The situation
A team of five to thirty people, a mix of staff and freelancers, and never just one production. Each producer has a system. The systems do not talk to each other, and the owner pieces the picture together on Friday afternoon.
What CrewDesk changes
- One list of productions with the stage of each, so the weekly meeting starts from the same facts.
- One calendar that shows overlapping shoots weeks ahead.
- One task list across projects, filtered by person, to see who is overloaded.
- One inventory so two producers do not promise the same camera.
For freelancers too
Give a freelancer the crew role for the length of a project. They see their tasks and the project chat, and nothing about your other clients.
Make it fit your company
Every production company has its own way of quoting, scheduling and delivering. TECHMA can start from CrewDesk and add your quotes, your call sheets and the connection to your accounting.
A week in a production company, with CrewDesk
- Monday. The weekly review, with the projects list on screen, grouped by stage.
- Tuesday. A new brief arrives. The production is created, the template applied, the team assigned.
- Wednesday. The coordinator books gear from the inventory list and sends the call sheet.
- Thursday. Shoot day. The crew follows tasks on their phones.
- Friday. Wrap notes go on the production. The dashboard shows what waits for next week.