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Company Move
aka Unit move
Relocating the entire crew and equipment from one location to another during a shoot day - the most expensive hour on the schedule.
A company move is the whole unit - cast, crew, trucks, equipment - packing up at one location and travelling to another within a shoot day. It is one of the costliest things a schedule can ask for, because for the length of the move nobody is shooting and everybody is being paid, and the rig has to come down and go back up. Good scheduling minimises moves by grouping scenes by location on the stripboard, so the day shoots out one place before travelling. When a move is unavoidable it goes on the call sheet with travel times, a new map, new parking and a fresh nearest-hospital. The producer watches moves closely because each one is a direct hit to the day's page count.
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Stripboard
A vertical strip per scene colour-coded by INT/EXT and DAY/NIGHT, arranged into shoot days so the production can be scheduled by location and time-of-day clusters.
Call Sheet
The one-page (or two-page) document sent to every cast and crew member the night before a shoot day with their call time, wardrobe time, scenes shooting, and locations.
Golden Hour
The brief window just after sunrise or before sunset when daylight is warm, soft and low - prized by cinematographers and a scheduling headache for ADs.