Creating Production Reports

A shoot day's report from first shot to lock: what to fill in on the front, what to fill in on the back, and how to check nothing is owed.

6 min readUpdated September 2026

Before You Begin

Select the day in the app. PR Front and PR Back both follow it, and both open with the call sheet already filled in. You correct it to match what was shot.

During the Day: Times

Type the times on PR Front as they happen. Crew Call comes from the call sheet. Shooting Call and the meals default from it.

  • First Shot
  • 1st Meal Out and 1st Meal In, and the 2nd meal if there was one
  • First Shot After the meal
  • Camera Wrap, Crew Wrap and Last Man
Important: First Shot, Camera Wrap and Crew Wrap are required. Leave one blank and the day won't read Complete.

Scenes

Drag the SCHEDULED SCENES rows into the order they were actually shot. Click Scenes Shot Today or Scheduled But Not Shot to mark each scene Shot, Not Shot or Partial. Add a scene that wasn't on the call sheet with the + in the scene header. The 1st unit figures fill from the schedule: Script, Previous Days, Today, Total to Date, To Be Taken. Minutes, setups and camera figures are typed.

Cast, Background and Film

Check the cast table against who actually worked. Report To, On Set, Dismiss and the meals come from the Exhibit G where it has them and the call sheet where it does not. Add a blank row with + row for a performer who was not called. Background works the same way. Film / Media takes the roll figures per camera.

After Wrap: The Back

Open PR Back and put an OUT on every crew row. IN comes from the call sheet. Change the MPV cell where there was a meal penalty, or use the department batch to set a whole department at once. HRS is calculated net of meals and turns red on anyone past the scheduled day.

Tip: A row missing its OUT counts zero hours on Hot Costs, so overtime reads low until every OUT is in.
Interactive Demo
Production Report Back Demo
Click OUT cells to log wrap times, toggle decimal hours, and set meal penalty values for each department.
PR BackCrew Call 7.01st Meal 13.0-13.5Scheduled day 12 hrs
Decimal Hours
TitleNameIN1ST/O1ST/IOUTHRSMPV
Camera
DPMike Rodriguez7.013.013.512.0
1st ACAmy Chen6.513.013.512.5
2nd ACJake Torres6.513.013.512.5
Grip & Electric
GafferTom Wilson6.013.514.013.0
Key GripSarah Kim6.013.013.513.0
BB ElectricChris Lane6.013.013.513.0
Sound
MixerDavid Park7.513.013.511.5
Boom OpLisa Nguyen7.513.013.511.5

Check and Lock

Switch the view bar to Total Production. The day should read Complete on both halves. If it shows an amber chip, click it: the report opens with the missing cells flashing. Once it's signed off, press Lock this day in the sidebar.

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