Director

What this is about

The most useful thing a director can get from production is an early, honest answer to "does this fit in the day". Late answers turn creative decisions into damage control.

Every department needs the same plan in a different view. That is exactly where document collections fail: they only ever serve one perspective well.

What runs differently here

Where this differs from the general case:

• Coverage style drives the shot count more than runtime does
• Five shots from one camera position are one setup, not five
• A shot that only works in one light window has to be scheduled first, not last

What the plan has to deliver

A production plan is useful to this role when it provides the following:

• A shot list that shows its own cost in setups
• References that stay attached to the shots they inspired
• Coverage decisions visible as schedule consequences
• Flagging when a creative change breaks a shot downstream

Common pitfalls

What most often goes wrong in practice:

• Deciding vertical deliverables after the shoot
• Approving a shot list without knowing how many setups it implies

With TillyGen

TillyGen writes the shot list from the concept and shows immediately what it costs in setups and days.

Change one constraint and the consequences travel through the whole plan: affected shots are flagged, the call sheet is regenerated, and nobody keeps working from yesterday's version.