Stripboard
A stripboard shows the shooting schedule as strips, one per scene, with color codes for interior, exterior, day and night.
What this is about
The stripboard began as a physical board with cardboard strips; today it lives in scheduling software, but the logic is unchanged. Each strip carries scene number, set, cast numbers and page eighths. Day breaks divide the strips into shooting days. Because moving one strip is trivial, the board invites experiments: what happens if the villa moves to week one? The colors expose problems at a glance — a lonely night strip between day strips means an expensive turnaround.
A term only helps when everyone on set means the same thing by it — so what follows is how it is used, not a dictionary definition.
What runs differently here
Where this differs from the general case:
- Traditional colors: white for interior day, yellow for exterior day, blue for interior night, green for exterior night.
- Banner strips mark company moves, free days and the breaks between shooting days.
- The stripboard is the visual form of the shooting schedule, not a separate second plan.
With TillyGen
TillyGen's schedule view follows stripboard logic: scenes as movable rows, grouped into shooting 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.
Frequently asked
Does anyone still use physical stripboards?
Rarely on large productions, but the color language survived in every scheduling tool — and small shoots still tape strips to a wall because everyone can read them.
How long does it take to get started with TillyGen?
A first project takes under an hour to set up. There is no configuration phase in which templates and fields have to be defined before the tool produces anything.
Can the results be exported?
Yes — as PDF for the crew, CSV for downstream systems and through the API for anything automated. The plan stays the source; the exports are views of it.