One-Liner

One-Liner

The One-Liner is a compact day-by-day schedule — one row per scene, with just the essentials. Producers and ADs use it for quick scheduling reference, distribution to stakeholders, and meetings.

Generating a One-Liner

  1. Open Reports and click the One-Liner tab.
  2. The schedule renders from the active scenario. Click Export PDF to download a print-ready copy.

If you haven’t locked a scenario, you’ll see “No schedule data available — Lock a scenario to generate the one-liner schedule.”

What’s on the Page

The one-liner is grouped by day:

  • Non-shooting day banners — Travel, Prep, Hiatus days appear as colored banners.
  • Shooting day headers — Day number, date, and unit.
  • Scene rows — Scene number, INT/EXT and D/N, location, description or synopsis, cast IDs, page count.
  • Footer summary — Total shoot days, total scenes, total pages.

The row format is intentionally compact — one line per scene where possible, no extended notes.

Variations

Each scenario can hold multiple one-liner variations — useful when you’re sharing alternative day orders or stripped-down versions with different stakeholders. The version picker at the top of the canvas shows the currently viewed variation and exposes a Manage button.

Inside Manage variations you can:

  • Create new variation — pick a label and seed mode:
    • Empty draft — no upstream pull.
    • Copy active variation — full duplicate of the active body and any overrides.
    • Fresh snapshot from upstream — pull a new snapshot from the current schedule.
  • Activate a variation as the primary one for the scope.
  • Rename a variation’s label.
  • Delete a non-active variation (active and sole-remaining variations are protected).

Variations are independent: editing or refreshing one never touches its siblings. The first sync creates the Main variation, which is active.

Exporting

Only one export option — Export PDF. The PDF uses the project-wide PDF chrome configured via the PDF Settings icon in the Reports top bar.

Tips

  • Use the One-Liner for fast scheduling discussions when you don’t need the full breakdown context — it fits a typical production on a few pages.
  • For a richer scene view with elements, notes, and weather, use the Full fat schedule instead.
  • Switch scenarios in the top-right scenario dropdown (in the Reports section) to compare one-liners across alternative shoot orders.