Scene07
Take3
Day2
DirM. Kashuk
Part 7
INT. LIBRARY — NIGHT
BRUCE
ELLA
BRUCE
Shot List — Part 7
AWS — Establish35mm
BMCU Bruce85mm
COTS Ella85mm
DPush in — silence85mm
Day 2 Schedule
Part 67:00 AM
Part 7 ←9:30 AM
Lunch12:00 PM
Part 91:00 PM
Camera
ARRI ALEXA 4K
Status
Rolling
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Disorganization doesn't kill productions — it slows them down. Wrong script versions, lost rehearsal notes, crew asking questions already answered. Film Assist fixes that.

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Director
Intent · Staging · Arc
DP
Lenses · Angles
Actor
Character · Subtext
AD
Schedule · Order
Script
Versions · Locks
Producer
Budget · Logistics
The cost of disorganization

Every slow production has the same problem.

Disorganization doesn't cancel productions — it bleeds them. Time, money, and creative momentum lost to questions that should already be answered.

2h
lost per shoot day to disorganization
6+
tools the average production uses
40%
of prep time spent finding information
1
place Film Assist keeps it all
Sound familiar?

This is most productions right now.

01

Nobody knows which script is current

Three versions in Dropbox, two in email, one in someone's bag. The crew is shooting from different pages.

02

Director's intent disappears after rehearsal

The breakthrough happened in the room. Nobody wrote it down. By shoot day it's half-remembered.

03

Crew asking questions already answered

"What lens for part 7?" "When do we shoot the café?" Same questions, every day, costing 10 minutes each.

04

Everything scattered everywhere

WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Docs, email, PDFs, memory. Nothing findable when you actually need it.

"The production assistant that lives where your crew already is."
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How it works

Ask anything. Get it instantly.

Film Assist lives inside Telegram or WhatsApp. No new app to download. No dashboard to learn. Just message Film Assist the same way you'd message anyone on the team.

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Director asks:
7d
Part 7 — Director Notes
Scene objective: Bruce admits he knows who Ella is. Don't rush the silence after "I know." Let the weight land.

Escalation: starts casual, breaks open at the book reveal. Ella keeps moving — Bruce stays still.
DP asks:
7c
Part 7 — Cinematography
Main: 85mm tight on faces from reveal. Open: 35mm wide.
Key move: push in slowly during silence — no cut until Bruce speaks.
Optional: OTS from Ella's POV at book moment.
AD asks:
what shoots after part 7
After Part 7: Part 9 — café exterior. Setup 25 min. Lunch follows. Part 7 pickups end of day if needed.
Four steps to a faster production
1

Admin uploads all production materials

Script, rehearsal docs, director notes, coverage plans, schedules. Film Assist structures everything automatically into layers.

2

Crew connects via Telegram or WhatsApp

No app to download. No training needed. Message Film Assist exactly like they'd message anyone on the team.

3

Ask anything, get instant role-specific answers

Type "7d" for director notes on part 7. Ask what lenses for the café. Everyone gets exactly what they need.

4

Production accelerates from prep to wrap

No repeated questions. No wrong versions. No lost notes. The production moves the way it should.

Shorthand commands

Faster than opening any PDF.

On set nobody wants to type a full question. Use shorthand to pull any scene instantly from Telegram, WhatsApp, or the web interface.

7
7a
7d
7c
7s
1-3c
day2
schedule

scene · actor view · director view · cinematography · schedule · scene range · full day · production schedule

Role-based views

Same scene. Different eyes.

Every crew member gets exactly what they need — nothing they don't. One part, six different lenses.

Director
Beat intent · Staging · Arc
DP / Cinematographer
Lenses · Blocking · Angles
Actor
Character · Emotion · Subtext
AD / Producer
Schedule · Order · Timing
Script Supervisor
Versions · Continuity · Locks
Editor
Coverage · Notes · Intent
The result

Productions that move.

Hours saved on set daily

Crew gets answers in seconds — not minutes spent digging through threads and PDFs.

Creative intent preserved

Director's vision survives from rehearsal to camera rolling. Nothing lost in translation.

All departments aligned

Director, DP, actors, AD — same source, role-specific view, zero confusion.

One version of the truth

Script locked. Notes current. No more "which version are we on?"

Nothing gets lost

Rehearsal breakthroughs, blocking decisions, lens choices — kept and retrievable.

Works where you already are

Telegram or WhatsApp. The apps your crew already uses. No behaviour change.

Features

Built and running today.

Everything below is live. Upload your production and it works on day one.

Script ingestion & version lock

Upload any format. Scenes broken into parts automatically. Shooting version locked — one version for the whole crew.

Knowledge layers by department

Script, director, actor, cinematography, schedule, props — each layer retrievable separately by command.

Rehearsal archive

Transcripts, voice notes, docs — structured and preserved, not lost in a chat thread.

Admin document upload

Upload any document. Film Assist extracts and routes knowledge to the right layer automatically.

Shot list builder

Coverage layers become a formatted shot list — shot, lens, framing, movement, purpose, optional angles. Ready instantly.

Scene readiness indicator

See which parts are prep-complete vs. missing notes or coverage at a glance — built for production meetings.

AI brief generator

One command generates the full crew brief for any part — formatted by department, ready instantly.

Conflict flagging

Catches contradictions between director notes and production execution before shoot day.

Cinematography coverage layer

Lens strategy, blocking, main coverage, optional angles, and highlight intentions — full DP prep in one place.

User permissions

Actors see actor materials. DP sees coverage. Producers see schedule. Clean role separation enforced.


Coming very soon.

In development

Sides generation

Auto-generate day-of sides from the locked script. Right scenes, right format, zero errors — pulled from the locked version only.

Actor private prep mode

Isolated prep space per actor — their character, their notes, their script only. Protects creative boundaries between cast.

iOS & Android native app

A dedicated Film Assist app for iPhone and Android — built for on-set speed. All the power of the Telegram bot plus a native interface optimised for mobile use on set, in rehearsal, and in prep. Coming to the App Store and Google Play.

Coming to App Store
Coming to Google Play

Further ahead

Full production management

Scheduling, task management, crew coordination — Film Assist becomes the operating system for your entire production.

OCR & handwritten notes

Photograph a blocking note. Film Assist reads and routes it automatically.

Call sheet sync

Call sheet connected to the schedule. One system, one day plan.

Multilingual support

International productions, international crews. Any language.

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