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1. aid oak i 45 Element Linking E e te E 47 Deleting an Anchor NEE 48 Unlinking an Element from an Anchor Element 48 Element Linking Preferences nennen nennen nennen nsa sna senes nna nns 48 Adding New Neal 51 Merging Sneels EE 51 Merge Current Sheet WII iuit et oe e Ee Dti deseo uou reda reteset 52 Duplicating Existing SHCCUS uie i ds o3 Ixen mberlng Sheels EE 53 Chapter 7 Calenda EE 54 Section 1 Access the Calendar Manager 1 eeeseeeeeeeseeese eene nennen nnn nnn nnn 54 Section 2 Creating a Calend EE 54 Default Calend AV a2 t oe 54 Creating Additional Calendars ooocccconccocncccncconocanocncnoncnonnnnnnnnonanonnnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnnnonanennnnenanos 55 Renaming C alenG TEE 55 Section 3 Building a Calendari 56 selecting Days EE 56 Designating Special Days E 57 Seting Producton RE 58 Completing the Production Calendar 59 DUDIIGAUING a Calenda EE 59 Dele nig a Ee E EE 60 Changing the Default Calendar 60 Chapter o ed H e EE 62 Section 1 Access the Red Flag Entry Table eeeeee eese ee ee nennen 62 Section 2 Create a Date Only Flag uiti ete eo aei oor eebe Fox ERR Deu de Rp d vua Kee PR Vs 63 Section 3 Create a Red Flag Associated with an Element 64 Section 4 Edit Red UA iii adi 65 Cancel Changes to a Red Flag 6
2. Set Dressing Element Name Greenen Element Name Special Equipment Element Name Section 1 Accessing the Breakdown Sheet 1 Goto Breakdown and select Breakdown Sheet CTRL Y Mac CMD Y A Breakdown Sheet will open The Breakdown Sheet will be blank if it is the first time it is being accessed for the current schedule Section 2 Completing the Breakdown Sheet Breakdown Sheet AD e S po 4 4 b I gt B Ki e y Navigate By Active Board Sheet Scene s Int Ext DayHight p Jr Jm STREET DIS Synopsis eorge takes a cab ride Script Page s Script Day Sequence p ex 5 r Pack Story Location Est Time Comments Y 3 bo Bone Elements The top half of the Breakdown Sheet contains such fields as the Scene Number Int Ext Set Day Night Synopsis and Location Each Breakdown Sheet usually corresponds 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 42 lip 10 add additional choices to the Day Night menu such as Dusk and Dawn go to Design Strip Colors Add Dusk and Dawn to the CT sinipyielvelgi cs nedafingfsthe window New User Manual selections wil available immediately upon returning to the Breakdown Sheet to a single scene and therefore a single strip The bottom half of the Breakdown Sheet contains Elements divided into Categories such as Cast Members Props and Scenery Ernie s Cab 3 Stunt C 9 Stunt Car 10 Bert s Motorcycle Entering Scene Information
3. 1 George 7 Ernie 8 Bert 11 Violet 51 Mr Reineman Background Actors Elderly Man Stunts Car screeches to a stop Stunt driver Vehicles 1 Ernie s Cab 9 Stunt Car 10 Bert s Motorcycle Props 4 Bert s Watch 5 Large Suitcase Show Empty Categories All categories are listed including those that do not contain elements Cast Members MechanicalEffects 1 George Miscellaneous 7 Ernie Hotes 8 Bert 11 Violet 51 Mr Reineman Background Actors Elderly Man Stunts Car screeches to a stop Stunt driver Vehicles 1 Ernie s Cab 9 Stunt Car 10 Bert s Motorcycle 4 Bert s Watch 5 Large Suitcase Makeup Hair Animals Animal Wrangler Music Sound Art Department Access the Red Flag Entry table to create or to review Red Flags which serve as indicators tagged to specific Elements to warn of scheduling constraints Red Flags applied to elements can be seen on the Breakdown Sheet Go to Chapter 8 Red Flags for more information on using flags O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 50 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range 3 Select Flag castMembers y September 2009 Enter Note Cousin Tilly x Calendar View Red Flags Only v Red Flags In Use 8 0 Flags Selected Date A Category Element Flag Name 0445 2009 Cast Members George Fitting DOOD Fitting for final look 04 20 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unav
4. 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 55 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Edit Calendar New Calendar Name flew Calendar e Days Off Sun Mon Tue FT Wed IT Thu Fri T Sat Special Days x C Co Travel f C Holiday ex C Day Off C Hone Production Dates Prep Start 09 23 2009 Go Prod Start 09 23 2009 e Go End of Prod 10 23 2009 Go End Post Go SCH 3 Type anew name for the calendar 4 Click OK Section 3 Building a Calendar Scroll between different months by clicking on the arrow buttons at the top of the calendar located at either end of the month name Selecting Days Off Days off can be designated on an individual or weekly basis For example all Saturdays can be scheduled as off Single Days 1 Designate single days as off by clicking on the day within the calendar The calendar day will be highlighted in black 2 Select Day Off from the list of Special Days options 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 56 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Edit Calendar New Calendar Name flew Calendar O o Days Off FF Sun FT Mon Tue wed TF Thu Fri FT Sat Special Days September 2009 D KK C Co Travel E C Holiday Production Dates Prep Start 09 23 2009 e Go Prod Start 9 23 2009 e Go End of Prod 10 23 2009 Go End Post 0 23 2009 e Go cos Weekly 1 Select the day s to be scheduled off from the Days Off field wi
5. MOVIEMAGIC SCHEDULING D User Manual Entertainment Partners 2835 North Naomi Street Burbank CA 91504 818 955 6000 www movie magic com support ep com Phone Technical Support 800 624 3472 818 955 6331 Fax Technical Support 818 955 6292 For use with Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh Copyright and Trademark Copyright 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2014 Entertainment Partners or its subsidiaries or affiliates All rights reserved Entertainment Partners the Entertainment Partners logo Entertainment Partners and Movie Magic Scheduling are trademarks of Entertainment Partners or its subsidiaries or affiliated companies Other product and brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability Entertainment Partners and its subsidiaries and affiliates assume no responsibility for any damage or loss resulting from the use of this handbook Entertainment Partners assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this book Entertainment Partners and its subsidiaries and affiliates assume no responsibility for any loss or claims by third parties which may arise through use of this software Entertainment Partners and its subsidiaries and affiliates assume no responsibility for any damage or loss caused by deletion of data as a result of malfunction dead battery or power loss or repairs Be sure to mak
6. This will open the Properties window The Properties window is populated with default Categories 2 Select the Category for the box to represent 3 Click OK The new Category will replace the former Category Adding New Element Boxes Add new Element boxes to a Report Design by selecting from the side list of Categories 1 Click and hold on the Element to be added This will highlight the Element 2 Drag the cursor to the location in the report in which the new Element box is to appear 3 Release the mouse button The new Element box will appear in the place the mouse button was released Aligning Element Boxes Newly added Element boxes will not align automatically to the Categories already on a report Shift Element boxes into place with the Alignment tool More than one box must be selected for the Alignment option to be active From Strip Designer Two Methods 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 135 Eling 5 User Manual ynopsis Copy Ctri C NN Cut Lila Delete Delete Align Left PI x to align the new box with Align Right MTS w box Align Bottom tion from the Alignment drop down menu located on the Or Hold down the Control key CTRL Select the existing Element box to which the new box is to align Select the new Element box Right click Mac CTRL click the mouse and select from the menu of alignment options SC There are also Make Same Stack and Distribute drop d
7. 1 Select the Element field box to change the text direction 2 Select a text direction from the Text Orientation list of options 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 95 AG ont gic Scheduling 5 User Manual as MBA 5 0l 5 5 5 5 5 5 Set gt H VA Changes of direction will be seen immediately on the Strip Designer Justifying Text From the Strip Designer 1 Select the Element field box to begin changing the text justification 2 Select a text justification from the Text Justification list of options available on the toolbar The selected Element text will now be displayed with the new justification NOTE Changing the text direction will disable the alignment buttons Strip Fonts 1 Select the Element field box to begin changing its font 2 Select a new font style from the font list of options available on the toolbar Arial Narrow Arial Unicode MS Book Antiqua Bookman Old Style Bookshelf Symbol 7 Calibri The selected field text will now be displayed in the new font Changing Font Size 1 Select the Element field box to begin changing its font size O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 96 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2 Select a new font size from the font list of options available on the toolbar The selected field text will now be displayed in the new font size Bolding or Italicizing 1 Select the Element field box to begin changing its font size
8. 1 Go to File and select Open Schedule Select a Schedule File Look in c Examples Y amp t3 Ed Wonderful Life Demo V5 B Wonderful Life Demo v5 e Wonderful Life Demo SW Wonderful Life Demo Pie name L 0 0 Files of type Schedule files msd mmsd epsd mms Cancel 2 Select the needed schedule 3 Click Open Opening a Recent Schedule Movie Magic Scheduling 5 retains up to four of the most recently opened schedules in an accessible list 1 Goto File and select Recent Schedules Movie Magic Scheduling 5 File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Actions Window Help A New Schedule From Template Ctri N ze A e ly Open Schedule Ctri O Board Elements Calendar Close All Help Close Schedule Ctrl Shitt evy Save Ctrl S DAVE AS g Save As Template wa Revert Import Export ep Print view Recent Schedules gt CAMMDataiMM Scheduling Examples Wonderful Life Demo Y5 msd A list of up to the last four schedules will appear 2 Select the schedule needed The schedule will open immediately 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 11 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual NOTE Only one schedule can be open at a time If a schedule is already open a dialogue box will open and ask if the current schedule needs to be saved before a new one is opened Click Yes to save the current schedule and to open the new schedule Closing a Schedule 1 Goto File and select Close Schedu
9. 2ND Unit to shoot exteriors Synopsis George takes a cab ride Script Page s Script Day Unit Re Location Est Ti Sheet 19 Scenes EXT 14 8 pgs Day Sheet 131 Scenes EXT 12 9 pgs 152 Night Sheet 13 Scenes INT 5 8 pgs 2 Day Sheet 15 Scenes INT 12 8 pgs Day End of Shooting Day 1 Monday April 6 Sheet amp 11 Scenes INT 22 8 pgs Day Sheet 99 Scenes INT 219 pgs 107 Day Sheet 101 Scenes INT 2 8 pgs 109 Day Company Move Sheet 84 Scenes EXT 2 18 pgs 2 Night End of Shooting Day MAIN STREET George takes a cab ride BAILEY HOME George is rejected by his mother BACK ROOM ORUGSTORE Mr Gower hits George in a drunken fury BACK ROOM ORUGSTORE Gower discovers his mistake BAILEY S PRIVATE OFFICE Potter and Peter Bailey fight George interver BANK Uncle Billy taunts Potter loses money BANK Uncle Billy searches pockets for money BATTLEFIELD Bert and his bayonet Tues April 7 2009 B CAM on set today Sheet 1 Scenes EXT 6 8 pgs Night Sheet 140 Scenes EXT 1 8 pgs 142 Night BEDFORD FALLS Voice over prayers for George BEDFORD FALLS BuPORIUM George runs by the emporium Sheet 72 Scenes INT BEDROOM GEORGE AND MARY S HOUSE 2 pgs Night George leams of Mary s pregnancy y gt Cascade Window will be minimized automatically to a smaller size and placed i
10. Find A Il Category fan Categories ke Search Elements Find Next Board ID Element Category Find Prev Look in Sheets Y a Field The Field drop down menu comprises the field labels that make up a schedule s Breakdown Sheet e g Elements Sheet Set Scenes and Synopsis Find Select Replace Find Advanced Find Cond Condition Specify parameters to narrow Find results Condition Containing bd Containing Equal To Starts With e Equal To To find results that exactly match the Value entered e Containing To find results that contain segments either whole phrases or single words of the Value entered e Starts With To find results that begin with the Value entered Value Enter the data being searched for Category 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 117 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual This field is active only when conducting an Element Find Select the specific Category in which to search All Categories All Categories Cast Members Background Actors Stunts Vehicles Props Camera Special Effects Search Elements This is only active when conducting an Element Find Click to run a search within the Elements list Click this button to locate a Value within a long list of Elements Look In Specify whether to run the search in the Breakdown Sheets or in the Stripboard Choosing will immediately bring up the Breakdown Sheet or Stripboard on
11. X Cut Strips T Paste Strips amp Delete Strip s 1 Right click Mac CTRL click anywhere on the Boneyard 2 Select Goto and choose Stripboard CTRL 5 Mac CMD 5 The Stripboard window will open and the selected strip s will be located at the end of the Scheduled area Section 13 Hide Header Board Vertical Strip Layout In a Vertical Strip Layout it is possible to toggle between showing or hiding the Header Board Click on the Hide Show Header Board icon Stripboard Actor Scenario Section 14 Printing Strips The strips may be printed 1 Goto File and select Print View O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 114 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Print iew Strip Left Margin Offset JV Print Line Between Strips Space Between Strips b JV Print Black Day Breaks Include v Stripboard v Banners IT Boneyard v Day Breaks IT Area Header JV Header Board Range faux From DL lr Ld Click on the Strips tab Select the Strip Layout to be printed Select the options to be applied to the printed strips Choose to print all the strips or select a specific Range Las pono ALL Prints all the strips in the active Stripboard e SELECTED Prints selected strips in red in the active Stripboard e DAYS Prints a range of scheduled days from the active Stripboard e DATES Prints a range of scheduled strips between specific dates from the active Stripboard e SCENES
12. 0716 2 6 Special Equipment Annie 3 07 0772 0747 2 2 Security 0 Peter B 6 19 2 07 0472 Cousin 13 5 30 07772 Ruth mp 07 29 2 2 Pete Ba 3 1 3042 07 2442 3 Goon Carter 3 3072 074172 3 CH _ Additional Labor 0 D Visual Effects 4 a Mechanical Effects Miscellaneous 0 D Hotes 4 OOOO Oooo oo Onan 4 SA CD P Cn Cn gt The Category list is located on the left side of the Element Manager It is divided into two sections Categories and Built In Categories Categories 4 amp D Cast Members 60 15 Background Actors 41 _ Stunts 9 Vehicles 13 D Props 99 _ Camera 0 D Special Effects 11 gt Wardrobe 23 2 Makeup Hair 2 D Animals 0 Animal Wrangler 0 5 Music 1 5 Sound 11 1 Art Department 0 5 Set Dressing 45 Greenery 2 Special Equipment 0 D Security 0 D Additional Labor 0 D Visual Effects 4 Mechanical Effects 4 Miscellaneous 0 D Hotes 4 Built In Categories amp Script Day 9 E Sequence 4 5 Unit 5 Click on a Category name to access that Category All existing elements in the selected Category will be listed The Element Manager window contains the following sections e Board ID The numerical Board ID assigned to an Element 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 26 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Locked Preve
13. Section 1 Report Designer Accessing Report Designer Two Methods From the Report Layout Manager 1 Double click on the report name Or Select a report by clicking on the name Click on the Edit File icon NO The Report Designer window for the selected report will open Report Designer Breakdown Sheet 1 M xj Qog N Jr B AB Di au m 44 O gt n vb cp Breakdown sheet Breakdown Sheet E Cast Members nd Actors sell 100 al di al 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 130 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Report Designer Tools The Report Designer and Strip Designer tools are exactly alike with the exception that the Report Designer contains the Growable icon Refer to Chapter 10 Strip Designer for detailed information on using the design tools Growable Text Growable boxes expand or retract downwards and upwards to accommodate all of the necessary data 1 Select the box to mark as Growable Text 2 Click on the Growable Text icon which is located on the toolbar All of data text inside the text box that was previously hidden due to size limitations will now be visible The box will continue to expand or retract as needed Report Designer Toolbar Report Layout Settings Horizontal Line Selection E lo xl IFA D a edB 1 AB dE alt J uw mS 34 De T 13 I Vertical Line Draw Justifica
