Free film production templates

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Shooting Schedule Template

A free shooting schedule template that lists every scene by shoot day with pages, script day, cast, and breakdown elements. Download as XLSX, CSV, or PDF.

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Stripboard Template

A free stripboard template with color-coded scene strips, day breaks, banners, and a cast ID header, filled in for the first week of a 12-day indie feature.

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One-Line Schedule Template

A free one-line schedule template that fits a whole film shoot on a few pages: one line per scene, day headers, and page totals. Filled in for a 12-day feature.

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Day Out of Days Template

A free day out of days (DOOD) template using SW, W, H, WF, SWF, T, R, PW, and D codes, with totals per performer and per day. Filled in for a 12-day feature.

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Production Calendar Template

A free film production calendar template covering prep weeks, shoot days, days off, and wrap, with key milestones and department start dates. XLSX, CSV, or PDF.

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Pre-Production Checklist Template

A free film pre-production checklist template organized by prep week, with an owner, due date, status, and notes for each task. Filled in for a 12-day indie feature.

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Script Breakdown Sheet Template

A free script breakdown sheet template with the scene header, page count in eighths, and every standard element category with its color, filled in for a stunt scene.

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Prop List Template

A free film prop list template with hero and dupe counts, scenes, character, source, estimated cost, and safety notes, filled in for a 12-day indie feature.

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Wardrobe Breakdown Template

A free wardrobe breakdown template with character changes, story days, multiples, a scene-by-scene change chart, background notes, and fittings for an indie feature.

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Casting Breakdown Template

A free casting breakdown template with project details, union and rate, role descriptions, work dates, disclosures, and submission instructions for an indie feature.

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Shot List Template

A free film shot list template with shot size, angle, movement, lens, cast, sound, and minutes per setup, filled in for a two-location shoot day. XLSX, CSV, or PDF.

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Storyboard Template

A free film storyboard template: numbered panels with a frame box, action, dialogue and sound, camera, cast or double, and screen time, filled in for a fight scene.

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Continuity Log Template

A free continuity log template with scene matching notes, a take-by-take log with lens and circle takes, and carry-forward notes, filled in for a real shoot day.

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Film Budget Template

A free film budget template laid out by account, from 1000-series above the line to 5000-series other costs, with fringes and contingency for a $450,000 feature.

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Short Film Budget Template

A free short film budget template using feature-style account numbers, filled in for an $8,000, 3-day short with paid cast and crew, fringes, insurance, and contingency.

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Indie Film Budget Template

A free indie film budget template with every line of a $450,000, 12-day feature: cast from the DOOD, crew day rates with overtime, fringes, travel, post, and contingency.

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Documentary Budget Template

A free documentary budget template with research, a small field crew, an 18-week edit, archival licensing, E&O, and contingency, filled in for a $180,000 feature.

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Commercial Production Budget Template

A free commercial production budget template laid out like the AICP bid form, sections A to P, with a $95,000 regional spot, production fee, insurance, and breakouts.

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Music Video Budget Template

A free music video budget template for a one-day shoot: director fee, crew, playback, picture car, location, edit, color, cutdowns, and contingency for $25,000.

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Budget Top Sheet Template

A free film budget top sheet template: account totals for above the line, production, post, and other costs, with assumptions, contingency, and a $450,000 example.

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Hot Cost Report Template

A free hot cost report template comparing one shoot day's budget to actuals: schedule vs. actual times, cost variances by account, running overage, and known costs ahead.

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Cash Flow Schedule Template

A free film cash flow schedule template that spreads a $450,000 budget across pre-prep, prep, shoot, wrap, and post, with funding draws and weekly cash on hand.

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Petty Cash Log Template

A free film petty cash log template with float details, receipt-by-receipt entries coded to budget accounts, a running balance, reconciliation, and sign-offs.

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Call Sheet Template

A free film call sheet template with production info, locations, scenes, cast calls, background, crew calls, and an advance schedule, filled in for a sample shoot day.

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Daily Production Report Template

A free daily production report (DPR) template: times, scenes and pages to date, setups, cast times that match the SAG-AFTRA Exhibit G, background, media, and delays.

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Wrap Report Template

A free film wrap report template comparing scheduled and actual days and pages, with cast, locations, equipment returns, incidents, and open items for close-out.

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Film Equipment Checklist Template

A free film equipment checklist with camera, grip, electric, and sound sections, real item names, quantities, and check-out and return columns for a 12-day indie.

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Crew Contact List Template

A free film crew contact list template organized by department, with positions, phones, emails, start dates, walkie channels, vendors, and a version date.

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Crew Deal Memo Template

A free crew deal memo template with rate, guaranteed hours, overtime, kit rental, travel, and plain-language terms, filled in for a sound mixer on an indie feature.

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Cast Deal Memo Template

A free cast deal memo template with work dates from the day out of days, rate, billing, travel, and plain-language terms, filled in for a SAG-AFTRA supporting role.

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Location Release Form Template

A free film location release form with property and owner fields, fee math, and plain-language clause rows, filled in for a salvage yard on an indie shoot.

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Talent Release Form Template

A free talent release form for film with performer fields, a minor and guardian block, and plain-language rights rows, filled in for background on an indie shoot.