Production board

A traditional production board, stripboard, or production strip is a filmmaking term for a cardboard or wooden chart displaying color-coded strips of paper, each containing information about a scene in the film's shooting script. The strips can then be rearranged and laid out sequentially to represent the order one wants to film in, providing a schedule that can be used to plan the production. This is done because most films are shot "out of sequence," meaning that they do not necessarily begin with the first scene and end with the last. For logistical purposes, scenes are often grouped by talent or location and are arranged to accommodate the schedules of cast and crew. A production board is not to be confused with a Stripboard used for electronics prototyping.

A modern version of a strip board will commonly be printed using dedicated computer software, such as MovieMagic Scheduling, Celtx, or Scenechronize, or by customizing general purpose software such as OpenOffice.org Calc or Microsoft Excel.

Common Contents

Information on the strips can include

• The scene number
• The day (Sunrise/Morning/Noon/Afternoon/Evening/Sunset/Night)
• The number of pages in that scene
  • This is commonly counted in eighths of a page.^[1]
• The set that is described in the script
• The actual location that will be filmed
• The characters in that scene
• Miscellaneous notes on the production

Color Conventions

Production strip boards are often color-coded according to the following convention:^[2]

Description	Strip Color
Day Interior	White
Day Exterior	Yellow
Night Interior	Blue
Night Exterior	Green
Day Separator	Black
Week Separator	Orange
Free Day	Grey
Holiday	Red

Scenechronize uses a sightly modified convention:^[3]

Description	Strip Color
Day Interior	White
Day Exterior	Yellow
Night Interior	Green
Night Exterior	Blue
Sunrise Exterior	Pink
Sunset Exterior	Orange
Day Separator	Black
Disabled Scene	Grey

Finally, MovieMagic Scheduling has its own standard:^[4]

Description	Strip Color
Day Interior	White
Day Exterior	Yellow
Night Interior	Blue
Night Exterior	Green
Evening	Orange
Day Separator	Grey

See also

• Production schedule
• Shooting schedule
• One liner schedule
• Filmmaking

References

1. http://goingforpicture.tumblr.com/post/16526489708/8ths
2. Singleton, Ralph (1991). "4". Film Scheduling (2nd ed.).
3. Scenechronize Help Page (click the "Pearls" button to see the legend)
4. MovieMagic Scheduling 6 Tutorial Video

• Clevé, Bastian (2000). Film Production Management (2nd ed.).
• The Complete Film Production Handbook (3rd ed.). 2001.