14. Shooting Day Shooting Date Pages Est Time Total Weekday Cancel 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 99 Standard Default Colors White inva Gp Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Yellow Ext Day Blue Int Night Green Ext Night 4 Select the layout orientation to resize vertical or horizontal Select the size settings wanted width height header width Two Methods e Select from the sizes provided e Select the custom option and manually enter sizes in the field provided Click OK Section 9 Strip and Strip Text Colors Movie Magic Scheduling has default colors assigned to Int Ext but color strips can be customized Strip Colors Assigning colors to the strips allows for readily discerning whether a scene is interior or exterior day or night The combination of Int Ext and Day Night settings will determine the color of the strip 1 Goto Design and select Strip Colors The Strip Colors window will open 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 100 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual m fer Jere E EA EME JE fee ce s MEN in m M oj el aj 54 Selected Strip s Background Day Break Strip s C Text Banner Strip s 2 Select the field and click on it to assign a color NOTE If there are no labels in the top cell or left most cell they may be added When added they will appear in the respective drop down menus of the Breakdown
15. or Click on a tool icon to select it Move the cursor to the location in the report where the new Element box line text box is to be drawn or created The Selection Arrow becomes a Drawing Tool plus sign or cross the moment the cursor is in the report layout area Click and hold the left mouse button Mac click and hold while moving the cursor in the direction the new components are to be drawn Once satisfied with the new Element release the mouse If a text box was created an Edit window will open where new text can be entered Click OK when finished The new Element will appear on the Report Layout with small black pegs squares at each corner These black squares allow for resizing the Element e g making a line longer or a box bigger Resizing Boxes 1 2 Click on the Selection Tool icon Select the Element to altered or reshaped 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 134 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual As the Selection Tool is used to select the Element small black pegs appear at each corner of the line or square The pegs automatically appear if a new Element was just drawn 3 Grab one of the pegs by clicking and holding down the left mouse button 4 Move the cursor until satisfied with the shape of the Element 5 Release the mouse button Changing Report Categories The layout of the report can be maintained while changing what each box represents 1 Double click on an Element box
16. Before beginning the process of scheduling consider some of the basics of Movie Magic Scheduling 5 This first chapter is an introduction to frequently used toolbars the steps to starting new schedules and ways to properly save them Doing so will help in learning how to set both application preferences such as the New Strip Default Position and individual schedule preferences such as Sheet Numbering colors Section 1 Navigation Movie Magic Scheduling 5 offers intuitive navigation with a combination of easy to use toolbars and menus Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Menus The Movie Magic Scheduling 5 menus provide access to all major modules of the program Once accessed each area such as the Breakdown Sheet or Stripboard has its own functional controls that are available via a toolbar Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Wonderful Life Demo 5 msd File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Actions Window Help j A A z Do o e New Open Save Print Sheets Board Elements Calendar Close All Help Main Toolbar Windows only Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Wonderful Life Demo V5 msd File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Actions Window Help A eA ele e e w Wa yA New Open Save Print Sheets Board Elements Calendar Close All Help New Opens a new blank Schedule Open Opens an existing Schedule Save Saves current Schedule Print Prints current Schedule Sheets Shows Breakdown Sheets for current Schedule Board Shows Stripboard for c
17. Content can also be modified while using the Zoom option Dm a al Section 3 Strip Elements The Strip Elements are listed to the left of the Strip Layout The Element listings represent the information content that can be added to the strips Each Element box represents the area it will encompass on the actual strip 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 89 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Strip Designer Horizontal A E Bl xj Changing Strip Element Properties Each Element box has its own set of unique properties These can be edited to display different information or have a different look such as having a box drawn around it 1 Double click on one of the Element boxes located on the strip layout xl Wrap Text Draw Box _ Draw Line Above Draw Line Below Cancel The Properties window will open 2 Modify the properties of the Element box 3 Click OK The newly selected properties will be reflected once the layout is saved and the Stripboard is viewed Selecting ID List Property Categories ID Lists display the Stripboard IDs of a specific Category The Category the ID List represents can be specified 1 Double click on the ID List box 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 90 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Y Wrap Text T Draw Box Page Number Pages _ Draw Line Below Red Flag Select Category cast Members v coa _ Draw Line Above
18. Ey KE KK e d ci E e Layout Vertical 11 Board Actor Scenario Calendar 5 Day Week Page Count 12 8 M 12 8 Ho DI a E 49 28 148 18 gei IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE Director Frank Capra Producer Frank Capra RIDGE OVER RIVER AILEY HOME 52 Assistant Director Athur Black BEDROOM WINDOW HATCH H Night 35 137 BATTLEFIELD Sos 35 EXT Ses EXT Ses 92 Script Dated March 4 1947 INT BEDROOM GEORGE AND MAR Night EXT BEDFORD FALLS BuiPORIUM Ses 80 z o EXT BEDFORD FALLS Sos 1 Ses 162 INT Character z z 1 pr e SERE z E poa al Mr A B S Jo a Ha Jes S KC 16 Peter Baler HS DS Opeth a 22 Marty BS Sam an a era 26 Freddie O 15 Hani Bale e pais 25 pe faa Baler EEN Dr Campbell Be Carter 1 1 Sen Ve Ge 7 CH 140 lawyer ar Real E Salesman 42 Insurance Agent dS 144 Suitor 2 Je larence alo sss i Pages AC SS ewe eae ck rg ur E BE 2 2009 4 5 8 Pages Di n n e 2 a a E i chultz 52 nk Teller gts Sbek EB 383 SES H S Pg JF 3 o io 48 E 5 d i br a DI 2 fuck Bir um Owner aday Anric 9 gay AD Ox 2 Ill tae Tuesday April 7 2009 4 7 8 Wednesday April 8 exteriors 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 1 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 1 Getting Started
19. Section 4 Replace an Made das 75 Section 5 Remove an Image from a Breakdown Sheet and Scene 76 Chapter 1T Stiri POO al EE 78 Section 1 Access the Stripboard ManagQer ccooncccncconncocociccncocacocnnonaronanonnconaronnnrenarenarenarenanes 78 Section 2 Default Stripboard ege deer 78 Section 3 Creating New Multiple Boards cccccceccceeeceeeeeeeeeeseneeenecneseeesaneseneeesanesensoeees 78 Enner leet ANG DE 80 Section 4 Changing the Active Board ccccccsesccseccsseeeecnsecnseensoensonsecnseenseenscaseensenssaness 80 Section 5 Accessing the del Le A dinastia eodera hn Eee a aee duse oue Dareus 81 Section 6 Changing Layout Views 1 eeceeeeeeieeeseee eene nene nh nena ENER nnns anu sauna anna 82 Secon SONING SIDS uorum a iio 82 Section 8 Production InformatiON ooccconncccnnnconcncnncncnnancnnnnnonnnnnnnnrrnanrrnnn nena rrnnrrnanrrrnnnrrnannnns 83 Chapter 12 Strip AD DG Ala CO gi saei ae ida e ii 85 Section 1 Accessing the Strip Layout Manager eeeeeeeeee seen REENEN En 85 SU A EE 85 Chapter 13 Strip Dee EEN 87 Section 1 Access the Strip Designer cccceceeesceeeeeeeeecneeceneeeneecneeeeneeeneecnseenesoenesonssoaees 87 Section 2 Strip DESIGNED T OOlS ar li 87 LOOM BE 89 Section 3 Strip Elements una 89 Changing Strip Element Properties ccccccccccsscccececeeeceeeceececeueceueeseeeseuseeeessue
20. Selected Strip s Background Day Break Strips C Text Banner Strip s NOTE Double click on the color palette for additional color selections 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 101 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 2009 Entertainment Partners TEE CRS FITTELETEINIS E RR HET TT ERR PE LT T eee ei 8 8 LI 8 El L L RW BRETT TI 00 BELLI JT O O O O O Sample Text Sample Text Now when that combination of Int Ext and Day Night settings is selected on the Breakdown Sheet the strip will appear in the color chosen Selected Strip Day Breaks Banner Colors The color of Daybreaks Banners and strips can be selected From Strip Colors window 1 Select Selected Strips Day Break Strip s or Banner Strip s which are located in the lower left corner 2 Select a color 3 Click OK The changes will be reflected on the Stripboard immediately NOTE The top edge of each Breakdown Sheet will be bordered by the strip color designated for that Breakdown Sheet If the Breakdown Sheet is designated as Exterior Night the top edge will display the color that is designated for Exterior Night in the Strip Colors window Havigate By amp ctive Board v Sheet Scene s Int Ext Set ext Y fain STREET Synopsis e Script Page s Script Day Location Strip Text Color Colors may also be assigned to the text that appears in strips such as the scene User Manual numbers an
21. ee ceccc cece eeeeee eee eeeaeeeaeeeees 2 Manager 29 Breakdown Sheet Toolbar 2 Element Manager Toolbar 0n0n0n000a 4 D Main Toolbar 2 Menus Icons eee 2 Day Out of Days 139 Strip Designer Tools 87 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 160 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Stripboard Toolbar eee 3 Window Navigation 5 O Opening an Existing Schedule 11 Opening Movie Magic Files 150 P Printing Reports cR 126 SOS E e 114 R Report Design 130 Changing Report Categories 135 Changing Text Direction 137 JUSTO eegene 137 New Report Elements 134 Report UDesgoiner 130 Resizing BOXES ooocccoccocccococonocononnononos 134 Text Appearance 137 Text Wrapping eese 138 jio c n 131 Using Design Tools 134 Report Layout Manager 130 aic c 126 Generate cc ceecccecccseeeceeeceeeceseseeeeeeens 126 il 126 mia ME 126 A 126 S Scheduling Strips 104 Auto Day Breaks 105 A 106 Ra 105 Deleting all Day Breake 107 Printing STDS TEN 114 Reordering Strips 111 Re
22. sheets Y Sheets Display Order Section 2 Advanced Find Navigation Find Select Sheets or Strips The following components are used for determining the search parameters of an Advanced Find e Field The Breakdown Sheet is the field in which the data to be found is located e g a sheet number would be in the Sheet field Operator The method in which the results relate to the Value The Operator options vary with the selected field name 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 120 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Value Value is what the results are to be equal to or not equal to The Value will feature a drop down menu of options for certain Field Names such as Set Location and Sequence The lists are populated by elements already created for the schedule e And Or The connecting operator to the next line of Find parameters Add Remove Buttons Use these buttons to either add or remove a line of search parameters Find Select Sheets or Strips Sentence Form Read Only This area displays the find parameters that have been set in sentence form This may be helpful in determining more complex searches Look In This operation is the same as the Look in option for regular Find This specifies the location in which the search will be conducted Breakdown Sheets or Stripboard Sheets The Sheets field becomes active when Sheets is selected for Look in Use the Display Order menu to specify
23. 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 84 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 12 Strip Appearance Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for manually changing the strip design for a Stripboard A strip s interior layout may be altered and it is possible to specify the information that appears in the strip Section 1 Accessing the Strip Layout Manager The Strip Layout Manager allows for managing active strip layouts The Strip Layout Manager window lists existing strip designs labeled by name layout orientation horizontal or vertical and size File Edit Breakdown Schedule De sign Actio Window Help P L Report Layouts Ctr R vw E a New Open Save Print E Strip Layouts Ctri M Breakdown Sheet Category Manager Strip Designs Vertical Horizontal izon Horizontal 0 5 orizon Horizontal 0 5 Horizontal 0 2 Vertical Merc 0 375 The Strip Layouts Manager window will open Strip Layout This represents a horizontal strip D Bhest Y She enas uy a The Element boxes with blue text are dynamic fields that will retrieve information from Breakdown Sheets The boxes with black text are static and will always display the contained text This represents a vertical strip O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 85 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 86 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 13 Strip Design
24. 3 Click on the New action button The newly created Element will immediately become part of the Element list 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 21 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Insert New Elements to Breakdown Sheet The Element Quick Entry window can be set to immediately insert newly created Elements into the Breakdown Sheet as a default or each new Element can be individually inserted Default to Insert Select check the Add New Elements to Breakdown Sheet option located directly beneath the Category field With this option selected each newly created Element will be automatically inserted into the current Breakdown Sheet Insert Individually If the Add New Elements to Breakdown Sheet checkbox is left unchecked new Elements will be added to the list but not to the Breakdown Sheet Elements that are part of the current Breakdown Sheet are denoted by a check mark To insert an Element manually do the following Two Methods 1 Type the new Element in the Element Entry Field Click the New button to add the new Element into the Element list and remain highlighted 3 Click the Insert button insert the Element into the Breakdown Sheet Or 1 Type the new Element in the Element Entry Field followed by a semicolon Click the New button The new Elements will be created immediately and listed in the Category Insert Existing Elements to a Breakdown Sheet Three Methods 1 From Element Qui
25. Allow Day Out of Days Drop Pickup Days indicates whether Drop Pickup Day pairs should be indicated on the Day Out of Days report for the Element e Minimum Days Allowed Between Drop Pickup An Elements Day Out of Days Minimum Days Allowed Between Drop Pickup specifies the minimum number of days that should be allowed between Element Drop and Pickup days Usage Total Occurrences Total Occurrences Indicates the total number of Breakdown Sheets on which the Element is referenced within the schedule The number includes references from any Breakdown Sheet in the schedule regardless of whether or not the Breakdown Sheet is scheduled on any Stripboard e Red Flag Occurrences Indicates the total number of Red Flag Occurrences attached to the particular Element e Active Schedule Start Indicates the first earliest date that a Breakdown Sheet referencing the Element is scheduled on the active Stripboard If no Breakdown Sheets reference the Element this field is inactive Active Schedule Finish Indicates the last latest date that a Breakdown Sheet referencing the Element is scheduled on the active Stripboard if no breakdown sheets reference the Element this field is inactive e Total Days Indicates the total number of Scheduled Days on the active Stripboard with Breakdown Sheets that reference this Element if no Breakdown Sheets reference the Element this field is inactive Element Properties This section is defined in the Edit C
26. Allow Day Out of Days Drop Pickup Select this option to allow Drop Pickup days on the Day Out of Days report e Allow Day Out of Days Hold Days Select this option to allow Hold Days on the Day Out of Days report e Minimum Days Between Drop Pickup Enter the minimum days wanted between Drop and Pickup Days e Apply to Existing Elements Each Apply to Existing Elements checkbox corresponds to the Element Default option on the same line Check this box for a selected or deselected Element Default option to apply to existing Elements in the Category e Name Case When an Element is created choose how the text will appear on screen and in reports Click the down arrow and select either Don t Change from the way an Element is created Capitalize Words or ALL CAPS Element Properties The Element Property fields that are either selected or created here will appear in each Element s Information window within the Category Although the field labels for each Category are uniform throughout all of the Elements within that Category the content that is entered within the fields is unique to that Element Section 2 Creating New Categories From the Category Manager 1 Select the New Category icon from the Category Manager menu bar 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 38 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Edit Category New Category ew Category Sort Elements By Element Name e Element Defaults IT Auto Assign Board I
