Tools for planning a shoot
What you actually need to work out before a shoot — from the light window at the location to the last file that goes to the client. Every tool runs in your browser, no account needed.
Before the shoot
- Sun & Light PlannerGolden hour, blue hour and where the sun stands over your location — for any date.
- Weather Risk PlannerHow likely rain hits your exterior days — and how many cover days to hold.
- Shoot Day PlannerLay out a shoot day as a timeline — setups, moves, lunch, wrap and overtime.
- Budget & Crew RatesA first budget by department, with crew day rates as ranges instead of guesses.
- Film Incentive CalculatorWhat a rebate programme pays back on your budget — with caps, minimums and the source.
On set
- Rest Period CheckCheck a whole shoot week against rest-period rules for DE, AT, UK and US.
- Lens PlannerField of view, frame size and the depth of field you actually get, drawn to scale.
- Exposure & NDWhich ND keeps your stop and shutter in the light you have — and what else would work.
- Call Sheet GeneratorA print-ready call sheet with sun times and crew calls — filled in a few minutes.
Data & post
- Data & Backup PlannerTerabytes, cards, backup copies and offload time for every camera on the job.
- Timecode & Frame RateAdd, subtract and convert timecode — drop-frame included — and retime between frame rates.
- Formats & DeliverablesDrop in a frame and see what survives 9:16, 4:5 and 2.39 — plus the full deliverables list.
How these tools are made
Every tool shows on its page how it calculates, where it can be wrong and where its data comes from — with the date it was last checked. Where a number is an estimate, it says so.