Production diary software - DPRs, continuity and BTS in one log.
Daily production reports, a shoot-log stripboard, an issues board and a behind-the-scenes gallery - every shooting day captured, ready to hand to the bond company. Yesterday's DPR feeds today's hot-cost automatically.
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What's inside Diary
Production diary, DPRs and continuity.
- The daily production report writes itself from the day you logged: a director's narrative, the Exhibit G cast-time table, a weekly progress digest and the end-of-day wrap, one button each
- DPR register shows which shoot days have their report on file and which do not, so the gap is visible before a financier finds it
- Issues log with severity and lifecycle - the compliance trail an insurer asks for when a stunt goes wrong
- BTS media filed against the shoot day it belongs to, feeding the EPK and the wrap binder automatically
- 11 view modes - daily log, DPR, BTS, scene completion, problem log, and more
- Live Continuity Tablet - script supervisor, 1st AC, and sound mixer share one record on set
- Costume + Makeup Continuity capture - auto-tagged photos for instant scene recall
- Shoot-day sidebar with one-click filter
- BTS photo and video uploads with scene linking + lightbox
- PDF and DPR export for production insurance and post
- Scene completion log ties back to Script and Schedule
- Dolly summarises each day into a shareable crew recap
- Per-day unit code - A unit, B unit, splinter, aerial, underwater, stunt - the DPR header tags every entry
- Per-day production phase - principal, second-unit, pickup, reshoot, post-VFX - tax-credit-ready paper trail
- Safety-incident routing - the moment one is logged, the producer + team admins get notified, the audit log captures it, the bond company's chain-of-custody record stays clean
- Scene-completion back-write - flip a scene wrapped in the diary and the shoot day's scenes JSON updates automatically
- Permit-expiry warnings - every linked location's permit status is read at GET time; expired or expiring permits surface on the entry
- IATSE turnaround check - prev-day wrap to next-day call computed automatically; anything under the 10-hour minimum flagged on the DPR
The pipeline
Where Diary sits in the production flow.
The on-set journal that organises itself. Diary sits at the end of every shoot day, reading from the call sheet (planned), the shoot app (actual gear used), and the cast app (attendance) - and produces the DPR + costume + makeup + continuity records the production needs when something goes sideways.
Feeds downstream into
DollyAI™ in this app
AI commands wired into Diary.
A few of the 200+ DollyAI commands across the suite, here in Diary. Every one shows its credit cost before you commit, and every response is anchored in your real project - not a generic prompt.
Crew recap
2 crDolly summarises each day into a 200-word crew recap - what shot, what wrapped, what's tomorrow. Shareable WhatsApp / email format.
Problem log review
2 crReads the day's problem log and surfaces patterns - 'this is the 3rd time the camera battery died on the night exterior'.
DPR narrative
3 crCover paragraph for the DPR PDF, in plain English, formatted for the bond company's morning read.
Talks to every app
Diary reads + writes to the same project file.
No re-entry, no copy-paste, no out-of-sync versions. Every connection below is a live data path in the running product.
Call Sheet
Today's call sheet publication pre-populates the diary entry with cast attendance + scene list + general call.
Shoot
Equipment checkout chain on shoot day feeds the diary's gear-used log automatically.
Cast
Cast attendance from the diary feeds the producer's Exhibit G + SAG penalty calculations.
Producer
Yesterday's DPR feeds today's OT predictor + hot-cost forecast.
Frequently asked
Common questions about Diary.
Does the diary auto-build the Daily Production Report?
Yes. The DPR PDF - pages shot, scenes completed, runtime, cast attendance, weather, problems - auto-builds at end of day from the diary's structured entries. Formatted to the spec every insurer + bond company expects.
What's the Live Continuity Tablet?
A shared live record where the script supervisor, 1st AC, and sound mixer write to the same diary entry simultaneously on set. Every camera roll, every scene number, every audio note logged in real time - no end-of-day reconciliation.
Can costume + makeup continuity be captured with photos?
Yes - a quick photo at the top of every take auto-tags scene + actor. Next time the scene shoots, the system surfaces the prior continuity photo instantly. Continuity stops being a clipboard.
How does the diary feed the producer's morning brief?
Yesterday's diary entry - pages shot, runtime, cast attendance, problem log - feeds the producer's OT predictor + hot-cost forecast + EFC roll-up. The EP scans the morning brief at 6am, anchored in yesterday's actuals.
The Promise
Diary is on every tier.
No locked features, no Pro-only exports, no surprise paywalls. Every Diary tool on this page ships on every plan - Hobbyist to Enterprise.