27. Categories See Chapter 9 Red Flags for further information about Red Flags usage Red Flag Name Second Unit 2 Fitting DOOD 1 Unavailable 5 Travel DOOD 0 Five default flags are available in the default template and others can be added In addition to adding new flags the manager allows for the editing duplicating or deleting of Red Flag Category names The ordering of listed flags can also be changed Section 1 Access the Red Flag Manager Go to Schedule select Red Flag Manager The window opens and lists five default Red Flags Fitting DOOD 0 Travel DOOD 0 Unavailable 0 Rehearsal DOOD 0 Camera Test 0 NOTE The DOODs Day Out of Days flags are designed to be used specifically with the DOODs report They cannot be removed or modified The number of times a particular flag has been used in the schedule will be displayed in parenthesis Section 2 Add a New Flag 1 Click on the New Flag CTRL B Mac CMD B icon The New Flag window will open 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 69 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2 Type a flag name 3 Click OK to save Or Create a duplicate of an existing flag and modify the name Two methods Select a flag name Click on the Duplicate Flag icon NO Or 1 Right click Mac CTRL click on a flag name 2 Select Duplicate from the list of options The Edit Red Flag window will open
28. Design Actions Windows Help x Report Layouts Ctr R Em Strip Layouts Ctrl M Category Manager 3 Click on the Import icon O Snagit Catalog 4 f exported files were saved elsewhere click the down arrow at the Look in box and navigate to the location of the exported file 5 Select the file to be imported and click on the Open button The file will be imported and will appear alphabetically in the list with the existing Report Layouts and is available for use Section 4 Import a Strip Layout 1 Open the schedule or a new schedule from a template to import a previously exported Strip Layout file 2 Access the Strips Layout Manager e Goto Design and select Strips Layout CTRL R Mac CMD R Design Actions Windows Help Report Layouts Ctri R El Strip Layouts Ctrl M Category Manager A Strip Colors Production Info 3 Click on the Import icon 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 147 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Strip Layouts A Strip Designs ei Vertical izont Horizontal 0 5 ech Horizontal Horizont Horizontal 0 5 Horizontal 0 5 Horizontal 0 2 ical Vertical 0 375 ical Vertical 0 375 a My Music 2 My Pictures O My Received Files O Snagkt Catalog Filename 1 1 Oe import Files of type ws Strip Layouts msl mmss epss Cancel 5 An exported file saved in the Strip and Report Layouts default folder will be visi
29. Flag Entry Table Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range castMembers y September 2009 Enter Hote Cousin Tilly sf Calendar View Red Flags Only v Red Flags In Use 8 0 Flags Selected Date A Category Element Flag Hame 0415 2009 Cast Members George Fitting DOOD Fitting for final look 04 20 2009 Yehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 21 2009 Yehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 22 2009 Yehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 23 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 24 2009 Yehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable Edit Update Red Flag Manager Two Methods e Goto Breakdown and select Red Flag Entry CTRL K Mac CMD K Or e From the Breakdown Sheet click on the Red Flag icon Breakdown Sheet ASSCOB IC deed The Red Flag Entry window will open immediately 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 62 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Once the window opens decide which type of flag is to be used Date Only Flag or Flag Attached to an Element Section 2 Create a Date Only Flag 1 Click the down arrow in the Select field which lists the various Categories in a schedule Red Flag Entry 1 Select cast Members v Mr Potter Mr Gower 2 Select Date Only Flag no Element meaning not tied to a part at the top of the droop down menu At this point choose a single date or a date range from the calendar 3 C
30. Magic Scheduling 3 Click Yes to confirm the deletion 2009 Entertainment Partners User Manual Page 72 User Manual Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Chapter 10 Image Manager Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for adding multiple images to a Breakdown Sheet to help with creating a clear visual image of the scene These images could be Storyboards images of wardrobe actors headshots etc Through the use of the Image Manager Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows the option of adding images such as bitmaps jpegs and tiffs to Breakdown Sheets Section 1 Access the Image Manager Three Methods 1 Go to Schedule and select Image Manager Schedule Design Actions Window Help Stripboard Ctr ES Boneyard Stripboard Manager Calendar Manager Red Flag Manager Image Manager Day Out of Days Preferences Ctri Shift Semicolon Or 2 From a Breakdown Sheet double click anywhere in the upper or lower blank space of the window Breakdown Sheet S94 re ep ee Sheet Scene s Int Ext Set Bs p352415212 e y Back ROOM DRUGSTORE Synopsis stablishing Bailey Park Script Page s Script Day Unit Sequence George amp Mary s violent lovemaking Sam calls for George Sam talks to George on phone Miscellaneous 1 George Hotes B Mr Gower 2 Ma Bailey und Actors 2 George s Rickety Car 5 Martini s Rickety Truck 8 Liquor Bottle 3 Poison Capsules 5 Prescription Box 8 Tele
31. Night Family photo Sheet 23 Scenes EXT FRONT PORCH OF HOUSE 2 8 pgs 2 Night Grumpy old man watches George amp Mary GOWER S DRUGSTORE Day George re visits drugstore Sheet 21 Scenes INT HIGH SCHOOL GYM 618 pgs 2 Night George and Mary at High School Dance cenes EXT HOUSE Night George amp Mother s heart to heart LUGGAGE SHOP George buys luggage OUTER OFFICE BLOG AND LOAN eorge is offered B amp L job enes EXT STREET Night George and Mary make a wish enes EXT TREE LINED RESIDENTIAL STREET Night George and Mary s moonlight walk Move a Strip to the Scheduled Area 1 Right click Mac CTRL click on a strip The selection will be highlighted in the color earlier assigned Red is the default highlight color 2 Select Move To Stripboard Or 1 Click and drag the strip to the Stripboard window Move Several Strips at a Time Hold down the CTRL key and click on several strips 2 Right click Mac CTRL click and select Move To Stripboard Or 1 Click and drag the strips to the Stripboard window To view the moved strip s access the Active Stripboard Access the Active Stripboard from the Boneyard Three Methods 1 From the File Menu go to Actions and select Show Stripboard 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 113 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Actions Window Help Insert Day Break Ctri Comma T Insert Banner Ctri B D Delete All Day Breaks
32. Settings Accesses the Designer Settings window Undo Last action is undone Redo Will redo the last action that was undone Selection Arrow Allows for selecting Strip elements A Box Draw Creates draws a box Horizontal Line Draw Creates draws a horizontal Line Vertical Line Draw Creates draws a vertical Line T Text Box Creates box in which text can be typed Justification Justifies text to the left center or right of the box 1 A X Make Same Sizes the new box to be the same as the selected current box L E Stack Distribute Stacks Distributes boxes horizontally or vertically nearer to or further from the top left most box 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 88 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Alignment Aligns the new box with the selected current box Wrap Text Separates text into as many lines as can be accommodated in the box Borders Places an underline overline or box in a selected field to see the borders perform a Print or Preview Font Lists font options for strip text Font Size Lists Font size options for strip text B Bold Bolds selected text I Italicize Italicizes selected text Line Width Designates width options for lines drawn Line Width f Thickness Zoom Performing a zoom in on a Strip Layout allows for better viewing This is useful for design purposes A zoom out allows for seeing more of the layout at a reduced size
33. existing image 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 75 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Image Manager Scene 111 Uncle Billy runs across street Scene 112 Uncle Billy speaks to Harry on phone Scene 113 George gives Violet money Scene 114 George called to see Uncle Billy Scene 115 Uncle Billy searches office frantically Scene 116 George searches safe Scene 117 George and Uncle Billy search street Scene 118 George tears through Uncle Billy s apartment Scene 119 120 121 122 124 126 George returns home to family angry and upset CI IC WE COUPE Lal POLET amr CI Scene 129 George exits and drives off Scene 130 Establishing Scene 131 George gets drunk Scene 132 George crashes into tree Scene 133 George walks toward bridge Scene 134 Water swirls by under bridge Scene 135 137 Clarence jumps into the water Scene 136 The Tollkeeper shines flashlight Scene 138 George and Clarence dry before the stove Scene 138 George can t find his car by the tree Scene 140 142 George and Clarence go to Nick s bar Scene 141 143 George and Clarence get thrown out of the bar at Scene 144 145 George first glimpses Pottersville x rom C Documents and Settings Remove Replace 3 Click on the Replace button The Select image window will open Select image for Scene 73 24 152 12 Establishing Bailey Park Look in a My Documents v bi
34. like the traditional paper based Breakdown Sheet Once a report is generated based on onscreen entries a printable version will be available that more closely resembles the traditional Breakdown Sheet format Breakdown Sheet Breakdown Sheet e e e S po d gt ES E Y y Havigate By Active Board k Sheet Scene s Int Ext Set Day Might fe fer frre sree bay Synopsis eorge takes a cab ride Script Page s Script Day Unit Sequence haze Back Story Location Est Time Comments Ir JK lements n ast Members Mechanical Effects HEN 1 George Miscellaneous al gt gt Al 7 Ernie Hotes 8 Bert 11 Violet 51 Mr Reineman Background Actors Elderly Man Stunts Car screeches to a stop Stunt driver Vehicles 1 Ernie s Cab 9 Stunt Car 10 Bert s Motorcycle 4 Bert s Watch 5 Large Suitcase Makeup Hair Animals Animal Wrangler Mec 3 Sound Art Department Special Equipment Security Breakdown Sheet Report 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 41 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Scenes Sheet amp Script Page Script Page suus Breakdown Sheet Script Page Breakdown Sheet Sheet Ex JE BEE ELA Est Time Est Time Time Cast Members Board ID amp Element Narf Background Actors Element Name Props Element Name Stunts Element Name Vehicles Element Name Special Effects Element Name Wardrobe Element Name Makeup Hair Element Name
35. patch and a gun for a third of the script a cloak and a dagger for a third and a bandana and a whip for the rest of the script the three different groups of linked Elements can be set up for the same Anchor Elements can then be selected as active and saved on time and data entry NOTE Only one group per Element can be selected at once Meaning if three different groups for a particular Anchor are set up only one can be active at any given time From the Element Linking Manager 1 Setup an Anchor Element as described above 2 Add a new set of linked Elements in the right hand column 3 To make a certain group active select the checkbox next to the particular group that is to be made active 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 47 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Element Linking Manager Category cast Members v Element Create Anchor Delete Anchor Anchors List User Manual Category Props v Element Bag of Peanuts v Add Element Linked Elements List Remove Element Anchor Hame Element Category Board ID Element Category eorge amp nchorl George Cast Members 50 3 Highballs Props ary Anchor1 Mary Cast Members 22 4 Old Rubber Tires Props larence_Anchor1 Clarence Cast Members 20 Bag of Peanuts Props Preferences Deleting an Anchor Element 1 Select highlight the Anchor Element in the left column 2 Click the Delete Anchor button 3 A confirmation window will appear Cli
36. representing the date s will become darkened 6 Select which type of Flag in the list on the right For a custom Category see Section 9 Red Flag Manager Add a note to further explain the flag optional 7 Click the Add button The Red Flag will be added to the list in the lower portion of the screen Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range 3 Select Flag cast Members Y September 2009 New Flag Second Unit Enter Hote Cousin Tilly gt Calendar View Red Flags Only v Section 3 Create a Red Flag Associated with an Element 1 Click the down arrow in the Select field 2 Choose the Category that contains the Element to be Red Flagged The Elements associated with the Category will be listed below 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 64 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Select the Element Go to the calendar and click the left or right arrow to navigate to the month Click on the appropriate date ae E Or 6 Choose a range of dates Hold down the mouse and drag across all desired dates The box es representing the date s will become darkened 7 Select a Flag category 8 Add a note to further explain the flag optional 9 Click the Add button The Red Flag will be added to the list in the lower portion of the screen Section 4 Edit a Red Flag Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range 3 Select Flag cast Members v September 2009 New Flag S
37. the order in which the results are to be displayed Stripboard O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 121 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual The Stripboard fields become active when Stripboard is selected for Look in Use these fields to narrow search criteria further such as the exact Stripboard area to be searched as well as the exact Stripboard area to which to move the located strips Stripboard Look for Strips in Display Order Find Buttons Active buttons depend on the search parameters and the initial Find Results Not all buttons are active at one time e Find Locates the first instance that matches the search parameters Find All Locates all instances that match the search parameters look in Stripboard only e Find Next Locates the next instance that matches the search parameters e Find Prev Locates the previous instance that matches the search parameters e Close Closes the Find window Section 3 Using Advanced Find 1 2 9 Iw Click the Add button located in the upper right of the window Find Select Replace Find Advanced Find Replace Find Select Sheets or Strips Find Find Al Find Find Next Find Prev Find Select Sheets or Strips in Sentence Form Read only FIHD the scheduled strips on WHICH the Sheet Equal To THEN MOVE the scheduled strips to the Beginning Of the Scheduled Area Click on the Field and select from the drop down menu Click on th
38. time Duplicating a Calendar While plotting a production calendar various copies of one particular calendar can be created to work from The Duplicate function allows for the creation of several varying calendars for consideration before deciding on the final schedule From the Calendar Manager 1 Select the calendar to be duplicated 2 Click on the Duplicate icon Calendar Manager 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 59 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Edit Calendar Copy of New Calendar Hame Copy of New Calendar Days Off Sun Mon IT Tue The Edit Calendar window for the duplicate will open 3 Make any necessary alterations to the calendar such as a new Name or Production Dates 4 Click OK The calendar copy will now be listed in the Calendar Manager Deleting a Calendar When a schedule is finalized calendars can be deleted from Calendar Manager 1 Select the calendar to be deleted 2 Click on the Delete icon 3 Click OK to delete NOTE A calendar cannot be deleted if it is being used by a Stripboard Changing the Default Calendar The default calendar is the calendar that will be used when creating a new Stripboard There can be only one designated default calendar for a schedule However this default calendar for a schedule can be changed NOTE The active calendar is the one that is used when printing reports The active calendar can be accessed by the drop dow
