CrewDesk

CrewDesk/Glossary/Pickup shots

Film production glossaryPickup shots

Pickup shots are small shots filmed after the main shoot to complete or repair a scene: a missing close-up, an insert of an object, a line that was not clear.

One click, no account. The demo is filled with sample productions and rebuilt every day.

Pickup shots in practice

They are usually discovered in the edit. Pickups involve a reduced crew and are planned to match the original footage in lighting, wardrobe and props, which is why continuity notes and photos matter. Larger changes, where whole scenes are redone, are called reshoots.

Where it lives in CrewDesk

In CrewDesk pickups are scheduled like any shoot day: an event on the calendar, tasks for the people involved, and the same cast and gear records as the original shoot.

● Rolling

See it run.

CrewDesk is a working application, not a mock-up. Open it, move a project to the next stage, assign a task, and judge it on what it does.