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InteScene for 1st ADs
InteScene gives 1st ADs three synced schedule views, a drag-and-drop board, a classic colour-coded stripboard and a calendar, all driving one plan, with an AI generator that proposes an optimised shooting order weighing cast availability, location grouping, travel time and real sunrise and sunset daylight. A live conflict engine continuously flags cast double-bookings, illegal turnarounds, over-length days and missing meal breaks in plain English, each with a suggested fix. Call sheets and sides build themselves from the schedule and stay current when plans shift, so you stop rebuilding them in Excel every night. Scheduling and call sheets unlock from the Indie plan at GBP 12 a month, with a two-week free trial. Sign up at https://intescene.app/signup.
Building and constantly re-jigging the shoot order, the classic stripboard-and-spreadsheet juggle, while catching every clash before it costs a day.
Three synced schedule views
A drag-and-drop day board, a classic colour-coded stripboard whose strips colour themselves automatically by interior or exterior and time of day, and a monthly calendar, all driving one plan. Drag scenes from an Unscheduled rail onto days, mark scenes shot, and watch wrap times and page counts calculate themselves.
AI Schedule generator
One click proposes an optimised shooting order trained to think like a 1st AD, weighing cast availability, location grouping, travel time, INT and EXT and time-of-day grouping, scene complexity and real sunrise and sunset daylight for your locations and dates. It runs a two-pass pipeline that validates and refines its own plan before showing you, turning days of stripboard tetris into a button.
Live conflict engine
A planning panel continuously checks for the expensive mistakes: cast double-bookings, actors booked on days they are marked unavailable, illegal turnarounds with too little rest before the next call, over-length days and missing meal breaks. Each is flagged in plain English with a suggested fix and a click-through to the exact problem, so clashes surface in planning, not on the shoot morning.
Auto-generated call sheets and sides
The nightly call sheet and the day's sides build themselves from the schedule and breakdown, pulling in cast, scenes, crew by department, locations, sunrise and sunset times, weather, nearest hospital and safety notes. Every field is hand-editable and edits survive a refresh, and the sheet stays current when the plan shifts instead of being rebuilt in Excel each evening.
Shooting-strategy tiers
Tag shots Essential, Ideal or Luxury so the must-gets are obvious when the day runs long or the light goes. This bakes on-set triage right into the plan, giving the floor a clear priority order without a conversation.
Frequently asked questions
What does the AI scheduler actually take into account?
The AI scheduler weighs cast availability, location grouping, travel time, INT and EXT and time-of-day grouping, scene complexity and real sunrise and sunset daylight data for your locations and dates. It is trained to think like a 1st AD, runs a two-pass pipeline that validates its own output, and refines the plan to fix violations before presenting an optimised first-pass shooting order you can adjust.
Will InteScene catch scheduling clashes like double-bookings and turnarounds?
Yes. The live conflict engine continuously checks the schedule and flags cast double-bookings, actors booked on days marked unavailable, illegal turnarounds with too little rest between wrap and the next call, over-length days and missing meal breaks. Each clash is shown in plain English with a suggested fix and a click-through to the exact problem, so you catch it during planning rather than on the shoot morning.
Do call sheets update automatically when I change the schedule?
Yes. Call sheets and the day's sides generate from the schedule and breakdown rather than being built by hand, so when you reorder the shoot they stay current. The sheet assembles cast, scenes, crew, locations, sunrise and sunset times, weather, nearest hospital and safety notes, every field is hand-editable, and it supports revision-colour version control with a REVISED banner when you re-issue a day.
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