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Birthday Quiz for the Call Sheet

April 8, 2013 by Deb Leave a Comment

An alternative to the call sheet joke is the “Birthday Quiz“. Beyond just adding famous names born on the day on the call sheet… take a step further to a quiz. 1. Select a diverse group of famous names (performers, authors, musicians, scientists, explorers, etc.) that were born on the day of the call sheet […]

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: callsheet

Peace and Goodness for the Season

December 15, 2012 by Deb Leave a Comment

Pick up a newspaper and you’ll see there’s a lot of bad news in the world every day. No wonder we enjoy jokes on the callsheet. So how about some good news? Happynews.com has news bites broken down into many categories, including “Arts & Entertainment“. Dailygood.org has both news and articles (I especially like the […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: callsheet, christmas

Ciné-surfer: Inspirational Quotations

October 21, 2011 by Deb Leave a Comment

Motivating Quotes.com : Dream Quotes have some great quotations of inspiration and thought-stimulation, especially about your dreams. George Lucas and Steven Speilberg are included in the list, as is John Barrymore and Jimminy Cricket (further down the list). My fav has to be Goethe’s… surf by and look it up. ThinkExist.com boasts it has more […]

Filed Under: Ciné Surfer, Inspiration Tagged With: callsheet, dreams

Weather or Not… A Call Sheet Dilemma

June 3, 2011 by Deb Leave a Comment

So you’re shooting in studio and the weather outside really doesn’t matter to the production or the crew. Do you just delete the weather forecast from the call sheet? You can… or you could take the opportunity to report on other weather forecasts that might be appropriate to the genre and tone of your production. […]

Filed Under: Fun Tagged With: callsheet, weather

5 Great Sources for Call Sheet Jokes

March 11, 2011 by Deb 6 Comments

How’s your call sheet joke file? Do you collect copies of comics, humour and interesting facts or solicit others to send you humour as they find it? I am a great believer of the call sheet joke. When the next day’s call sheet is handed out at the end of the day – just watch […]

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Hour Changes & Midnight Call Times

November 5, 2010 by Deb Leave a Comment

The Dilemma: Call time for the first day of the shooting week is at midnight on Sunday and daylight savings ends this weekend… how do you ensure the crew shows up for set on the right day and at the right time? The Answer: Well, it’s a 2-part answer. (1) How to Set a Midnight […]

Filed Under: Management Tagged With: callsheet, scheduling

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