Production Scheduling

Here is how this works in practice. We build production schedules that turn the script into an efficient, achievable shooting plan. Our team breaks down the script, groups scenes by location and cast, and sequences shooting days to minimise company moves and use crew, cast and gear well. For a Czech shoot, scheduling means setting up Barrandov Studios stage openings against location days, factoring in Prague Film Commission permit windows for restricted historic zones, and planning travel time between Prague and regional units across Bohemia and Moravia. We schedule within the Czech Labour Code on working hours, turnaround and rest periods, and build in realistic contingency so the plan absorbs the inevitable changes without losing control of the budget.

Here is the short of it. The Czech Republic's land-based climate is a real scheduling factor. With four distinct seasons — cold, snowy winters and warm summers — daylight hours and exterior conditions differ widely across the year, and we phase exterior and interior work to match, using Barrandov's stages to keep the schedule productive when weather makes location shooting difficult. Decades of major productions scheduled at Barrandov, from 'Amadeus' to 'Mission: Impossible', 'Casino Royale' and the series 'The Wheel of Time', have given Czech first assistant directors and production coordinators deep experience of tricky multi-unit schedules. We set up scheduling with budgeting and line producing so the shooting plan and the financial plan move together. Feed the schedule into call sheets so every department works from a today's, realistic timeline.