Three Views
The Background tab switches between List, DOOD and Breakdown at the top.
| View | What it is for |
|---|---|
| List | Role groups and the performers booked into them: counts, looks, bumps, rate, reps, notes |
| DOOD | Which roles work which days |
| Breakdown | Every day's background in one spreadsheet, with reuse tracking and daily and weekly totals |
Role Groups
A role group is one kind of background on one or more scenes: OFFICE WORKERS, SCHOOL KIDS, SECURITY. It carries a planned count, the scenes it is in, and seats for the people booked into it. Most groups arrive with the schedule import, read off each scene's background line. Add BG Role Group and Add Stand-In create one by hand.
Stand-Ins
Stand-ins get their own category and their own box on the call sheet front. A role named Stand-In or Stand In is filed there on import, with a count of one. They are planned separately from scene extras, so a stand-in group missing from the breakdown is normal and is never reported as removed.
Reuse
When the same forty people work three scenes in a day, reuse stops them being counted three times. The Breakdown view has four reuse modes: None, Simple, Role and Linked. See BG Breakdown View for each.
No reuse tracking. Each performer covers exactly one role. Total = sum of all groups. No setup required.
None: Zero setup. Every performer is counted as unique. Lunch = total.
Getting to the Call Sheet
The call sheet front builds its Background block from the day's scenes and role groups. A count you type onto the front stays until you reset it. The meal counts on the back include every background row on the front that has a call time. A row with no call time is not counted. When the BG breakdown's unique count disagrees with the sheet, the lunch line flags it. The sheet's number is the one used; the breakdown's is shown for comparison.