Production schedule

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The production schedule is a project plan of how the production budget will be spent over a given timescale, for every phase of a business project.{{Citation needed|reason=reference on production for theater or movie production|date=May 2025}}

The scheduling process starts with the script, which is analysed and broken down, scene by scene, onto a sequence of breakdown sheets, each of which records the resources required to execute the scene. These resources include:

• Cast Actors
• Special Effects
• Wardrobe
• Special Equipment
• Stunts
• Extras/Silent Bits
• Props
• Make-up/Hair
• Extras/Atmosphere
• Vehicles/Animals
• Sound Effects/Music
• Production Notes
• Others

From the breakdown sheets, the Production Manager compiles a production board which is used as the basis for a shooting schedule for every day of the shoot.