The situation
An agency brief, a client with opinions, a shoot day that cannot move. Between the two, dozens of small tasks, each waiting on someone else's yes.
What CrewDesk changes
- A waiting status for tasks blocked by an approval, so they are chased instead of forgotten.
- Priorities and due dates on the dashboard every morning.
- Cast and wardrobe matching to prepare a fitting in minutes.
- Task templates for the steps every spot repeats.
Keep the client thread in one place
Decisions made on a call go in the project notes. When the question comes back two weeks later, the answer is written down, with its date.
The three weeks, mapped
- Week one: Development and Location scout. Brief approved, director's treatment, locations shortlisted, casting started.
- Week two: Pre-production. Callbacks, fittings, tech scout, production meeting, call sheet.
- Week three: Shooting and delivery. One or two shoot days, then the edit, the client rounds and the masters.
Each step is a task with a name. On a three-week job, a task that slips two days is ten percent of the schedule.