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40. 1 Tab to or click in the Scene s field and enter the scene number 2 Click in the Sheet field and enter 1 for a first sheet Tip The default for sheet numbering is Automatic To number sheets manually go to Edit Preferences Schedule Preferences Click in the Sheet Numbering field and choose Manual 3 Click in the Int Ext field and select from the list of options 4 To enter Set see below 5 Tab to or click in the Day Night field and select the appropriate time of day Day Hight Evening 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 43 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 6 Continue completing the rest of the fields Synopsis Pages Script Day Script Page Comments and Unit selection in the top half of a Breakdown Sheet NOTE The top edge of the Breakdown Sheet is bordered by a strip designated for that sheet Click on the strip to go directly to the corresponding strip on the Stripboard Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Wonderful Life Demo 5 msd File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Actions Window Help AO SS e y gt v V New Open Save Print Sheets Boar Elements Calendar Close All Help Breakdown Sheet e Es ie S 13 m b y Havigate By Active Board E V A VS Sheet Scene s Int Ext Set Day Hight ieee wsm e bmw J Synopsis eorge takes a cab ride Script Page s Script Day ni e p E E ET Location Est Time Comment s 3 bo En Elements Entering Set Sequence
41. 2 Click on either the Bold or Italicize icon available on the toolbar The Stripboard text will now be displayed with the new text style Section 8 Banner Day Break Area Text Edit Banner Day Break Area text appearance by accessing the Designer Settings window The sample text directly below the setting options will display the setting changes immediately after they are made From Strip Designer Click on the Designer Settings icon Strip Designer Vertical 11 The Designer Settings window will open 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 97 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Strip Layout Settings Hame Vertical 11 Orientation Vertical Horizontal v Display Est Time In Banners Width Height Header Width Carn G 3 C 14 12 O 15 C 5 8 C 18 C 3i Custom C Custom Font Banner v lang Je gt B I Sample Text Day Break Text nd of Shooting Day Shooting Day Shooting Date Pages Pages Shooting Day Shooting Date Pages Est Time Total Weekday Cancel Designer Settings Options First select whether the Banner Daybreak or Area text is to be modified Each selection has its own settings saved Font pee zs I IE Banner Day Break Area ext Modifying Text Settings Click on the field to reveal a drop down menu of font type options Click on the field to reveal a drop down menu of font size options Choose whether the text should be bol
42. 6 Section 5 Delete Red Fassi 66 Section 6 Viewing and Understanding Red Flag Entries and Calendars 67 Calendar View View Red Flags on Different Calendars nn00nnannnnnnnnnennnnnnnnennnnnnnnrnnnnnnne 67 Section 7 Red Flag Appearing on a Stripboard ocooncocnconcconcconccncncccconnconncnnnnnancnnronnronnnnanens 68 Chapter 9 Red Flag Manager ceeseeeseeeeeen nennen nnn nn nnn hne nnn nnn nnn rnnt 69 Section 1 Access the Red Flag Managger ceeseeeeseeeeeen nennen nennen nnn nnn nnns 69 Section 2 Add a El e E 69 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual iii Section 3 Access the Edit Red Flag Window cesses esee enne enne nnns 70 Section 4 Move a Flag Up within the List EN REENEN ERR EREE REENEN RENE 71 Section 5 Move Flag Down within the LliSt oocooncccnconnconnocacoccconconanonononnnonronnnonnnnanonannnanos 71 len 6 Deleted lada ia 71 Chapter 10 Image Manager isaac ds 73 Section 1 Access the Image Manager ncocccocccoccconcconcconononcnnronononncnnccnnronnnnnnrnarrnnrnnnrnnrenanenanes 73 Section 2 Add an Image to a Breakdown Sheet for a Scene 74 Resize the Thumbnail Image nennen nnne nnne nnnm nnne nnne nnn nnns 15 Section 3 Add a Name for an Image occoccconcconccoccconccnncnnconnconnnnnnnnnrnnnrnnnrnnnrnnrnnnrnanrnnnenarenanes 75
43. Animals 0 Animal Wrangler 0 Music 1 Sound 11 3 A dialog box will appear for confirmation of the Category deletion Delete Category Confirm 2 J Are you sure you want to delete the selected category s Click Yes to complete the deletion If the Category does not contain any Elements it will be deleted immediately from the Category Manager If the Category does contain Elements a warning will display and the Category will not be deleted ae Movie Magic Scheduling x A Category Vehicles contains elements and cannot be deleted Section 3 Rearranging Categories Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for the rearranging of the order in which Categories appear in a schedule Open the Category Manager Select the Category listing to be moved NO Category Name Cast Members 59 Background Actors 41 Props 99 Camera 0 Special Effects 11 Wardrobe 23 Animal Wrangler 0 Music 1 Sound 11 Art Department 0 Set Dressing 45 Greenery 2 Special Equipment 0 Security 0 Additional Labor 0 Visual Effects 4 Mechanical Effects 4 Miscellaneous 0 Notes 4 New Category 0 3 Click on either the upward or downward facing arrow button until the Category is in the correct position order 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 40 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 6 Breakdown Sheet The Breakdown Sheet is used to enter Elements onscreen
44. BBE a My Music B My Pictures E My Received Files O Snagtt Catalog Filename _________________ Open Files of type mage Files v Cancel 4 Navigate to the location where the replacement image is saved 5 Select the image 6 Click Open The replacement image will be added to the selected scene 7 Click the Close button to return to the Breakdown Sheet The replacement image will now be a part of the Breakdown Sheet representing the scene Section 5 Remove an Image from a Breakdown Sheet and Scene Images that are no longer needed may also be removed 1 Access the Image Manager 2 Select the scene where the image to be removed is located 3 Click on the Remove button 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 76 ap Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual The image will be immediately removed 4 Click the Close button to return to the Breakdown Sheet Image Manager Scene 111 Uncle Billy runs across street Scene 112 Uncle Billy speaks to Harry on phone Scene 113 George gives Violet money Scene 114 George called to see Uncle Billy Scene 115 Uncle Billy searches office frantically Scene 116 George searches safe Scene 117 George and Uncle Billy search street Scene 118 George tears through Uncle Billy s apartment Scene 119 120 121 122 124 126 George returns home to family angry and upset EEN ENE D CUPUE Lain J FOLLET UL CI Scene 129 George exits and dr
45. Boneyard Stripboard Manager co Calendar Manager Red Flag Manager Image Manager Day Out of Days Preferences Ctri Shift Semicolon 2 Click on the Stripboard Icon Windows only Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Wonderful Life Demo 5 msd File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Actions Window Help m el elei New Open Save Print Sheets Board Elements Calendar Close All The Stripboard window will open Stripboard Actor Scenario H lt gt T Ey QE 4 T x S Ze N GH Layout Horizontal C D Board Actor Scenario D Calendar 6 Day Week D Actor Scenario Stripboard 2ND Unit to shoot exteriors Sheet 15 Scenes BACK ROOM ORUGSTORE Gower discovers his mistake Scenes BAILEY S PRIVATE OFFICE 10 Potter and Peter Bailey fight George intervene Sheet 99 Scenes BANK Uncle Billy taunts Potter loses money Sheet 101 Scenes INT BANK 2 8 pgs 103 Day Uncle Billy searches pockets for money Company Move Sheet 84 Scenes EXT BATTLEFIELD 218 pgs Night Bert and his bayonet O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 81 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Tip Double click on a strip to access the corresponding Breakdown Sheet Section 6 Changing Layout Views Movie Magic Scheduling 5 remembers the last layout that was viewed in the Strip Layout field of a Stripboard The option is open to select a preferred Strip Layout For example the vertical view is more similar to
46. By Script Dated Script Version Page Setup Preview O Cancel 2 Make the necessary edits and changes to the Abbreviations settings NOTE Abbreviations can contain only one letter 3 Skip Names After First Page Select not to have the Element names repeat on every page 4 Print DOOD Select for DOODs Red Flags to appear on the report 5 Enter the information to appear in the report header and footer Do this by placing the cursor in one of the Header Footer fields and clicking on the buttons below or by typing in information NOTE The text boxes represent the left center and right areas of the header and footer There are two rows in the header area and one row in the footer O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 142 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 12 pt Arial Bold Today s Date Picture Title Page Page Number of Total Pages Report Name CT Footer 2 pt Arial Bold NOTE More than one type of information can be placed in each box by clicking additional buttons The information selected will appear as Interpreted Text which is standard text that is enclosed in curly braces The text between the curly braces refers to a set of established fields in the scheduling application When Interpreted Text is rendered the value of the named field replaces the Interpreted Text Picture Title Page Page Number of Total Pages Report Name 6 Click the Font button to change the fo
47. Daybreaks All of the Day Breaks will be deleted Section 7 Cut and Paste Strips may be cut and pasted within the Scheduled area and or the Boneyard 1 Select the strip to cut from the Scheduled area or Boneyard 2 Cutthe strip Three Methods 1 Click on the Cut icon Or Right click Mac CTRL click Select Edit and then Cut NO Or 1 Hit CTRL X Mac CMD X The cut strip will be shaded in gray with slanted lines End of Shooting Day 1 Monday April 6 2009 1 6 8 Pages Time Estimate 3 30 Sheet 131 Scenes EXT BAILEY HOME 12 8 pgs 152 Night George is rejected by his mother Scenes INT BACK ROOM DRUGSTORE Day Mr Gower hits George in a drunken fury Men sr LB E AES Le agg eg GE LALALA LLL LLO EL og Pg L M Me eee LLE Ce ELE EET yt E Ke E aia ne e 74 Cut Multiple Strips in Consecutive Order 1 Select the strip and hold down the Shift key 2 Click on the first strip of the range of strips above the selected strip to be cut The range of strips becomes highlighted 3 Use one of the methods described above under Cut to complete the process Cut Multiple Strips in Non Consecutive Order 1 Hold down the CTRL key Mac CMD key and select the strips to be cut 2 Use one of the methods described above under Cut to complete the process 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 108 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Pasting Strips This function allows f
48. Edit Red Flag New Flag Hame 3 Modify the flag name 4 Click OK to save Section 3 Access the Edit Red Flag Window 1 Right click Mac CTRL click on a flag name Select Open from the list of options Or Select a flag name 2 Click on the Edit Flag CTRL K Mac CMD K icon 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 70 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Travel DOOD 0 Or 1 Double click on a flag name The Edit Red Flag window will open Edit Red Flag New Flag Hame 2 Modify a flag name 3 Click OK to save Section 4 Move a Flag Up within the List 1 Selecta flag 2 From the toolbar click on the up arrow until the flag is moved to the desired location NOTE The first flag in the list can only move down The up arrow will be ghosted Section 5 Move Flag Down within the List 1 Selecta flag 2 From the toolbar click on the down arrow until the flag is moved to the desired location NOTE The last flag in the list can only move up The down arrow will be ghosted Section 6 Delete a Flag Three Methods 1 Right click Mac CTRL click on a flag name 2 Select Delete from the list of options Or 1 Select a flag name Click on the Delete Flag icon 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 71 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Red Flag Manager Or 1 Select a flag 2 Click on the Delete key A confirmation window will appear Movie
49. Location Est Time There are two methods to add entries to Set Sequence and Location This may be done directly onto the Breakdown Sheet or from the Element Manager window NOTE Est Time for a Breakdown Sheet cannot be entered from the Element Manager From the Breakdown Sheet 1 Tab to or click inside the Set Sequence Location or Est Time fields 2 Enter the correct information for that field 3 The new listing will be added to the current Breakdown Sheet and to that field s drop down menu of options allowing easy selection for future sheet pages Follow the same procedure for entering into all three fields Set Sequence and Location NOTE The drop down menu of options does not apply to the Est Time field 4 To change from decimal to 24hr go to Edit Preferences click on Schedule Preferences and choose Colon Schedule Preferences Breakdown Sheet Preferences Sheet Humbering Automatic D Time Displayed With Colon T Hide Element Boa Colon down Sheet Window Decimal Y Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet Y Goto Hext Breakdown Sheet Creates Sheet 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 44 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Insert Elements into the Breakdown Sheet Existing Elements can be inserted directly from the Breakdown Sheet Refer to Chapter 3 Element Quick Entry EQE for detailed information on creating and inserting Elements and using EQE NOTE Create a new Element direct
50. Ma Bailey s Boarding Set Dressing BEDROOM GEORGE Set FRONT PORCH OF HO Set GEORGE S HOLISE Set GRANVILLE HOUSE Set HALLWAY GEORGE S Set HOUSE Set House Owner Cast Members MARTIMI S NE HOUSE Set OLD GRAN VILLE HOU Set PORCH OF BAILEY H Set SIDE OF HOLISE Set TOLL HOLISE ON BRID Set Look in Sheets Y All listings that meet a search criterion will be listed immediately No Results There will be a notification in the No Find Results window if the search was unsuccessful No Find Results 1 Scheduling has finished searching The search item was not found Section 4 Find All Find Next Find Prev To find all instances of a Value click the Find All button unavailable for Look in Sheets option For the next or previous instance of a Value click on the corresponding button 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 119 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 16 Advanced Find There is the option to run a find with advanced search parameters The Advanced Find is based on a logic equation e g find all of B and or C if it is A Or it could be read as A z to B and or C Section 1 Access Advanced Find Two Methods 1 Click on the Advanced tab in the Find window 2 Select Find Advanced from the Edit menu Find Select Replace Find Advance d Find Replace Find Select Sheets or Strips Find Select Sheets or Strips in Sentence Form Read only Look in
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52. OMMAND A CTRL C Copy Text to Clipboard COMMAND C CTRL V Paste Text From Clipboard COMMAND V CTRL X Cut Text to Clipboard COMMAND X CTRL Z Undo Text Edit COMMAND A Z Preferences Window CTRL P Print View COMMAND P Select All Text Movie Magic Scheduling 5 N A Help Exit quit Application Breakdown Sheet Window SC CTRL 1 Goto First Sheet COMMAND 4 CTRL Right Goto Next Sheet COMMAND Right Goto Previous Sheet CTRL Left 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 8 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual o COMMAND 7 Left CTRL 4 Goto Last Sheet COMMAND 4 CTRL C Copy Elements to Clipboard COMMAND C Paste Elements From CTRL V Clipboard COMMAND V CTRL X Cut Elements to Clipboard COMMAND X l CTRL E Show Element Quick Entry COMMAND AE Show Breakdown Sheet CTRL Y Window COMMAND Y M CTRL L Show Element Linking COMMAND L CTRL K Show Red Flag Entry COMMAND K Element Manager Window Shortcut Key New Element CTRL B COMMAND B CTRL K Edit Element COMMAND K Stripboard Window Shortcut Key CTRL Insert Daybreak COMMAND Insert Banner i B COMMAND B CTRL X Cut Strips COMMAND X CTRL V Paste Strips COMMAND V COMMAND T uL COMMAND 6 Go to Beginning of CTRL 6 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 9 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Unscheduled COMMAND 6
53. P Scheduling file epsd to be opened Click Open DU TS A A copy of the EP Scheduling file will open converted into a Movie Magic Scheduling 5 MMS 5 0 file The original EP Scheduling file will remain intact Conduct a Save As to change the name of the new Movie Magic Scheduling 5 file and save any changes made in the new schedule The new saved file will now have a file extension of mmsd 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 150 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 23 Exporting to EP Scheduling 4 4 Create an export of a Movie Magic Scheduling 5 file to share with EP Scheduling 4 4 users 1 Go to File and select Export The Export window will open 2 EP Scheduling 4 4 is the default for the Export To field 3 Rename the file and or save the file to another location optional Click on Browse to locate an alternate location for the file 4 Click Save 5 A warning message will then display Click OK to continue EP Scheduling 4 4 Export Warning f Warning Details Warning Due to the advancements in Movie Magic Scheduling 5 05 00 324 some data loss may occur when exported to Scheduling 4 4 such as Strip and Report Layouts Red Flag Field in the strip and report layouts is not supported in EPS 4 4 and will be removed upon export Press OK to continue OK Cancel The file will be exported and will be accessible by EP Scheduling 4 4 users NOTE Due to advancements in Movie Magi
