AD's Toolkit Essentials
The assistant-director version of our production software webinar. Same framework for ranking tools, but the seven picks are chosen for the people building the schedule, cutting the sides, and getting the call sheet out the night before.
- Format
- Pages
- 20 slides
- Best for
- 1st and 2nd ADs, production office
- License
- Free for commercial use
Why this deck
The AD stack is its own problem.
An assistant director's software needs barely overlap with a producer's. The schedule has to survive being rebuilt at 9pm, the sides have to be cut and out the door, and the call sheet has to reach every phone on the unit.
This deck keeps the same framework for ranking tools but changes the picks, covering scheduling alternatives, annotation, and set-communication software chosen for the AD department rather than the production office.
What is inside
Twenty slides, built for a 30-minute session.
Each tool gets the same treatment: what it is for, why it earns a place in the stack, and what it replaces.
The three-level pyramid
The same framework for sorting tools by how production-specific they are.
Seven AD tools
Scheduling, annotation, and set-communication picks for the AD department.
What each one replaces
So you can tell an upgrade from another subscription.
How to adopt a tool
Introducing new software without disrupting a running show.
- 01
Aimed at the AD desk
Scheduling, sides, call sheets, and set communication — the parts of the stack an AD actually lives in.
- 02
From someone who did the job
Presented by Luke DeBoer, a 2nd AD on a studio feature before he built call sheet software.
- 03
Seven tools worth knowing
Including Cinapse, Think Crew, Every Set, RABS, and ShotLister alongside the names you already use.
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Free
The complete slide deck, free to download and free to share with your AD team.
The call sheet half of the job.
Cut tomorrow's call sheet in SetHero.
Build it once, send it by email and text, and see who has actually opened it before the day starts. Free to try.
Pair it with
All templates
Reference
The Producer's Playbook
The slides from our 30-minute webinar on the software a film producer should know: a framework for ranking tools by how central they are, plus nine lesser-known ones worth a look.
Production
Professional Call Sheet Template for Excel
The full call sheet we ship to crew on every shoot day. Header, schedule, crew list, weather, and parking — all in one editable Excel file.
Reference
Script Sides Example
Three pages of real, correctly formatted script sides — scene numbering, strike-through marks, and continuation notes. The example to check your own sides against.