Reading a Call Sheet · the annotated sheet · Savage Light Studios
Part 1: Find it
Eight questions people really ask on set. Tap the part of the call sheet that answers each one. If you miss, you'll learn what you tapped instead.
Eight questions people really ask on set, each with the part of the call sheet that answers it. The sheet below is shown with its sections numbered; the key follows it.
"When do I need to be here?" Crew calls: grip and electric, 5:30 a.m. Not crew call.
"When does the camera roll for the first time?" Shooting call, 7:30 a.m.
"Where do I park?" Locations: crew parking.
"Someone's hurt. Where's the nearest hospital?" Nearest hospital.
"Which scenes am I in today?" Scenes: every row with cast 1 (12, 13, 31).
"Whose last day on the film is it? We'll want applause for the picture wrap." Cast: Theo Grant, status WF.
"Is anything moving today?" Scenes: the company move after lunch (also in the notes).
"Do I need rain gear tomorrow, and when's call?" Advance schedule: Day 3, crew call 4:00 p.m., showers likely.
Production 1
LAST LIGHT
Savage Light Studios · Day 2 of 18 · Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Director
Avery Lin
Producer
Sam Ortiz
1st AD / 2nd AD
Chris Bell / Dana Reyes
Production office
(555) 010-0142
Times 2
Crew call
6:00 a.m.
Shooting call
7:30 a.m.
Lunch
12:00 p.m.
Sunrise / sunset
6:58 a.m. / 6:51 p.m.
Weather 3
Partly cloudy, 40% chance of rain after 3 p.m. · 52–64 °F
Nearest hospital 5
St. Agnes Hospital · 1200 Elm Street · 2.1 mi · ER (555) 010-0177
Locations 4
Set 1
Main Street at Third Avenue (exterior)
Set 2
Rosie's Diner, 410 Elm Street (after lunch)
Basecamp
Lot on Elm Street at Main
Crew parking
West side of the basecamp lot
Scenes 6
Sc.
Set and description
D/N
Pages
Cast
12
EXT. MAIN STREET: Nora waits for the bus
D
1 3/8
1, 3
13
EXT. MAIN STREET: the argument
D
2 2/8
1, 2
Lunch 12:00 · Company move to Set 2
31
INT. ROSIE'S DINER: the booth
D
3 1/8
1, 2, 4
32
INT. ROSIE'S DINER: the counter
D
4/8
4, 5
Total
7 2/8
Cast 7
#
Actor
Character
Status
Pickup
Hair/MU
On set
1
Jules Marin
Nora
W
5:45
6:15
7:15
2
Theo Grant
Sam
WF
Self
8:00
9:00
3
Priya Nand
Officer Reyes
W
Self
6:45
7:30
4
Lena Brooks
Maggie
SW
Self
11:30
1:00 p.m.
5
Mo Diaz
The cook
SW
Self
12:00
1:30 p.m.
6
Ray Collins
Det. Cole
H
On hold, not called
Background 8
12 background · call 7:00 a.m. · holding in the catering tent
Bring 3 changes of fall street clothes, no logos. 6 wrap at lunch; 6 move to Set 2 as diner customers.
Notes 9
Props
Nora's phone, diner menus, coffee mugs
Locations
Company move at lunch. PAs lock up the Elm Street crossing.
Picture cars / stunts
None today
Rain plan
If rain before lunch, move to Set 2 early
Radio
Ch 1 production · Ch 2 private · Ch 3 grip/electric · Ch 5 camera
Production. The film, the day of the shoot (Day 2 of 18), and who's in charge. Save the production office number.
Times. Crew call is when most people start. Shooting call is when the first shot should roll. Lunch is six hours after crew call. Sunrise and sunset limit every exterior.
Weather. Dress for it, and look for a rain plan in the notes.
Locations. Each set, basecamp and crew parking. Park where it says, not at set.
Nearest hospital. Know it before you need it.
Scenes. What's shooting, in order: scene number, set, D (day) or N (night), page count, and cast numbers. A company move means the whole unit relocates.
Cast. Each actor's number, character, status and times. Find an actor's scenes by their number.
Background. How many extras, their call, where they're held and what to wear.
Notes. What each department needs today, the rain plan and the radio channels.
Crew calls. Your department's call. It may be earlier than crew call.
Advance schedule. Tomorrow's scenes, call and weather, so you can plan tonight.
Codes
Cast status, from the AD's Day Out of Days: SW start work (first day) · W work · WF work finish (last day) · SWF start, work and finish the same day · H hold (paid, not working today).
Pages in eighths: a script page is eight eighths. 1 3/8 is one page and three eighths (eleven eighths). No scene counts as less than 1/8.
It's 7:00 p.m. on Day 2, and you've just wrapped. The 2nd AD sends you the draft call sheet for Day 3. Find the four mistakes before it goes to the crew. Tap anything that looks wrong.
You'll need today's sheet above. The minimum turnaround between wrap and the next crew call is 10 hours.
Draft check
Found 0 of 4
Production
LAST LIGHT DRAFT
Savage Light Studios · Day 3 of 18 · Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Times
Crew call
4:00 a.m.
Shooting call
5:30 p.m.
Lunch
10:00 p.m.
Sunset
6:50 p.m.
Locations
Set 1
Rosie's Diner parking lot, 410 Elm Street
Set 2
Old Mill Road overlook (new location)
Basecamp / parking
Elm Street lot, as Day 2
Nearest hospital
Set 1
St. Agnes Hospital, 2.1 mi
Set 2
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Scenes
Sc.
Set and description
D/N
Pages
Cast
40
EXT. DINER LOT: Nora finds the note
N
2 4/8
1, 3
Lunch 10:00 p.m. · Company move to Set 2
41
EXT. OLD MILL ROAD: the overlook
D
1 2/8
1
42
INT. NORA'S CAR: driving
N
1 6/8
1, 4
Cast
#
Actor
Character
Status
Hair/MU
On set
1
Jules Marin
Nora
W
4:30 p.m.
5:15 p.m.
3
Priya Nand
Officer Reyes
WF
4:45 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
Crew call is 4:00 a.m. Day 2 wrapped at 7:00 p.m., so that's nine hours of turnaround, and the minimum is ten. Everything else on the sheet, and yesterday's advance schedule, says 4:00 p.m.
Scene 41 is a day exterior after sunset. Shooting starts at 5:30 p.m. and the sun sets at 6:50, so scene 41 can't be D. It's a night scene, or it belongs on another day.
Scene 42 needs cast 4, but cast 4 isn't on the cast list. Lena Brooks would never get a call time.
Set 2 has no nearest hospital. It's a new location on a dark road at night. Every set needs one.
All fourA call sheet is the day's plan made public. Before it goes out, check it against the schedule, the cast list, sunrise and sunset, and yesterday's wrap.
What you can do now
Find your own call, and tell crew call from shooting call.
Find where to go, where to park, and the nearest hospital.
Read the scenes, the cast numbers and status codes, and page counts in eighths.
Spot a company move, the rain plan, and tomorrow's call.
Check a draft against the schedule, the cast list, the sun and yesterday's wrap.