54. Prints a range of specific scene numbers from the active Stripboard SHEETS Prints a range of specific sheet numbers from the active Stripboard 6 Click on View for a print preview or click Print to print the strips immediately NOTE Page Setup options for printing strips are located on the Strip Designer toolbar 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 115 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 15 Find Tool The Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Find Tool is used for locating data that was entered into the Breakdown Sheet fields and displays the results on the Breakdown Sheet or Stripboard Depending on the find parameters set different buttons will be activated for each find type Section 1 Access Find Find Sheet Find Scene Find Advanced Find Replace 1 Go to Edit select Find CTRL F Mac CMD F The Find Select window will open Also located in the Find portion of the Edit menu are frequently accessed Find functions such as e Find Sheet CTRL F Mac CMD F e Find Scene CTRL G Mac CMD G e Find Next F3 e Find Advanced e Find Replace Section 2 Find Window Navigation The Find window comprises a series of drop down menus and buttons that allow for easy searching 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 116 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Find Select Replace LD xj Find Advanced Find Replace Field Condition Value Find ements containing 227
55. Scene Information 43 F Insert Elements EE 45 Find Tool 116 Merging SCOTS eessen ere 51 Advanced See Advanced Find Renumbering Sheets 53 Find All Next Previous ccccccccccceeee 119 Show Hide Empty Categories 49 Navlgatlon sineren 116 Breakdown Sheet Preferences 17 Search Elements 119 Using Tue BE 118 C Calend eege ee 54 G Access Calendar Manager ooooiociccon 94 Getting Started occcconcnccccccccccccnnccocnnconon 2 Additional Calendars 99 OSS ET 155 Building a Calendar o6 Changing Default 60 H Creating a Calendar 54 Default coooccocociocococonnonononcononcnnonnnrnnonnnroso 54 Header Board See Stripboard NI e RN DU Duplicating eeeen 59 Production A 58 insert New Elements to Breakdown Shesto Renaming a Calendar 55 Category Manager M Creating New Categoortes 38 Deleting a Category 39 Merge Cheese 51 Duplicating a Category 39 Movie MagicSee Opening Movie Magic Files Edit Category cccooccocccccccccccconcccncnnononononos 36 Rearranging Categories 40 N Creating New Categories 38 Creating New Elements from Element Navidation
56. Sheet for a particular scene 1 Select the scene 2 Click on the Add button The Select image window will open Select image for Scene 73 24 152 12 Establishing Bailey Park Look in a My Documents 57 BERI a My Music B My Pictures E My Received Files O Snagtt Catalog Filename 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 Open Files of type mage Files v Cancel 3 Navigate to the location where the image to be added is stored 4 Select the image 5 Click Open The thumbnail image will be displayed in the upper left of the window Image Manager George amp Mary s violent lovemaking Sam calls for George Sam talks to George on phone George and Mary talk to Sam Mrs Hatch hangs up phone George and Mary fight then kiss George and Mary exit their wedding Ma Bailey and Annie talk George and Mary talk of honeymoon fantasy Anxious crowd outside bank George reacts to the bank crowd George greets the bank mob George confronts Uncle Billy about locked door George learns of stock crash 57 598 61 Potter speaks to George on phone about crash 58 60 52 George speaks to Potter about crash George pleads with worried bank crowd The bank closes for the day Celebration George talks to his new wife on phone Establishing house George enters Bert and Poster Man work in rain Scene 68 70 George enters his new home speechless Scene 69 71 B
57. Sul RZ 46 Pasat A anal 4 Urs Thom paon de Posner Van SO Schurz 1 Ur Reneman S2 hura 1 Bank Tale 1O x Scale Contents D 4 Real Estate 43 Insurance Agent 44 Suitor 1 45 Suitor 2 46 Passerby 4T Randall 48 Mrs Thompson 49 Poster Man 50 Schultz 51 Mr Reineman 52 Nurse 53 Bank Teller 54 Mr Welch 55 Owner User Manual 4 Click on the Print icon to print or on the PDF icon to create a PDF of the report NOTE If there is a large report to print test print one page to see if the report is printing according to the intended size At any time it is possible to increase or decrease the size of a report by moving the scaling bar farther to the left or right O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 129 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Chapter 18 Report Design User Manual The design of reports may be changed including the layout and content The same design tools are applicable for both Strip Layout and Report Layout design Please refer to Chapter 13 Strip Designer for detailed information using the design tools To access the Report Layout Manager 1 Goto Design and select Report Layout CTRL R Mac CMD R The Report Layout Manager will open SE eh A AA E yy Hame A Breakdown Sheet 1 Breakdown Sheet 2 Cast List Cast Personnel Information Category By Day Report Extras By Day Report Location List One Line Schedule 1 One Line Schedule 2 aa List
58. The ID List Properties window will open 2 Select the Category the ID List box is to represent ID List Properties V Wrap Text Draw Box Page Number Pages Draw Line Below Red Flag _ Draw Line Above 3 Click OK The selected Category will now appear in the ID List box Editing the Element Sum Field Element Sum fields display the total number of Elements of a specific Category An Element Sum field on a strip layout can display numbers text or both numbers and text Double click on the Element Sum box in the Strip Designer Element Sum Properties Element Sum wrap Text 7 Draw Box Draw Line Above 7 Draw Line Below Select Category Background Actors C Count v Supress Zero Totals C Text E Text Count Cancel The Element Sum Properties window will open Select one of the three options Count Text or Text Count If Text or Text Count is selected enter the desired text in the box to the right To suppress display of a sum of zero choose to suppress zero totals Click OK ERARA 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 91 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Adding New Element Boxes from the Strip Element List Add new Element boxes to a Strip Layout by selecting from the side list of information Elements NOTE This will not replace a current Element box Instead it will create a new one 1 Select and drag an Element name from the list to the area on the st
59. WONDERFUL LIFE Prepared By Timing men a Mise 2 men a men a L Episode Ho Script Dated arch 4 1947 Cancel The Production Info window will open Enter the correct information in the fields provided Picture Title Director etc Click OK QN Stripboard Actor Scenario T 3 Page Count IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE Director Frank Capra Producer Frank Capra Assistant Director Arthur Black Script Dated March 4 1947 The Header Board will immediately display the information entered for Production Info The Production Info will also appear in the schedule reports The production cast list with Stripboard ID numbers is also available on the Stripboards vertical layout view Stripboard Actor Scenario T Ey TES Page Count IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE Director Frank Capra Producer Assistant Director Script Dated RX Frank Capra Athur Black March 4 1947 No GR Bilh M Gower gt gt gt TE Ber a Fanie Cousin Eustace He E ete Baile 22 Ae EE E sam Wainwright 24 enen dS e 7 28 Toma Bailey Sd Charlie E yanis Baley Ae C 2 Zuzu Bailey 83 Gett e M M ate Pics Ionmer uan 1 Jane Wainwright 3 JTelleeper 9 CT ME Hi e Hi Principal Lawyer
60. Warning Show Welcome Screen at Start up Create Element Without Warning Customize Toolbar Text Option show Text Labels e Icon Option show Large Icons OK Cancel Section 2 Setting Schedule Preferences Schedule Preferences are saved to each individual schedule This is opposed to Application Preferences which are independent of which schedule is open Select the Schedule Preferences tab at the top of the Preferences window Preferences Application Preferences Schedule Preferences Breakdown Sheet Preferences S Geht Sheet Numbering Automatic 7 Enable Security Time Displayed With Colon Password Confirm Password V Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet JV Goto Next Breakdown Sheet Creates Sheet Element Linking Preferences Insert Linked Elements Automatically v Remove Linked Elements atte Confirmation Y Sheet Numbering Mode Movie Magic Scheduling 5 has the option to use either automatic or manual Breakdown Sheet numbering 1 Click to select the preferred numbering option from the drop down menu Preferences Application Preferences Schedule Preferences Breakdown Sheet Preferences e eie d Sheet Numbering Automatic D Enable Security Time Displayed With Automatic Manual Password v Hide Element Board IDs in Breakdown Sheet Window Confirm Password v Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet V Goto Hext Breakdown Sheet Creates Sheet 2 Click OK Di
61. a Description Optional Enter a Description Optional Enter the Script Version Select Deselect Allow Multiple Day Breaks option See the Glossary Click OK SLD ES Edit Stripboard New Stripboard Hame ew Stripboard Calendar 5 Day Week Actor Unavailable Default Calendar New Calendar Script Version Allow Muttipte Day Breaks Description 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 79 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual The new Stripboard will be immediately listed in the Stripboard Manager It will also be accessible from the Board drop down menu on the Stripboard navigation bar Stripboard Manager Actor Scenario 6 Day Week Apr 1 2009 May 6 2009 A Default Striboard New Calendar Sep 23 2009 Sep 22 2009 A xample Stripboard 5 Day Week Apr 6 2009 Apr 5 2009 H Location Scenario 6 Day Week Apr 1 2009 Jun 3 2009 scene Order 5 Day Week Apr 5 2009 Apr 5 2009 O Stripboard Example Stripboard Si A4 ee S ag ad e 2 Forzas gt age Stinboara Ess E T PN m QE Ki P K p GG Layout Horizontal C Board Example Stripboard Calendar 5 Day Week Location Scenario Example Stripboard Stripboard Example Stripboard BEEN Actor Scenario Default Striboard Scene Order Renaming a Stripboard The default name for new Stripboards is New Stripboard Access the Edit Stripboard window for the Stripboard to be renamed Click to highlight the current name in the Name field Type a new na
62. ailable Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 22 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 23 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 24 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable Red Flag Manager Adding New Sheets From the Breakdown Sheet Merge Sheets Renumber Sheets Breakc own Sheet 2 lt gt biet D uplicate Sheet Add Sheet 1 Click on the Add Sheet icon CTRL B Mac CMD B The position order of the newly added Breakdown Sheet depends on the New Strip Position on Default Stripboard selection in Application Preferences Refer to Chapter 2 Schedule Setup for more detailed information on Application Preferences A new strip will automatically be inserted automatically into the Stripboard for the new Breakdown Sheet Refer to Chapter 8 Stripboards for more detailed information on managing the Stripboard Merging Sheets Merging Breakdown Sheets combines the information from two different sheets into one single sheet The Breakdown Sheet being merged into or are on takes precedence The only Categories that will change as a result of the merge are Sheet Scene and Elements The resulting Breakdown Sheet will be numbered according to the Schema selected while setting up Schedule Preferences From the Breakdown Sheet 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 51 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 1 Navigate to the Breakdown Sheet where the other Breakdown Sheet is to be me
63. am temp tete IU E utate ete date d cu Ta das ec 18 Removed Linked Elements E 18 Chapter 3 Element Quick Entry asciiinsiaa ii idad ENEE 19 secti n T Opening QUICK ENUY dE 19 NSE REMOVE BUON EE 20 Section 2 Creating New Elements with Element Quick Entry 21 Insert New Elements to Breakdown Sheet 22 Insert Existing Elements to a Breakdown heet 22 Section 3 Direct Insert of Elements at the Breakdown Sheet Keyboard Method 23 Directly Insert a New Element into a Breakdown Sheet 23 Insert a New Element in a Specific Hoston nnn 24 Directly Insert an Existing Element into a Breakdown Gheei 24 Chapter 4 Element Manager eeseeeeeeeeeseen nennen nnn nnn nne nnn nnn nnn nnns 26 Section 1 Access the Element Manager 1eeeeseeeseeeeeeeee eene nn nnne nnn nnn nnns 26 Section 2 Edit Element Window 1 KENNEN ERKENNEN REENEN REENEN REENEN anna ennnen nnan 27 Access Edit Element VVIDIQOW actos aio 27 Section 3 Creating New Elements from Element Manager 29 Duplicating Elements iii 30 dB A A 31 Section 4 Sorting in Element Manager occoccconnccconiccnconaconcnconcconnronncnnnnnonarenancnnarenarenarennnnnnans 31 AEE Ta Fe RSS one PLE ETE 32 Renumbering Elements 32 Merding o E a a a a 33 Section 5 Moving in Element Manager sees ERR ENNER E
64. and hold down the Shift Key 2 Click on the first strip of the range of strips above the selected strip to be deleted The range of strips becomes highlighted 3 Use one of the methods described above under Delete a Strip to complete the process Delete Multiple Strips in Non Consecutive Order 1 Hold down the CTRL key Mac CMD Key and select the strips to be deleted 2 Use one of the methods previously described under Delete a Strip to delete the strips Section 9 Click and Drag Strips A quick method to move strips is by clicking and dragging Transfer them back and forth as needed between the active Schedule and the Boneyard Move a Strip from the Boneyard to the Active Schedule 1 With both the Boneyard and the Scheduled area windows open select the strip to be moved from the Boneyard to the active Schedule 2 Click and drag the strip to the desired location on the board 3 Release the mouse button to drop the strip into its new location Move a Strip from the Active Schedule to the Boneyard 1 With the Scheduled area and Boneyard windows open select the strip to be moved from the active Schedule to the Boneyard 2 Click and drag the strip to the desired location on the Boneyard 3 Release the mouse button to drop the strip into its new location 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 110 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 10 Reordering Strips Reordering Strips function allows for placing str
65. appearance Optional e Double click on the Color Palette button to change the font color Optional 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 106 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Click on a color e Click OK to accept the color 4 Click OK in the Edit Box when done The new customized Banner will now be added to the Stripboard Modify a Customized Banner 1 Double click on the Banner The Edit Box will open 2 Make modifications 3 Click OK to accept the changes Copy a Banner or Day Break Highlight the Banner or Day Break Right click Mac CTRL click on the Banner or Day Break Select Edit Copy CTRL C Mac CMD C Select the position where the Banner or Day Break is to be pasted Paste V the Banner or Day Break a Nc The Banner or Day Break will be pasted underneath the highlighted row which may be a strip another Banner or Day Break Section 5 Delete a Day Break or Banner 1 Select the Day Break or Banner to be deleted Delete the selected Day Break or Banner Two Methods e Hit the Delete key on the keyboard e Right click Mac CTRL click and select Edit then Delete The selected Banner Day Break will be deleted immediately Section 6 Delete All Day Breaks Two Methods 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 107 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 1 Click on the Delete All Day Breaks icon 2 Right click Mac CTRL click and select Delete then All
