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system for film.

Start with a script, then write, budget, schedule, shoot, cut, and deliver your film in CINAMATE.

FADE IN:1.

EXT. EAST-SIDE DINER — DAWN

A production van turns onto the wet street. MARG waits outside the diner, pages in hand.

MARG
Everybody ready?

Talk to Abby,
she’ll hold down the pro.

Change the plan once. See the schedule, transport, budget, and crew note move together.

Abby▣ MARG · Sample
Abby

Hello. This is MARG.
We’re preparing shoot day 06. What needs to move?

You

Move scene 18 from East-side diner to West-side diner. The venue allowance is $1,500.

Abby

Here’s the proposed move. Review the changes, then approve them together.

The sample plan is updated. The crew note is prepared for your review.

Scene 18 · Location changeProposal
Schedule
East-side → West-side diner · 06:30 → 06:05West-side diner · Unit call 06:05
Transport
Unit van · 12 → 20 kmUnit van · West-side diner · 20 km
Budget
$33,177.50 → $33,752.50+$575.00 total
Team update
Prepare revised call and location notePrepared for review · Not sent
Budget calculation

Venue allowance: $1,000 → $1,500. The sample allows an extra 25 minutes and 8 km for the move.

Subtotal
$28,850.00
Contingency · 15%
$4,327.50
Awaiting your approval
Manually approveInteractive sample · Illustrative figures

Write the story.

Give the film its first page, then build the scenes that follow.

Plan the shoot.

Turn scenes into a schedule, budget, cast, crew, and a workable day.

Run the day.

Keep the cast, crew, and day on the same page.

Finish
the film.

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