Calendar · see it in action
Calendar
Stripboard scheduling. Eight views. The one tool your AD will not fight you on.
Eight view modes in one app — stripboard, timeline, grid, call sheets, Gantt, crew, equipment, and pre-prod. The real production schedule with DOOD, company moves, meal breaks, and a Dolly-powered day-order optimizer that finds cheaper shoot orders in seconds. The 1st AD Agent — our specialist AI add-on — handles day-order optimisation, conflict detection, weather contingency, and call-time suggestions in a dedicated chat surface; the on-set assistant the AD never had.
Replaces: Legacy stripboard-scheduling desktop apps
The numbers
Calendar by the figures.
Every figure below is live in the product today — counted from the running code, not the marketing deck.
Calendar · Timeline
Shoot days laid out across the whole production schedule.
Drag a strip and the call sheet, budget and diary keep up. Golden-hour chips, weather-swap suggestions and a fitness score that tells you where the schedule will break — before it breaks.
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The pipeline
Where Calendar sits in the production flow.
The schedule that lives inside the project file. Calendar reads cast availability + location confirmation + breakdown element counts + equipment manifest, generates an industry-standard stripboard + DOOD, optimises day order with AI, and publishes shoot days that auto-build call sheets + diary entries downstream.
Feeds downstream into
Calendar · Gantt
Pre-production, shoot and post, plotted as a production timeline.
Development to delivery on one week-gridded chart — phases, shoot-day ticks and a today line, so the EP sees the whole production's shape in five seconds.
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Calendar · Call Sheets
Per-day call sheets generated straight from the schedule.
Every shoot day auto-seeds its call sheet — scenes, cast calls, location and weather pre-filled from the schedule. Change the day, the sheet follows.
DollyAI™ in this app
3 AI commands wired into Calendar.
Every command shows its credit cost before you commit. Every response is anchored in your real project — not a generic prompt.
Day-order optimiser
4 crRe-orders shoot days against cast availability + location distance + weather + equipment + union rules. One-line explanation per move.
Weather risk scorer
2 crPulls 14-day forecast for every EXT scene's location and flags weather risk per shoot day.
Schedule risk scorer
2 crReads the schedule + flags risky days — back-to-back 14-hour stretches, cast double-bookings, union turnaround violations.
Calendar · Crew Matrix
Department-by-department crew availability across every shoot day.
Who's confirmed, who's pencilled and who's double-booked — the whole crew's availability on one grid, so gaps surface weeks out instead of the night before.
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Talks to every app
Calendar 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.
Breakdown
Per-scene element counts feed shoot-day capacity estimates (a scene with 3 vehicles + 5 cast + INT location takes longer than a single-cast INT).
Cast
Cast availability calendar feeds day-order optimiser; double-bookings flag before publication.
Locations
Confirmed locations + permit status feed the schedule; expired-permit days surface as risks.
Call Sheet
Shoot-day publication triggers call-sheet auto-build + locks the linked /shoot-day surface.
Diary
Shoot-day publication pre-populates the /diary entry's cast-attendance + scene-list.
Producer
Schedule risk score + day-order changes surface on the producer dashboard.
Calendar · Equipment Bookings
Equipment bookings mapped against the shoot days, day rates and all.
Every hire mapped against the days it's actually needed, with vendors, PO numbers and day rates — the rental overlap audit that normally lives in someone's head.
See it live in the demo →Shares one project file
Calendar reads and writes to the same synchronized project as every other app in the suite. Change one thing upstream and every dependent surface picks it up automatically.
Powered by DollyAI™
Dolly reads everything Calendar needs to know about your project before you even ask. She suggests, you approve — never the other way around.
Never-lose-saves
Every change is autosaved, versioned, and restorable. Roll back Calendar to any point without losing downstream work.
Frequently asked
Common questions about Calendar.
Does Calendar generate a proper stripboard?
Yes. Industry-standard stripboard view with the same INT/DAY (white) / EXT/DAY (yellow) / INT/NIGHT (blue) / EXT/NIGHT (green) colour coding every 1st AD knows. Cast availability paints live across the strip.
Can the day-order optimiser handle real production constraints?
Yes. DollyAI™ reads cast availability, location distance, weather forecast, equipment availability, and union turnaround rules — and re-orders shoot days with a one-line explanation per move.
Does it sync to Google Calendar / Outlook?
Yes — two-way ICS sync to Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar. Every crew member sees today's call time on their own device, no app install required.
Can I see the schedule by crew member or by equipment?
Yes. Eight view modes — stripboard, timeline, grid, call sheets, gantt, crew, equipment, pre-prod — each optimised for a different department's read.
The Promise
Calendar is on every tier.
From Solo to Broadcaster. No locked features, no Pro-only exports, no surprise paywalls. Every capability you see on this page ships on every plan — Solo gets exactly the same Calendar as Broadcaster.
More in the suite
Works with every app around it.
Every app talks to every other app through one synchronised project file — synced live across all seats, powered by DollyAI™.
Breakdown
AI tags every prop, costume, and SFX in seconds. No more hand-tagging.
Producer
The production cockpit. EFC + variance + hot-cost + bond reports + EPK — every morning, by 6am.
Budget
Top sheet to bottom line. Six templates. Variance in real time.
Cast
Roster, deal memos, availability, character bibles. The cast book, automated.
Locations
Scouting, permits, logistics. Every shoot location, mapped and ready.
Props
Inventory plus costume continuity, in one searchable library.
Vehicles
Picture cars and unit vehicles. Insurance, plates, drivers, scene refs.
Call Sheet
Auto-generated from your schedule. SMS dispatch. Weather built in.
Shoot
Crew plus equipment manifest. The on-set source of truth.
Diary
Production diary, DPRs, BTS gallery. The crew log that organises itself.
Script
The screenplay editor that writes the breakdown for you.
Shotlist
AI-built from your script. Lens, framing, every shot mapped.
Editor
Storyboard frame editor. Ship boards your director will sign.
Draw
Pro-grade brush engine. GPU canvas. Apple Pencil Pro. In your browser.
AI Artist
Style-locked image generation. Your custom artist, every frame.
Animate
Screenplay to playable animatic in one click.
Dashboard
The launchpad. Every project at a glance.
Files
Every asset, every version, every project. Searchable, shareable, never lost.
Team Chat
Channels for every shoot. No more lost messages.
Cloud Library
Cloud-synced across every device. Reusable across every project.