Three places to talk
- Team channel. Announcements and questions for everyone.
- Direct messages. One-to-one, with any teammate.
- Project chat. A thread that lives on the project page and stays with it.
Files in the thread
Attach a location photo, a storyboard frame or a permit to a message. It stays in the conversation where it was discussed.
Why not the group chat you already have
Personal messaging apps mix work with everything else, lose files after a while and leave with the person who created the group. A chat inside the production app belongs to the company and sits beside the project it is about.
Rules that keep a production chat useful
- Talk about a production in its own thread. The answer is found later by whoever takes over.
- Decisions go to the notes. A chat scrolls; a note stays.
- Work becomes a task. If a message asks someone to do something by a date, make it a task.
- Private messages for private matters only.
Why it matters when freelancers come and go
On a personal messaging app, the group belongs to whoever created it and disappears from view when the shoot ends. In CrewDesk the conversation belongs to the production. A freelancer added on Monday reads what was decided last week, and when they leave, the history stays with the company.