Ready-to-use tools

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Nine web-only tools, ready as soon as you open them. Everything you enter stays in your browser and is never uploaded to any server. The sun direction map downloads its map images from OpenStreetMap; see the privacy policy. Once filled in, print them directly, or choose "Save as PDF" in the print dialog to take them on set.

Tool 01

Call sheet generator

Enter the shoot day, call time, location, crew call times and scene order to produce a printable daily call sheet instantly. Optional extras: WhatsApp text, what changed since the last version, auto scheduling, sunrise, golden hour and the light for each scene, personal calls for each actor and a read-only share link.

Good for: short films, commercials, any shoot day where you need to send a call to the team

Tool 02

Filming permit checklist

Choose Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Singapore or Malaysia, then tick your location types to list the matching items to handle and the official application portals. Print it to take to meetings.

Good for: applying for filming permits for the first time, walking the team through the process

Tool 03

Budget allocation calculator

Enter a total budget and production type to see reference allocations by department instantly. Every ratio can be adjusted by hand, and the total is recalculated as you go.

Good for: explaining to clients or funders where the money goes, rough internal estimates

Tool 04

Wrap report

Log which scenes you finished today, the takes for each scene, NG reasons and which day unfinished scenes move to. Copy it as WhatsApp text or download Excel.

Good for: reporting progress to the producer and director after each shoot day

Tool 05

Script log

Log scene, shot, take, OK or NG and why on your phone, and see the selected takes for each shot. Works offline, or print a blank log to fill in by hand.

Good for: small crews without a dedicated script supervisor, student films

Tool 06

Shot list

List scene, shot number, size, movement, description and estimated minutes in shooting order, and send it to camera, lighting and the AD before the shoot.

Good for: getting the director and DP on the same shot order for the day

Tool 07

Wrap-up checklist

Equipment returns, deposits, restoring locations, double footage backups, fees and receipts, expense deadlines and end credits, ticked off one by one.

Good for: the week after the last shoot day

Tool 08

Expense log

Log each expense, its currency, who paid and whether it is reimbursed. Totals by category and compares them with the budget allocation calculator. No receipt photos collected.

Good for: shoots where several people pay up front

Tool 09

Sun direction map

Choose a location, date and time to see where the sun shines from, where shadows fall, and the morning and evening golden hour and blue hour. The map images come from OpenStreetMap.

Good for: directors, DPs and ADs ordering exterior scenes

About these tools. They are deliberately simple: no accounts, no cloud sync, no back end. The upside is that they never become unavailable because a service is down, and your data never leaves your computer; the trade-off is that you have to re-enter everything on a different machine. Print or save important call sheets as PDF yourself.
Accuracy. The lists and ratios in these tools are general production reference and do not constitute legal, insurance or financial advice. Government application procedures, processing times and cover requirements may change at any time; follow the latest announcements from the relevant departments.