Why Meal Info Matters
Meal times go in the CS Front header. Meal counts and food restrictions for catering are on the CS Back.
Tip: If lunch is somewhere other than base camp, add a Lunch location for the day so the address prints.
Breakfast Information
The CS Front header has these meal fields:
| Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Courtesy Breakfast | When breakfast is served | 6:30 AM |
| Lunch | The planned lunch time | 1:00 PM |
Tip: Both move with General Crew Call. Move crew call an hour and breakfast and lunch move an hour.
Lunch Break Setup
Lunch shows in two places:
- The Lunch time in the CS Front header
- A LUNCH banner in the scene schedule, where it falls in the day
- The banner length defaults to Lunch Banner Duration (mins) in Globals, 30 minutes unless you change it
- For a lunch location, add a Lunch custom location on the Days tab
- Put anything else, such as a walkaway, in the notices or the banner text
Meal Penalties
There are no meal timers. Where meal penalties show up:
| Where | What it does |
|---|---|
| Import auto-draft | Insert lunch banner after 6 hrs places lunch in the schedule |
| PR Back and Exhibit G | You record penalties in the MPV cell per person |
| Hot Costs | Prices the MPV entries at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Meal Penalty rates in Globals |
Important: G-Casper Pro doesn't work out penalties from meal times. The rules depend on your agreement, and the AD records them.
Dietary Accommodations
Each crew, cast and background record has a Food Restrictions field:
- Pick from the list, such as Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Kosher or Halal
- Allergies such as Nut Allergy and Shellfish Allergy are in the same list
- Several restrictions per person are fine
- The Catering section on the CS Back counts each restriction for the day, with + and - to adjust
- There is no separate export. The caterer reads the counts off the CS Back
Craft Services (Crafty)
Crafty has no fields of its own. Put the crafty crew in the Catering department so they print on the CS Back. Anything else goes in a notice or a custom location:
| Crafty Info | Where it goes |
|---|---|
| Crafty crew | Catering department on the CS Back |
| Location | A custom location on the Days tab |
| Coffee call, hot crafty | A notice on the CS Front |