CineSched

What CineSched is

CineSched is a free macOS app for scheduling film shoots. It imports Final Draft .fdx scripts and adds their scenes to a Boneyard, where scenes can be grouped by location, INT/EXT, cast or day/night. Users build a schedule by dragging scenes from the Boneyard onto calendar days. For a selected shoot day, CineSched can create and export a call sheet, and schedules can be exported as PDFs. Production setup can include a company name, director, contact number, crew and cast-to-character mappings. Projects save automatically, and users can also save or load them as JSON files. The repository lists macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later and Xcode 14.0 or later as requirements. Installation involves downloading or cloning the source, opening CineSched.xcodeproj in Xcode and building the app. The project repository provides an Issues section.

Who it suits

CineSched suits film crews scheduling shoots on a Mac, particularly those working from Final Draft scripts and organizing scenes by production details. Users need macOS 13.0 or later and Xcode 14.0 or later for the listed build process.

Getting started

1. Download or clone the project source from its GitHub repository.
2. Open CineSched.xcodeproj in Xcode 14.0 or later.
3. Build the app on macOS 13.0 Ventura or later.
4. Import a Final Draft .fdx script to add scenes to the Boneyard.
5. Drag scenes from the Boneyard onto calendar days.

Verdict

CineSched offers a focused shoot-scheduling workflow with scene organization, calendar scheduling and call-sheet exports. Its listed installation process requires Xcode and a macOS build.