Streamlining Cue Sheet Creation: Avoiding the Last-Minute Scramble?

Posted by Nadine Rousseau in Post-Production 0 views · 3 replies

Hey everyone, Nadine here. I'm a working Script Sup and I'm genuinely trying to get ahead of one particular production task that always seems to turn into a fire drill right before delivery: the Cue Sheet. I’ve been on enough sets where the ALEXA Mini was my best friend, or we’re lighting with a couple of LS 600d Pros and pushing through, and then suddenly it’s the eleventh hour and the Cue Sheet needs to be pristine.

My current method involves meticulously tracking changes and notes throughout the shoot, then consolidating them once we wrap. But even with that, it feels like a massive, isolated push just before delivery. I've tried to start compiling it earlier in the process, but the constant stream of edits and revisions makes it feel like I'm doing double work.

So, my question for the community is: how have you personally integrated the creation of the Cue Sheet into your post-production workflow to avoid it becoming a last-minute crisis before delivery?

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