor can find block 3 without paging through.
Built for the phone
Most people will open this call sheet on a phone. A few layout choices help:
- Put the day, date, crew call, location, and the reader's own call on the first screen.
- Keep lines short enough that a phone doesn't wrap them into a mess. Blocks of scenes read better on a small screen than wide scene tables.
- Put the address as text, not only as a map image, so it can be tapped or copied.
- Keep the file small. A PDF with full-resolution location photos is slow to open on a set with one bar of signal. Digital call sheets vs PDF goes into this.
If cast members are new to working on a set, a short line near the top helps: report to the makeup trailer at your MU/WD time, bring any requested items, and text the 2nd AD if you're running late. The annotated call sheet example explains every standard block for anyone reading a sheet for the first time.
Mistakes specific to vertical sheets
Listing scene numbers without episodes. "Sc. 3" appears in 60 scripts.
Leaving the look column off. Wardrobe then works from memory across 19 scenes and three looks.
Forgetting the posting rule. A spoiler from the last day of the shoot is the one most likely to leak, because it's the most exciting day and cast are saying goodbye.
Assuming the frame is obvious. Somebody on set will frame a BTS shot or check a monitor in 16:9.
Sending it from Storiara
Storiara builds a call sheet for each shoot day from the schedule, with the day's scenes, cast, crew, and location details and a weather forecast, and lets you override details for that day. It can be printed, shared as a link, or emailed now or at a scheduled time. Collaborators on a phone get Storiara's mobile view, which has a Callsheets tab with the weather included, and cast who only read the sheet on their phones can open the emailed link without an account.