Plain view. The same page with the design removed, so you
can read it or select the whole thing and paste it somewhere. Every
photograph keeps a line under it saying what is in it. Use the gate shift,
top right, to go back.
Machine-readable copy: this page as .md
· llms.txt
You found Navigator. This is my site the way it would have
looked in 1996: same pages, same words, same photographs. But just in the
way I remember being introduced to the internet. Memories! Shift into any
gear, top right, to come back to present.
Fill in the day, the schedule and the shot list. Get a one-page call sheet to print or paste into an email to the crew.
The day
What you call it internally.
One sheet per day.
When the crew should be on site.
When you expect to be done.
Add the entrance if it's hard to find.
Where to park, which door, who opens it.
Contacts
The person to call first goes at the top.
Schedule
One block per row. Count the time it takes to move between places.
People on set
Everyone who's coming, each with their own call time. Put your photographer here too.
Shot list
Standard shots first, then the creative ones if there's time.
The rest
One per line. Who signs, and who has the paper.
What changes if it rains, and who makes the call.
Dress code, meals, who needs photos during the day.
Your call sheet
Built from your answers. Anything you left blank is listed at the bottom.
What goes on a call sheet?
One page that says where to be, when, who to call, and what's happening in what order. The crew should be able to read it standing in the parking lot. This one adds the shot list, who's on set and the plan if the weather turns.
When should I send it?
A day ahead if you can. I plan the day the day before, so I want the schedule and the shot list in hand by then.
What call time should the photographer get?
I like to get there an hour and a half to two hours early. Ask whoever you hire what they like, then put that time on their own line under People on set.
Do I need a second photographer on the sheet?
At an event, I add one when more than one main stage runs at once. If it's one main stage at a time, one photographer is plenty. Do you need a second photographer? has more.
Does it save what I type?
No. It stays in your browser, and closing the page clears it. The only thing that's ever sent is what you choose to send with Send to Stan.
