Daily Production Report

Daily Production Report

The Daily Production Report (DPR) captures what actually happened on a shooting day — call times, scenes shot, pages completed, equipment, weather, delays, and per-department notes. You can fill it in yourself, or send a fill link to collaborators (sound, camera, AD) so each department contributes their part.

Creating a Report

  1. Open Reports and click the DPR tab.
  2. Click New Report. The “New Production Report” dialog asks for a date — the day number is auto-incremented.
  3. Click Create. The report opens in Draft status.

The report dropdown at the top lets you switch between All Reports (the list view) and any individual report (labelled “Day N — YYYY-MM-DD”).

Status Lifecycle

A DPR moves through three states:

  • Draft — Editable. Click Submit to advance.
  • Submitted — Read-only for the team. Click Approve to advance, or send back if changes are needed.
  • Approved — Final.

Click Finalize when the report is locked-in for the production record.

Sections

The report has six tabs:

  1. Overview — Call time, first shot, meal times, camera wrap, pages scheduled vs. completed, setups, minutes shot, sound rolls, footage, weather, delays, production-pace card.
  2. Scenes — Lists of completed, partial, added, and scheduled scenes.
  3. Cast — Per-cast appearance breakdown.
  4. Notes — Per-department notes (Director, Camera, Sound, Script, Production, Safety).
  5. Equipment — Sound rolls, camera rolls, footage totals.
  6. Sustainability — Environmental tracking.

The DPR is read-only at this surface — values are pulled from the production data and the fill links (see below).

If you want department leads to fill in their own sections, click Send Fill Link. The dialog has checkboxes for each section (Overview, Scenes, Cast, Notes, Equipment, Sustainability) — pick the sections that collaborator should fill, then click Mint Link. The link is anonymous and limited to the chosen sections.

Click Share to generate a read-only public link. The “Share Link Expiry” dialog lets you set an expiry date (or “No expiry”). Use this to send the report to executives or producers who don’t have project access.

Exporting

  • Export — Opens the “Export DPR” dialog with three format buttons: PDF, XLSX, CSV. Pick one and the file downloads.
  • Email — Opens the email dialog (see Reports overview) to send the report directly to recipients.

Empty State

If there are no production reports yet, the DPR tab shows an empty state with a Create Report button.

Tips

  • Use Send Fill Link for the Sound and Camera sections — those teams know their own numbers best.
  • Approve a DPR before exporting if you want the official version of record. Drafts can change, approved DPRs shouldn’t.
  • Export to XLSX when production accounting needs the data; PDF for distribution.