66. ategory window The default fields may be used or a new filed can be created by accessing the Edit Category window Often these fields are used for cast addresses Section 3 Creating New Elements from Element Manager 1 Click on the Category where the new Element is to be located 2 Click on the New icon 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 29 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Element Manager New Element Vehicles New Element Element Name flewElemenf Board ID TC Lockm Exclude From Stripboard Day Out of Days Allow Hold Days 7 Allow Drop Pickup Days Min Days Between Drop Pickup Usage Total Occurrences 0 Red Flag Occurrences 0 Active Schedule Start Finish Total Days Element Properties Hotes A New Element window will open 3 Type the name of the new Element in the Element Name field 4 Enter a Board ID Cast ID number If a Board ID is not entered the new Element will appear at the end of the current list of Elements within the selected Category 5 Complete the rest of the fields optional 6 Click OK The New Element will be added immediately to the list Duplicating Elements 1 Select the Element to be duplicated 2 Click on the Duplicate icon The Edit Element window for that Element Duplicate will open The Element Name and ID number can be changed at this time 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 30 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Ed
67. aved Strip Layouts e Board Allows easy swapping between saved Stripboards e Calendar Allows easy swapping between saved Calendars Element Manager Toolbar Creates a new Element Opens the selected Element Info window for editing Creates duplicate of selected Element Deletes selected Element s Reassigns Stripboard ID numbers to Elements according to current list order Combines two distinct Elements into one Element only available when two or more Elements are selected Allows for easy movement of Elements between Categories 2009 Entertainment Partners Page A Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Opens Element Linking window L lopens Red Flag Entry window Reveals a drop down menu of Element sorting options Moves a selected Element up in the list only available in Manual Sort Moves a selected Element down in the list only available in Manual Sort Window Navigation Windows can be arranged automatically on a scheduling desktop by selecting either Tile Vertically or Cascade from the Window menu The Window menu also offers quick access to all open windows on a scheduling desktop Tile Vertically Each window will be automatically resized to fill and fit the screen The windows do not overlap and are placed directly next to each other 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 5 User Manual Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Jo xi stripboard actorScena E lt gt bs LD Actor Scenario Stripboard
68. ay The Holidays total between the Element s start and finish days The Element s scheduled start date The Element s scheduled finish date TOTAL The sum of the Work Hold and Company Travel totals for the Element 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 141 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Day Out of Days Preferences Abbreviations used in a Day Out of Days report may be edited and preferences can be set to skip the names after the first page It is also possible to determine what information will be displayed in the headers and footers of the report To access the Day Out of Days Preferences window 1 Goto the Schedule menu select Day Out of Days Preferences CTRL Shift Mac CMD Shift Schedule Design Actions Window Help Stripboard Ctrl U LL 273 Boneyard Stripboard Manager 2 Calendar Manager Red Flag Manager Image Manager Day Out of Days Preferences Ctri Shift Semicolon The Day Out of Days Preferences window will open Day Out of Days Preferences Abbreviations Start Hold Pickup P Holiday T Skip Names After First Page Work Drop Finish Co Travel Travel DOOD Rehearsal DOOD Fitting DOOD Print DOOD Header 12 pt Arial Bold Picture Title Page Page Number of Total Pages Time Report Name Footer 12 pt Arial Bold Time Today s Date Page Number Total Pages File Name Report Name Company Episode No Picture Title Prepared
69. b CTRL 7 Previous Strip Design COMMAND 7 Next Strip Design MAS 8 Previous Stripboard EE 9 CTRL 0 Next Stripboard COMMAND 0 CTRL 2 Previous Calendar COMMAND 2 CTRL 3 Next Calendar COMMAND 3 Calendar Manager Window Shortcut Key CTRL B New Calendar COMMAND B CTRL K Edit Calendar COMMAND K NOTE The Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Quick Tips Card contains a list of all Shortcut Keys One Quick Tips Card is included with each boxed Movie Magic Scheduling 5 program A printable Quick Tips Card in PDF format is also downloadable from www ep com at no charge Section 4 Starting a New Schedule Begin the scheduling process by creating a new schedule Use a template or open an existing schedule Once created and saved all schedules can be easily accessed Creating a New Schedule from a Template Movie Magic Scheduling 5 offers the ability to create a schedule from a template 1 Goto the File menu and select New Schedule from Template Select an MMS Template File xi in E Templates sl amp oa Default Template MMS Template files mst mmst epst 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 10 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2 Select a schedule Template 3 Click Open A new schedule will be created that has the same Category Strip Color Settings Strip and Report Design as the template Opening a Pre Existing Schedule To open a schedule that has already been created
70. ble at this point 6 If an exported file was saved elsewhere click the down arrow at the Look in box and navigate to the location of the exported file 7 Select the file to be imported and click on the Open button 8 The file will be imported and will appear alphabetically in the list with the existing Strip Layouts and is immediately available for use 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 148 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 21 Importing Files Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows users to import data from Script Export sex files as well as Final Draft 8 FDX files To import a Script Export file 1 Open the schedule or open a new schedule from a template where sex files are to be imported 2 Goto File and select Import 3 Select the Script file to import into Movie Magic Scheduling 5 File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Actio New Schedule From Template Ctrl M n Schedule se Schedule Ki Ope X Clos e Save Save As A 4 Click Import 5 All of the Categories set descriptions and Elements from that Script file will be imported into the active schedule 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 149 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 22 Opening EP Scheduling Files Open EP Scheduling files directly in Movie Magic Scheduling 5 To open an EP Scheduling File Go to File select Open Schedule CTRL O Mac CMD O The Schedule File window will open Select the E
71. c Scheduling 5 not all enhancements are supported in EP Scheduling 4 4 Red Flags are not supported in the strip and report layouts 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 151 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 24 Opening Movie Magic Scheduling Classic Files Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for opening Classic Movie Magic Scheduling files directly in the application as if they were a Movie Magic Scheduling 5 file To open a Classic Movie Magic Scheduling Classic file Go to File and select Open Schedule CTRL O Mac CMD O The Schedule File window will open Select the Classic Movie Magic Scheduling file mms to be opened Click Open p Veh A copy of the selected Classic Movie Magic Scheduling file will be converted into a Movie Magic Scheduling 5 file with an msd file extension The original Classic Movie Magic Scheduling file will remain intact Conduct a Save As to change the name of the new Movie Magic Scheduling 5 file and to save any changes made in the new schedule 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 152 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 25 Exporting to Classic Movie Magic Scheduling 3 7 It is possible to create an export of a Movie Magic Scheduling 5 file to share with Classic Movie Magic Scheduling 3 7 users 1 Go to File select Export The Export window will open 2 Select Classic Movie Magic Scheduling 3 7 for the Export To field 3 Rename the file and or save t
72. ce Find is clicked Find Buttons e Find Locates the first occurrence of the data e Find Next Locates the next occurrence of the data e Find All Locates all occurrences of the data not active for Look in Sheets option Section 3 Using Find 1 Select an option from the Field drop down menu 2 Specify a Condition 3 Specify a Category in which to search active for Element find only 4 Specify a Value Two Methods e Type in the Value to search for e Select the Element to search for available for Element search only 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 118 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 5 Select a Look in option located in the lower left of the Find window 6 Click a Find button Find All for Stripboard option or hit the Enter key on the keyboard Search Elements For Element searches the options can be initially narrowed by conducting a search within the Element list This search is also helpful for identifying duplicate entries of the same Element 1 Select Element from the Field menu 2 Specify the Condition for the search 3 Specify the Category in which to search Selecting All Categories will yield the most results 4 Select or enter an Element for the Value field 5 Click the Search Elements button Find Select Replace Find Advanced Find Replace Field Condition Value one gt Containing Category All Categories Board ID Element Category
73. ck Entry select from the Element list the Element to be inserted 2 Click on the Insert button Or 1 From Element Quick Entry double click on the Element to be inserted from the Element list Or 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 22 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 1 From Element Quick Entry select from the Element list the Element to be inserted and press the space bar Section 3 Direct Insert of Elements at the Breakdown Sheet Keyboard Method Keystroke users in Movie Magic Scheduling 5 have the option of adding new and existing Elements to a Breakdown Sheet without leaving the keyboard Directly Insert a New Element into a Breakdown Sheet 1 Use the Tab key to access the Elements section of the Breakdown Sheet 2 Use the arrow keys to navigate to the Category where the new Element is to be inserted 3 Harry 3 Harry 4 Uncle Billy B Mr Gower The selected Category will be highlighted and outlined 3 Hold down the Ctrl Key I Mac COMMAND I A blank row will be inserted directly underneath the Category name 4 n the blank row type the name of the new Element 5 Type a semicolon at the end of a new Element name 6 Hit the Enter key 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 23 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual The new Element will be added at the end of the list of Elements for the Category Press the ESC key to exit the field Inser
74. ck Yes Unlinking an Element from an Anchor Element 1 Select highlight the Anchor Element in the left column that has the linked Element to be unlinked 2 Select highlight the Element in the right column that is to be unlinked 3 Click the Remove Element button 4 A confirmation window will appear Click Yes Element Linking Preferences There are several Preferences that can be set up for Element Linking to help with adding and removing linked Elements 1 Goto Edit select Preferences CTRL Mac CMD Preferences Breakdown Sheet Preferences Security IT Enable Security Password Confirm Password Sheet Humbering Automatic v Time Displayed With colon Y 7 Hide Element Board IDs in Breakdown Sheet Window v Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet V Goto Next Breakdown Sheet Creates Sheet Element Linking Preferences Insert Linked Elements Automatically Y Remove Linked Elements After Confirmation e OK Cancel 2 Select the Schedule Preferences tab 3 There are two drop downs menus that pertain to Element Linking 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 48 Elements Cast Members sam s Black Town Car l8 Cousin Eustace Props l6 Annie 50 3 Highballs 12 Ma Bailey 6 6 Shovels l George 3l Banquet Plates Background Actors Special Effects 20 Townspeople Snow 20 Restaurant Patrons Crackling Fire 20 Onlookers Opening Dance Floor 15 Train Passengers Wardrobe Stunt
75. ck on the Element Quick Entry icon Windows only Element Quick Entry v Add New Elements to Breakdown Sheet Elements List The Element Quick Entry window will immediately open The Element Quick Entry window comprises e Element Entry Field and Category List e Elements List e Action Buttons Element Entry Field Category List Element Quick Entry Find or Create new Elements by typing into the Element Entry field Indicate the Category an Element is to be part of by selecting from the Category list drop down menu of options 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 19 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Automatically add newly created Elements to the current Breakdown Sheet by selecting the Add New Elements to Breakdown Sheet option The entire list of existing Elements for the schedule is listed in the Elements list Newly created Elements will immediately appear in the Elements list Elements that are part of the current Breakdown Sheet are noted by a green checkmark The Action Buttons provide an alternate method to performing Element Quick Entry functions such as creating finding or deleting an Element Tip When deleting more than one Element hold down the CTRL COMMAND key to select multiple Elements Insert Remove Button The Insert Button and the Remove Button is the same button Selecting a checked element on the Element List will activate the Remove button a
76. common set of properties Categories determine the manner in which Elements are grouped on Breakdown Sheets and also the properties that are available to be set for each Element Day Break See Day Break Strip Day Break Strip 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 155 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Day Breaks are a special type of strip that are placed onto a Stripboard to represent the boundaries of a single day All the strips between two Day Breaks are scheduled to be shot in a single day Delete Delete exclusively refers to the complete removal of a component Breakdown Sheet Element etc from a schedule see also Remove Design Design items are those items related to the design and layout of certain components strips reports Categories etc that can be imported or exported independently of the schedule itself Day Out of Days Day Out of Days is a report that shows the status of an Element for individual days within a schedule Drop Day In a Day Out of Days report this is the last day that an Element works in a schedule immediately prior to a temporary lay off Drop Exempt In a Day Out of Days report a state that indicates an Element cannot be dropped cannot have drop days Drop Value In a Day Out of Days report a numeric value that tells the application when a day may be considered as a possible drop day for an element within a schedule Element An Element is a person thing or
77. ction 1 Access FING E 116 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual V A a EE E O E E 117 leie le EEN 117 EE 117 A a a a a a a 117 Seleh EE 118 LOOK la 118 PNO BUON Scena LT rc 118 Section Using FIN ini A A 118 Search Els Mens 119 INO Resule cana a dl aetbuent 119 Section 4 Find All Find Next Find PrevV occococcocoococonconcoconcnconcanoncancaroncnnnnrnaranoronrnararanes 119 Chapter 16 Advanced FINO i 120 Section 1 Access Advanced Find 5 seriei vedere cudebu sve ou vela aya Nee eg ee kk o aya du ak Ue 120 Section 2 Advanced Find Navigation eceeeseeeseeesieeeee eene en nnnm n nnn REENEN 120 Find S lect Sheets or Sl EE 120 Add Remove BUWONS EE 121 Find Select Sheets or Strips Sentence Form Read Onhy 121 Wed TER 121 PNG A E MEER 122 Section 3 Using Advanced FING 5 coron di 122 Additional Search El ME 123 Section 4 FING REDIACC EE 123 ACCESS FING REDAC EEN 124 Use let See 124 Chapter T7 Reports 126 section 1T Printllid IReDOFIS uui oui dox baa ended xd aun eines seated v nbus e ipee 126 Access Pridu REDONS E 126 Section 2 Generating RepOLFTts EE 126 munde y t E TEES 126 VIEW REDONS AA e a T a T a a a 126 oection 3 Print VIEW Print SCAN ita 127 Scale DY AGC EE 128 Scale DY Contents oie id ede 128 Chapter 18 Report Deet He ee Seege ai 130 SECtION 1 Report DeSIOBE iaa 130 Accessing Repon DESING EE EE 130 Repo Designer Kale EE 131 ZO ON sie
78. d or italicized Select the justification options Click OK a oN The changes will be applied immediately to a schedule once the layout is saved Font bssmc wa RUBI E Sample Text Day Break Text nd of Shooting Day Shooting Day Shooting Date Pages Pages Shooting Day Shooting Date Pages Est Time Total Weekday Cancel Day Break Text 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 98 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Text that appears in the Daybreak of each created strip layout is customizable It can include Interpreted Text which will automatically populate with information from the schedule There are five buttons that will generate the Interpreted Text located at the bottom of the window 1 Include Interpreted Text entry in the Day Break Text field 2 Include the Shooting Day by choosing Shooting Day 3 Include the Shooting Date by choosing Shooting Date 4 Include Pages by choosing Pages 5 Include the Est estimated Time Total by choosing Est Time Total 6 Include the Weekday by choosing Weekday Strip Size Resize the strips by selecting from pre set heights and widths or enter a custom size From the Strip Designer 1 Click on the Designer Settings icon Strip Designer ertical 11 v Display Est Time In Banners Header Width O a O 14 C 15 18 Ce Custom Sample Text Day Break Text nd of Shooting Day Shooting Day Shooting Date Pages Pages
