What Is the PR Back?
The Production Report Back page is a crew time tracking grid that documents every crew member's actual work hours for a given shoot day. It is the companion to the Production Report Front (which tracks scenes shot, pages completed, and schedule status). The PR Back feeds directly into payroll processing and union compliance reporting.
Data Flow from Call Sheet Back
The PR Back reads crew data from the Call Sheet Back's department roster and crew call times. When you open the PR Back for a shoot day, the IN column is pre-populated with each crew member's call time from the call sheet. These estimated times appear at 50% opacity to indicate they are pre-filled, not manually entered. Once you type an actual time into a cell, the estimate styling disappears and the value is treated as a confirmed entry.
Editing Wrap Times
The OUT column is where you enter each crew member's actual wrap time. Click the cell to start editing, type the time (e.g., '9:15P'), and press Enter. The HOURS column automatically calculates the difference between IN and OUT. If you do not enter an OUT time, the system uses the production's general wrap time as a fallback estimate.
Decimal Hours Toggle
A floating sidebar toggle switches between standard time format (14:30) and decimal hours (14.5). Decimal hours is the default because most payroll departments and production accountants work in decimals. The toggle affects both the hours display and the time calculations shown in each row. Your preference persists across sessions via local storage.
| NAME | TITLE | IN | OUT | HOURS | MPV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERA | |||||
| Mike Rodriguez | DP | 7:00A | 7:15P | 12.3 | |
| Amy Chen | 1st AC | 7:00A | 7:15P | 12.3 | |
| Jake Torres | 2nd AC | 7:00A | 7:15P | 12.3 | |
| GRIP & ELECTRIC | |||||
| Tom Wilson | Gaffer | 6:30A | 7:00P | 12.5 | |
| Sarah Kim | Key Grip | 6:30A | 7:00P | 12.5 | |
| Chris Lane | BB Electric | 6:30A | 7:00P | 12.5 | |
| SOUND | |||||
| David Park | Mixer | 7:30A | 7:30P | 12.0 | |
| Lisa Nguyen | Boom Op | 7:30A | 7:30P | 12.0 | |
Toggle decimal hours to switch between 12.5 and 12:30 format. Click OUT cells to edit wrap times. Click MPV to set meal penalties. "batch" sets MPV for the whole department.
Meal Penalty Violations (MPV)
Every called crew member starts with a default MPV of 0/0 (zero first meal penalties / zero second meal penalties). Click any crew member's MPV cell to open a dropdown with common options: 0/0, 1/0, 0/1, 1/1, 2/0, 0/2. Meal penalties that are not 0/0 display in red for visibility.
- The first number is first meal penalties (lunch break violation)
- The second number is second meal penalties (second meal break violation)
- 0/0 means no violations occurred
- 1/0 means one first meal penalty was incurred
Department Batch MPV
Department headers include a 'batch' button in the MPV column. Clicking it opens the same MPV dropdown, but the selected value is applied to every crew member in that department at once. This is useful when an entire department incurred the same meal penalty, which is common since departments typically break for meals together.
Catering and Section Notes
The PR Back includes dedicated fields for catering notes and other section-specific notes. These are stored alongside the crew time data on the production report record.