The situation
Interviews to schedule around other people's lives. Archive footage with rights to clear. A small team where everyone does three jobs, and a funder who wants a status every quarter.
What CrewDesk changes
- Project notes that keep every decision and contact in one place for the whole length of the film.
- Tasks with a waiting status for rights and releases that depend on a reply.
- Documents for releases, permits and agreements, on the project page.
- A calendar for interview days and travel.
When the team changes
A researcher leaves after six months. Their tasks, notes and files stay on the project. The person who takes over reads the page instead of digging through forwarded emails.
What a long project needs from a tool
- Memory. Who said what in a research call eighteen months ago.
- Patience. A production can sit in one stage for months without the tool nagging.
- Rights tracking. Each archive clip, music cue and release as a task until cleared.
- Handover. People change; the production's notes and files stay.