79. d then click on the Edit icon Calendar Manager 5 Day Week B Day Week Prep Start Jun 4 2008 Apr 1 2008 Actor Unavailable May 7 2008 Prod Start Apr 5 2008 Apr 1 2008 Apr 15 2008 Sep 23 2009 End Of Prod End Post Apr 5 2009 Jun 3 2009 May 19 2008 Jun 3 2009 May 28 2008 May 28 2009 Oct 23 2009 Oct 23 2009 Edit Calendar Default Calendar Hame Default Calendar Days Off F Sun TF Mon IT Tue FT wed Thu Fri T Sat Special Days D K C Co Travel f C Holiday September 2009 Se C Day Off C Hone Production Dates Prep Start 09 23 2009 e Go Prod Start 09 23 2009 e Go End of Prod 10 23 2009 Go End Post 0 23 2009 Go cos Creating Additional Calendars Several calendars can be created to view different versions of a schedule From the Calendar Manager 1 Click on the New icon Calendar Manager Prep Start Prod Start End Of Prod End Post Default Calendar Sep 23 2009 Sep 23 2009 Oct 23 2009 Oct 23 2009 Actor Unavailable May 7 2008 Apr 15 2009 May 28 2009 May 26 2009 B Day Week Apr 1 2008 Apr 1 2008 Jun 3 2008 Jun 3 2008 5 Day Week Jun 4 2008 Apr 6 2009 Apr 5 2009 May 19 2008 A new blank calendar will immediately open Renaming Calendar The default name for newly created calendars is New Calendar From the Calendar Manager 1 Access the calendar to be renamed 2 Click to select highlight the current name in the Name field
80. d time of day This feature is useful for assigning contrasting colors to the strips and strip text to make the text more visible From the Stripboard Page 102 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 1 Go to Design on the menu bar and select Strip Colors The Strip Colors window will open NOTE Buttons to select either Background or Text are located in the lower left of the Strip Colors window 2 Select the Text option in the lower left of the window Ge Background C Text The Text Color editing window will be activated 3 Click the box that corresponds to the strip to assign it text color 4 From the color palette click on the color wanted for that strip s text The selected strip s text will now be displayed in the chosen color 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 103 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 14 Scheduling Strips When a Stripboard is initially accessed all of the strips are housed in the Scheduled Area unless the preference is set to place them in the Boneyard see the Preferences section for more info If there are no strips in the Scheduled Area may have to move them from the Boneyard to the Scheduled Area 1 Access the Boneyard Click on the Show Boneyard icon 2 Select all strips CTRL A Mac CMD A 3 Click and drag them to the Scheduled Area in the Stripboard window Section 1 Tool Icons Insert Day Break Delete All Day Breaks Reorder Strips
81. dd Element Remove Element Anchors List Linked Elements List Active Anchor Name temen Category peard enen Category Preferences For further information about creating Anchor Elements go to Chapter 6 Breakdown Sheet Adding Red Flags Click on the Red Flag icon y This action will bring up the Red Flag Entry Table Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range 3 Select Flag cast members y September 2009 Cousin Eustace Jane Wainwright Enter Hote El Calendar View Red Flags Only Y Red Flags In Use 5 0 Flags Selected Misc 2nd unit not available all day Cast Members Mr Potter Travel DOOD Traveling to Toronto Cast Members Mr Gower Travel DOOD Traveling to Toronto Location Stage 2 Unavailable Stage 2 being fumagated Camera Test Will be testing Genesis camera today Update Cancel Delete Red Flag Manager For further information about creating Red Flags please go to Chapter 8 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 35 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 5 Category Manager In the Category Manager there are a wide range of options for editing and defining the settings for Categories Go to Design and select Category Manager Cast Members 59 Background Actors 41 Stunts 10 Vehicles 10 Props 99 Camera 0 Special Effects 11 Animal Wrangler 0 Music 13 Sound 11 Art Department 0 Set Dressing 45 Greene
82. ds Apply to Existing Eleme _ Exclude from Stripboard _ Apply to Existing Eleme _ Allow DOOD Drop Pickup Apply to Existing Eleme _ Allow DOOD Hold Days _ Apply to Existing Eleme Min Days Between Drop Pickup Apply to Existing Eleme Hame Case Apply to Existing Eleme A new Edit Category window will open 2 Enter the new Category Name 3 Complete the selections in the Edit Category window and click OK to save The newly created Category will appear immediately in the Breakdown Sheet and Category Manager Duplicating a Category From the Category Manager 1 Select the Category to be duplicated 2 Click on the Duplicate icon or right click Mac CTRL click and select Duplicate Category 3 The Edit Category window for the duplicate will display 4 Make all the necessary Element Default selections 5 Click OK 6 The new Category duplicate will immediately appear in the Breakdown Sheet and Category Manager listing Deleting a Category From the Category Manager 1 Select the Category to be deleted 2 Click on the Delete icon or right click Mac CTRL click and select Delete Category 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 39 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Category Manager nl sl 3 BIg Category Name Cast Members 59 Background Actors 41 Stunts 10 Vehicles 10 Props 99 Camera 0 Special Effects 11 Wardrobe 23 Makeup Hair 2
83. e Operator field and select from the drop down menu Click on the Value field and enter or select from the drop down menu A Value drop down menu is available only for those lines where the Field selection corresponds to Breakdown Sheet fields that also feature a drop down menu such as Sequence Location Unit Select a Look in option 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 122 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 6 Click Find then Find Next or Find AII Find Select Replace Find Advanced Find Replace Find Select Sheets or Strips Field Operator Sheet Equal To Find Select Sheets or Strips in Sentence Form Read only FIHD the scheduled strips on WHICH the Sheet Equal To THEN MOVE the scheduled strips to the Beginning Of the Scheduled Area The Find results will appear in the specified format Additional Search Parameters Additional entries may be made to the Advanced Find list with different search parameters e And The Find tool will only find Elements that meet both the first and the additional entry parameters This usually yields fewer results because the Elements must meet both parameters at the same time e Or The Find tool will find Elements that meet either the first OR additional entry parameters This usually yields more results because the Elements can meet either search parameter After entering the first Find entry as detailed above 1 Select And or Or from the And Or drop d
84. e PDF icon to create a PDF of the report Mac The PDF option is available in the print dialog Click Print and then Save as PDF Scale by Contents The contents selection adds more content to the page as it scales down and removes content as it scales up This is helpful for fitting more information on the page before printing 1 Click in the Scale field and select Contents 2 Drag the scaling bar to the left to decrease the size of the contents 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 128 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Horizontal A Page 1 of 7 DM4 CAST MEMBERS 10909 Yam AA Man A8 Sam Vialnwright 25 Marl Yarn ER 4 unck Aly SMr Power EG Mr Gower T Emle 3 Ber Sloe Y Clamnoe 13 Urs nach t ur Manni fCoudn TIN Annk 35 Prndpal M Grumpy Oh Ma dune Vialmwrighr TT Berg blk fCoudn Eusuco Cd 20 Pete Baloy Horizontal A Page 1 of 16 gt m CAST MEMBERS 1 George 2 Mary 3 Harry 4 Uncle Billy 5 Mr Potter 6 Mr Gower 7 Ernie 8 Bert 9 Joe 10 Clarence 11 Violet 12 Ma Bailey 13 Mrs Hatch 14 Mr Martini 15 Cousin Till 4 0000 Mar 2 Camor 40 Mk ge M nk Baley 1 Nier M chale 12 42 Balky M TOW Mum Bdle 21 Goon 22 Carter 23 Marty 24 Sam Wainwright 25 Maria Martini 26 Ed 27 Freddie 28 Nick 29 Tommy Bailey 30 Janie Bailey 31 Charlie 32 Tom 33 Zuzu Bailey 34 Dr Campbell 35 Mr Carter 42 Real Faas Sakanan 43 Parano Agat 44 3ul0or ki
85. e Strip Layout Allows swapping between Strip Layouts Board Actor Scenario Y Location Scenario Scene Order Actor Scenario Calendar Allows swapping between different Calendars 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 104 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 2 Scheduling a Day Break This is an essential step A Day Out of Days report cannot be generated without scheduled Day Breaks NOTE Newly inserted Day Breaks appear after the selected strip 1 Select the strip immediately before the desired location for the Day Break Insert the Day Break Two Methods e Click on the Insert Day Break icon e Right click Mac CTRL click and select Insert Day Break CTRL Comma Mac CMD Comma The Day Break will be added to the Stripboard with the Day Break date inside The dates are set automatically based on the production start date in the calendar assigned to the Stripboard see the Calendar section for more information 2ND Unit to shoot exteriors End of Shooting Day 1 Monday April 6 2009 1 6 6 Pages Time Estimate 3 50 Auto Day Breaks Adding Auto Day Breaks is a quick way to schedule Day Breaks for the entire Stripboard schedule at one time There will be a prompt to designate the maximum number of pages to schedule for each day This number is the maximum number of pages that will appear between Day Breaks 1 Click on the Auto Day Breaks icon The Auto Day Breaks Maximu
86. e backup copies of all important data on other media to protect against data loss IMPORTANT Please read the Entertainment Partners End User License Agreement accompanying the software program s Using any part of the software indicates that you accept the terms of the End User License Agreement Windows and Microsoft are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Manual Table of Contents BUCO CRUG CIO I BEE 1 Chapter 1 Getting Started iioii ierra Eed 2 Sectio L Navigatio EE 2 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Menus ccccccccceecceeeceeeceeeeceucceueeceeeceueesaeesacesaeessueesaeeseaeegeeess 2 OC le OR e elle ge E 2 WINAOWS ONIY ip 2 Breakdown Sheet Toolbar es 2 SIMPpLoOard TOMA as 3 Element Manager ee ee ee tas 4 WINGOwW Led as 5 Section 2 Selecting and Highlighting cae coire nier ode Yao vue eve ote ska co XV de it eov d av ray rev av oM rcu 7 Right Click Mac Commands deckt 7 SinglesclicK Double ClIeK os a 7 edel EE 7 Selecting Elements Category Boxes in Design Lavout 7 Section 3 Shortcut Keys uice co dino ae pera Ra CUu Nao 7 Sie ee ie Be ele EE 8 Element Manager e ele EE 9 SIO DOr dure le eT 9 Calendar Manager An e Te EE 10 Section 4 Starting a New Schedule oooococncconncococicccoococonanonanonoronnnronaronnnrnnnronnnrnare
87. e mouse An Edit window will open 5 Enter the new text O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 94 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Select attributes for the new text box from options located to the left of the text field Click OK when finished Text Properties Please enter your text IT Wrap Text Draw Box Draw Line Above Draw Line Below Section 6 Resizing a Strip Element box The Selection Arrow tool must be activated to resize an element 1 Select the Element to be altered or reshaped The moment an Element is selected small black pegs appear at each corner of the Element The pegs appear automatically if the Element was just created Grab one of the pegs by clicking and holding down the left mouse button Drag the peg until satisfied with the shape of the item drawn Release the mouse button Section 7 Strip Text Appearance A schedule s strip text is highly editable in that it is possible to edit specific strip Element text or Banner Day Break Area text Strip Element Text Strip Element text is the text that appears in specific Element boxes within the strips A drop down menu of fonts and font sizes can be found on the Strip Designer tool bar In the same location are the bold and italicize tools Changing Text Orientation The orientation of Element box text may be changed by selecting a direction from the Text Orientation list of options available on the Strip Designer tool bar
88. eaks ess EE 105 Section 3 Scheduling a Banner 106 Section 4 Customize a Banner from the Stripboard s 106 Modify a Customized Basa da 107 Copy a Banner or Day Break oeseri aaa a a 107 Section 5 Delete a Day Break or Banner leeeeeeeeseeeieee sienne nnne nnn nnn nnn 107 Section 6 Delete All Day Breaks 1 eeleeeleeeieeeuieenieenie ee nennen nnn anna ansa una a na 107 Section 7 Gut ahd Paste EE 108 Cut Multiple Strips in Consecutive Order 108 Cut Multiple Strips in Non Consecutive Order 108 A a a a a ERS 109 Section S Delet ea Mii dis 109 Delete Multiple Strips in Consecutive Order 110 Delete Multiple Strips in Non Consecutive Order 110 Section 9 Click and Drag Strips isis 110 Move a Strip from the Boneyard to the Active Gchedule 110 Move a Strip from the Active Schedule to the Bonevand 110 Section T0 Reordering SMS enini sien AE 111 Section 11 a te ROG Le EE 112 Section 12 The Boneyard E 112 ACCESS MO BONS EP ERR 112 Move a Strip to the Scheduled Area 113 Move Several Strips at a fme ccc cccccecececcceeceeeseeeeeceeeteeceeecesecseeseeeeeteetseeseeeneesseeeees 113 Access the Active Stripboard from the Bonevard 113 Section 13 Hide Header Board Vertical Strip Layout sss 114 Section 14 Printing SERGE EE dE 114 Chapter 15 Eelere M 116 se
89. econd Unit Camera Test Enter Hote S Calendar View Red Flags Only Y Red Flags In Use 16 0 Flags Selected Date A Category Element Flag Hame 0415 2009 Cast Members George Fitting DOOD Fitting for final look 04 20 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 21 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 22 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 23 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 24 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable Edit Update Red Flag Manager Select the flag from the list of created flags in the list at the bottom of the screen Click on the Edit button All of the parameters of the Red Flag will appear in the section above 3 Make modifications to any of the fields that are part of the selected flag NO e Another Category may be selected and a different Element can be chosen e Go to the Calendar and select another date or range e Select an alternate flag e Add remove or change a Note 4 Click the Update button after all edits have been made 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 65 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Red Flag will reflect any changes Cancel Changes to a Red Flag 1 Click the Cancel button Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range 3 Select Flag castMembers y September 2009 Enter Hote xl Calendar View Red Flags Only Y Red Flags In Use 16 0 Flags Selected Date A Category Ele
90. ected field to see borders select Print or Print Preview e Font Lists font options for strip text e Font Size Lists font size options for strip text e Bold Bolds selected text e italicize ltalicizes selected text s Line Width Designates width options for lines drawn Scene S Sheet Sheet Script Page Script Page Breakdown Sheet EN e The sheet is bordered by rulers to assist with design The boxes inside the layout represent the Categories shown in a report The arrangement of the boxes visually represents a Report Layout For example the box with the word Scenes is placed where the Scene number is placed on a report Zoom Zoom in on a Report Layout to view it better when designing a report Or zoom out to see more of the layout at a reduced size Content may also be modified when using the Zoom option Make smaller O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 132 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Report Layout Settings Window Click on the Report Layout Settings icon which is located on the toolbar The Report Layout Settings window will open Report Layout Settings _ Separate records with a line _ Include Day Breaks 7 Include Banners v Display Est Time In Banners inches Text End Day Shooting Day Shooting Date Total Pages Pages PIB 1157 Sample Text 2 Select which type of report is to be created Sheet These reports create a
