Question 1

What happened to the original G-Casper?

Accepted Answer

G-Casper is still available and free to use. G-Casper Pro is the rebuilt version, with automatic SMS, live weather and Movie Magic schedule imports. The original is still on the Prodigium site.

Question 2

Can I import my existing G-Casper sheets?

Accepted Answer

Yes. G-Casper Pro imports your existing G-Casper spreadsheets directly, including crew, cast and scene data. Anything the parser cannot match is flagged on the preview screen so you can fix it before it commits.

Question 3

Does it replace Movie Magic Scheduling?

Accepted Answer

No. You keep scheduling wherever you schedule. G-Casper Pro reads a Movie Magic 6 or 10 PDF, a G-Casper or Casper workbook or a USS file and builds a call sheet for each shoot day. It can also convert a Movie Magic PDF to USS, and export USS from any production.

Question 4

Does G-Casper Pro work with ThinkCrew schedules?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Export the schedule from ThinkCrew as a USS file and import it like any other schedule. USS, the Universal Scheduling Standard, is an open format, so any scheduling software that writes it works the same way. Movie Magic 6 and 10 PDFs and G-Casper or Casper workbooks import directly.

Question 5

When will G-Casper Pro launch?

Accepted Answer

We're in private beta now. Join the waitlist to hear when we launch and to get your 3 free shoot days.

Question 6

Does my crew have to install anything?

Accepted Answer

No. Each text or email carries a private link that opens that person's own call sheet in a phone browser. There is no login and no app.

Question 7

How does the SMS feature work?

Accepted Answer

Each person gets a text with their name, the crew call and a private link. What else goes in the text is up to the AD: keep it to the General Crew Call and the link, or add crew parking, base camp and a contact to call. The template is set per show, with your own default in Preferences, and the page behind the link has two layouts to choose from. The delivery report tracks email and SMS separately, and shows who needs a resend. Carriers report that a text arrived but not that it was read, so texts stop at Delivered. Email can show Opened.

Question 8

What happens to my call sheets when the schedule changes?

Accepted Answer

Upload the revised schedule. G-Casper Pro shows what moved before anything is saved, then updates the scenes that changed. Crew calls you already set stay put, notes and banners carry over, and cast calls follow their new days.

Question 9

Is there a limit to crew size?

Accepted Answer

The pricing tiers run from 1 to 10 people up to 100 and over. The Blockbuster layout density is built to fit the crew list of a 200-person feature on one page.

Question 10

Where do the Exhibit G times come from?

Accepted Answer

They are drafted from the call sheet, one form per shoot day with a row for every performer on it. Your team approves each time or types over it during the day, then prints the form with the signature and objection columns.

Question 11

Who can see pay rates and costs?

Accepted Answer

Hot costs, burn rate, the Producer Dashboard and crew pay tracking belong to the Production plan. A shared Wrap link can leave the money sections out, and contact details and rates never go on a link.

Question 12

Do I need to pay for a full year upfront?

Accepted Answer

No. Every plan is a small monthly base ($6 AD, $19 Producer), billed monthly or yearly, plus a rate for each shoot day you use, scaled by crew size. Annual billing takes 20% off the base. Texts use SMS credits: 35 are free, then packs start at 50 for $5.

Question 13

Who pays?

Accepted Answer

Whoever the show suits. Plenty of ADs start a production on their own account, then ask the production to cover it. On the Producer plan, a Production Cover Request sends the production a payment link for the shoot days, SMS credits and plan months you choose. The production can lower the numbers before paying, never raise them, and doesn't need an account. A producer can also take over a production an AD started, so the show carries on with everything already built and the production pays from then on.

Question 14

How are hot costs worked out?

Accepted Answer

From the in and out times on the PR Back. Hot Costs takes each person's hours net of the meal, prices them through the overtime bands you set in Globals and adds meal penalties from the MPV column. Crew and drivers are priced separately.

Question 15

What does the Company plan add?

Accepted Answer

Everything on the Producer plan, plus advanced payroll tracking with talent paperwork, lodging, and transpo with the basecamp footprint. It's built for seasoned producers and production companies. Company is not yet officially available, so get in touch and we'll set it up around how you work.

Question 16

How does lodging work?

Accepted Answer

Every person who needs a bed gets a row and every day of prep, shoot and wrap gets a column. Drag across the row to draw a stay at a hotel, and the check-in, check-out and night count come from the bar. Flights sit on the day they land and are checked against the room, and each person's trip goes out by email.

Question 17

How does transpo work?

Accepted Answer

Vehicles run as bars across the days, and each person's usual way to set sits beside their name. A day that differs gets a shuttle code or opens into its runs one leg at a time. The footprint gives the vehicle spaces you need per day, and the day's runs feed the TRANSPORTATION table on the call sheet back.

Question 18

What happens to bookings when the schedule changes?

Accepted Answer

Lodging and transpo sit on the same days as the call sheet, so a moved shoot day shows up against the stays and runs it touches. A stay you've ticked as booked is reported on re-import instead of moved, because moving it costs a change fee somebody has to authorise. Exports come out per hotel, per rental house or per person.

Question 19

What does payroll tracking cover?

Accepted Answer

Day rate and payment type sit beside the Crew DOOD the ADs schedule on. Each week gets a payment status, Waiting, Auth, Paid or Error, and Total Paid and Total Left To Pay keep a running count. Deal memo, I-9, W-4 or W-9 and the start packet are ticked off per person, so a missing form shows before payroll runs.

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