91. ection of a Stripboard that is used to hold strips not yet scheduled on the Stripboard Work Day In a Day Out of Days report a Word Day is a day designated on a calendar on which work can be scheduled Note however that all Work Days on a calendar will actually be scheduled 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 159 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Index CS MN e A 139 A Preferences cccoocccocnccoconocnonanocanonannnnnnos 142 Advanced Find 120 E ACCESS ad ss wide th MIU Ka adus 120 124 Additional Search Parameters 123 Edit Element Window 27 Navigation oocccocnccccccccncncocncononcnnnnnnnoos 120 Element Manager 26 29 Using Advanced Find 122 Access 26 Auto Save Reminder Duplicating Elements 30 DeactivatinQ ooccocccccccccncocononccnnonnnoncnnns 15 Merging Elements 33 So ascetic RR Cr 31 B Sorting Manually 32 Banner Strip ccecccersseccseccercescoseseeeses 97 Element Quick Entry EE E 19 Breakdown Sheet 41 Accessing Opening Kd RO eM MCN 19 ADCGSSIDO E 42 Inserting New Elements to Breakdown Adding New Sheets 54 Shee t seen EE ER Completing the Breakdown Sheet 42 Export to Movie Magic 151 153 Duplicating Existing Sheets o3 Entering
92. ement Linking Manager Four Methods e Go to Breakdown in the menu bar and select Element Linking Manager e Go to the Breakdown Sheet and click the Element Linking Manager icon Breakdown Sheet Category cast Members D Element George D Create Anchor Delete Anchor Add Element Linked Elements List Board ID Element The Element Linking Manager window will appear 2 Inthe left hand column select a Category and a subsequent Element from the drop down menus and click the Create Anchor button 3 With the Anchor Element highlighted in the left hand column select a Category and subsequent Element in the right hand column and click Add Element 4 Continue adding as many linked Elements as desired and click the Close button at the bottom of the window when done 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 46 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Element Linking Manager Element Fat Roll of Dollar Bills v Add Element Remove Element Linked Elements List Board ID Element Category 2 Mary Cast Members 40 Bottle of Champag Props 44 Fat Roll of Dollar B Props 5 Return to the Breakdown Sheet Insert the previously set up Anchor Element Notice that the linked Elements are also inserted automatically Element Linking Groups Creating Element Linking groups allows different sets of linked Elements to be set up for the same Anchor For example if a character has an eye
93. ent From Element Quick Entry 1 Select Element listing 2 Click on the Edit button Edit Element Cast Members Zuzu Bailey Element Name Board ID Lock ID Exclude From Stripboard Day Out of Days Allow Hold Days Allow Drop Pickup Days Min Days Between Drop Pickup Usage Total Occurrences 4 Red Flag Occurrences 0 Active Schedule Start 0617 2008 Finish 07 30 2008 Total Days 4 Element Properties Full Hame Address Phone Agent Agent Ph Rate The Edit Element window will open The window contains the following sections Element Identification Element Name The Element s Name field is the only field that must be present in all Element information windows Board ID Used to identify locate and place Elements on lists the Board ID is usually a number assigned in order of appearance in the schedule It is not a requirement that Board ID be a number Lock ID Select this option to allow Elements to retain the assigned Board IDs in the event of a Board ID renumber Exclude from Stripboard Select this option to exclude an Element from appearing on a vertical Stripboard ID table Day Out of Days 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 28 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Allow Hold Days An Elements Allow Day Out of Days Hold Days indicates whether Hold Days should be indicated on the Day Out of Days report for that Element e Allow Drop Pickup Days An Elements
94. ent Partners Page 33 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2 Click on the Move Elements icon The Move Elements window will open It will display the next available Category that the Element s can be moved to Select either a User Defined Category or a Built In Category Move Elements ehicles 3 Select the Category where the Element is to be moved by clicking the drop down menu arrow 4 Click OK 9 Are you sure you want to move the selected element s to the category Cast Members d All element properties will be discarded Yes i No NOTE A warning message window will open asking to confirm the move When moving Elements from one Category to another the defaults for the new Category will be applied automatically to the Element after it has been moved All current Element properties will be discarded Moving Elements in the Edit Element Window Elements can be moved in the Edit Element window by typing in the new Category before the name in the Element Name field Include a colon after the Category name and click OK to complete the move Linking Elements Click on the Element Linking icon This action immediately brings up the Element Linking Manager 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 34 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Element Linking Manager Category cast Members v Category Cast Members Y Element cousin Tilly Y Element Cousin Tilly Create Anchor Delete Anchor A
95. er Movie Magic Scheduling allows for the altering and designing of the appearance of strips Section 1 Access the Strip Designer Two Methods From the Strip Layout Manager Strip Layouts c 2 X i Vd Strip Designs Vertical gt Horizontal Horizontal 0 5 orizon Horizontal 0 5 Horizontal 0 5 Horizontal 0 2 vertical 0 375 vertical vertical 0 373 dm Fi e Double click on the strip listing to be modified Or e Select the strip listing to be modified then click on the Edit icon Strip Designer Horizontal A ODDS ANS 1 E LL xl T aria fs B I s Scenes Je A e NON KE nes Synopsis The Strip Designer window for the selected strip layout will open Section 2 Strip Designer Tools The Strip Designer has its own set of tool icons at the top of the window divided into two rows These tools can be used to arrange and edit the content of strips There is a toggle button located at the end of the first row of tools that offers the option to hide the second row To access to the second row again click the toggle button 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 87 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Save Saves the most recent changes made to the strip design Print Preview Displays the Strip as it would look if printed Page Setup Displays the page layout settings for paper size margin adjustment and orientation X Designer
96. ert and Ernie serenade the newlyweds Scene 72 The Martinis move from Potter s Field at po 4 1 KB Scene 73 24 152 12 Establishing Bailey Park x rom Cz Documents and Settings Add Remove Replace The lower part of the window will display a larger image for easier viewing 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 74 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual NOTE Larger images may need time to process as they are compressed to be saved within the file A gray square with three dots will be displayed while the image is processing Resize the Thumbnail Image 1 Click on the divider bar with the mouse until it becomes a double arrow and drag to resize the image Section 3 Add a Name for an Image The path where the original image resides is also included which can save search time if trying to locate the original image Click the Close button located in the upper right of the window to return to the Breakdown Sheet d 4 DZ SW wn Sheet Scene s Int Ext Set ke p32415212 ExT Back ROOM DRUGSTORE Synopsis Unit Sequence Locati Est Time Comment s I Bo nd Unit to Shoot Concurrently 2 George s Rickety Car 5 Martini s Rickety Truck The image will now be a part of the Breakdown Sheet representing the scene Section 4 Replace an Image When an image has been selected it may be replaced with another image 1 Access the Image Manager 2 Select the scene to replace the
97. es sl d c3 File name Wonderful Life Demo mst Save Files of type ms Template files mst T Cancel NOTE The schedule used to create the new template at this point will still be active Remember to save and close this schedule to begin a new schedule from the template The new template is available immediately for use Revert lf unwanted changes were made to the schedule use the Revert feature to change the schedule back to the state it was in when the last save was conducted 1 Go to File and select Revert File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Action 3 New Schedule From Template Ctri N Ki Open Schedule Ctri O X Close Schedule Ctri Shift e Save Ctrl S Save As A Save 4s Template Revert Import Export aa Print iew Recent Schedules Exit The current window will close and the schedule will revert back to what it was when it was last saved 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 13 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 2 Schedule Setup Section 1 Application Preferences Application Preferences are preferences that apply to the Movie Magic Scheduling 5 application as a whole regardless of which schedule is open Access Application Preferences 1 Go to Edit and select Preferences On a Mac it is located under the MM Scheduling menu item CTRL Mac COMMAND 2 Click on the Application Preferences tab Preferences Breakdown Sheet Preferences Securi SS Sheet Numbering Aut
98. eseeessaeeneeens 90 Selecting ID List Property Categories esee nnns 90 Editing the Element Sum Ge WEE 91 Adding New Element Boxes from the Strip Element List 92 Aligning Element BOXES EE 92 Section 4 Creating New Strip Elements ccccccseeeeeceeceeeeeeesenesenecseseeesanesaneeeeeanesenseanees 93 AA E ESP OE O E ice ni eit EU eC 93 Creating New Design Elements oocccconccccnoccnococnncnccncnoncnonnnnnnnnonnonnnnonanonnnonnnonnnnonanennnnenans 94 section 5 Creating a Text BOX iia 94 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual IV Section 6 Resizing a Strip Element box 1 eceeeeeeeeeeeeeee eene nennen nnn REENEN 95 Section 7 Strip Text Appearance EE 95 SUMP El ment Text aside ove vetri tensa Pad i e v aai cn 95 Section 8 Banner Day Break Area Text 11 eeeeeseeeseesieeniee senes nnn nnn nnus una hn anna nn 97 Designer Settings ODILOFIS 2 aio os o o re o aui O ove cuneta ocud ud ses utum id 98 SSI ana 99 Section 9 Strip and Strip Text Colors ocoocconconoconccocccocccnnconononconaronnnonnnnnrcnnronarnnrennrnnnrnannnnes 100 det Gio e 100 Selected Strip Day Breaks Banner Colors oocccocccoccncocnconconoconncncncnonnconncnonanonnnnnnnnoncnonanonoss 102 Sf al TEE 102 Chapter 14 Scheduling StripS ooccoccoccconcccnconcocccnncocnnnnccancnnncnnnnnronnnnnrnnnnnnnnanenannnns 104 SECON t Tool cons eet t rm 104 Section 2 Scheduling a Day EE 105 Auto Day Br
99. ew to view the border selection Ee 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 138 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 19 Day Out of Days A Day Out of Days report shows the dates and times that selected Category elements are being utilized Cast Members is the Category most commonly selected for report generation with this function Section 1 Creating a Day Out of Days Report 1 Go to File select Print View CTRL P Mac CMD P 2 Click on the Day Out of Days tab Strips Reports Day Out of Days Categories Cast Members Background Actors The Day Out of Days window will open 3 Select the Category for which to generate a Day Out of Days report 4 Click on View NOTE If no Day Breaks are set or if there are no strips in the Scheduled area a Day Out of Days report will be unavailable Day Out of Days Report Page 1 of 5 E AJalxl Scale Page v ed 28 2009 DE of Days Bees LIFE Mort Day 04706 wey oe Tet S id 04m 04 85 047 0415 04 15 04 17 Day of Week Mon Tue Wed Tu Fi Su Sm Mon Tue Wed Tm 1021034915 fet S8 9 L 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 139 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual The Day Out of Days report for the Category selected will display immediately Use the right or left navigation arrow to scroll through multiple page reports Typically a Day Out of Days report is read from left to right U
100. find the whole word by selecting the checkboxes Click the Find button on the right A list will appear with all the areas where that word or phrase is used Click the Replalce All button to replace everything in the list DITS E ed Or 8 Select certain lines in the list and click Selected to replace just those selected lines 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 124 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 9 Aconfirmation message will appear confirming that the replace function is to continue 10 Click Ok to proceed The word or phrase will be replaced immediately 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 125 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 17 Reports Once a production schedule is completed reports can be generated Reports can be generated from any stage of the scheduling process and from any window in the program Section 1 Printing Reports Access Print View Reports 1 Go to File and select Print View CTRL P Mac CMD P 2 Click on the Reports tab in the top of the window Breakdown Sheet 1 Breakdown Sheet 2 JV Page Break on Each Record The Reports Print View window will become active NOTE The Reports tab will be available only if strips are in the Scheduled area Section 2 Generating Reports Print Reports 1 Select the report to print 2 Indicate whether the report is to Include Banners 3 Indicate whether the report is to Include Day Breaks 4 Indicate whet
101. fter directly inserting an Element a blank row will still exist as so that an additional Element can be inserted Repeat the process to add other Elements as desired Once finished click on the Esc key to remove the blank row 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 25 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Chapter 4 Element Manager The Element Manager offers a convenient method to view edit and manage the User Manual Elements in a production schedule Each Element is listed with its Board ID Name and Number of Occurrences in the schedule Section 1 Access the Element Manager 1 Go to Breakdown and select Element Manager Element Manager O r e G V i A e y Sort By Board ID Y gt Cast Members 60 Bo A Locked Eleme Occur Start Fini wech Background Actors George 3 D I Stunts 9 Mary 2 06 20 2 07 2972 Vehicles 13 Harry 3 0611712 O7 29 2 6 Props 99 Uncle B 2 06 1712 07 2972 Camera 0 Mr Potter 0649 2 07 2172 Special Effects 11 Mr Go 08 1772 07 2572 7 p Wardrobe 23 Ernie 5 06 202 07 2512 9 2 MakeupHair 2 Bert D6M9 2 07 2312 D Animals 0 pem 2 Animal Wrangler 0 Clarence 06 2372 07 2872 gt Music 1 Violet 06 2612 07 3072 8 2 Sound 11 Ma Bailey 8 06 1772 07 2202 2 Art Department 0 Mrs Ha 6 07 0242 O7 29 2 5 gt Set Dressing 45 Mr Mar 07 0712 07 2302 Greenery 2 Cousin 12 06 30 2
102. group involved in a unit of work within a project Elements are individual components that are necessary for filming the script Elements are grouped into Categories such as cast props scenery etc General Breakdown Sheet information items such as the scene location set etc are also considered Elements but their presence and position on the Breakdown Sheet are fixed while lower level Elements are variable Hold Day In a Day Out of Days report a day that an Element is paid for but for which the Element does not actually work or participate in the production 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 156 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Insert Insert is used only to refer to the inclusion of an Element on a Breakdown Sheet It does not apply to the creation of new Elements not previously present in a schedule Insert is used to refer to the inclusion of a strip that represents a Breakdown Sheet onto a Stripboard It does not apply to the creation of new strips not previously present in a schedule document Minimum Drop Days In a Day Out of Days report this is the minimum number of days allowed for an Element between a drop day and a pick up day Multiple Day Breaks Multiple Day Breaks refers to more than one Day Break that is inserted after a set of strips reflects multiple shoot days New New designates functionality where objects are created and added to the schedule document for the first time It does n
103. gtd A lee cea tone ames a A 132 Report Layout Settings WiNdOW nennen nennen nnn nnne nnn nnn sana nn nnns 133 Element Box Properties Wmdow nennen nennen nnne sse n ensis 133 Section 2 Creating New Report Elements ceeeceeeseeeseeen eene ene nnne nnn nnn 134 Selecting and Using TOOlS ioc hay e eto oe t ete aed Lini be ed 134 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual vi FRG SIZING Ee EE 134 Changing Report Categories 135 Adding New Element Boxes c ccccseccsseceeeessesenseeneeeecseseeseesenseeceseseeesegsenseetensenseeneates 135 Aligning Element BOXES EEN 135 Aligning a Newly Added BoxX ccccccecccseesescssecccecceseesueeseueesseeseueceseesecsseeseuecsueesensseeeens 136 Aligning TWO Existing BOXES inci Ad 136 Section 3 Report Text Appearance as 137 Changing Text DIFecUOblonsu eie dente dams EE EE 137 JUSU TOX c A M 137 TEXTE VAD PING te P 138 Outside BOrdO ate Hr 138 Chapter 19 Day Out of Days viril 139 Section 1 Creating a Day Out of Days Report 1 eeeeeeeeeeeeeee seen 139 Day Ourol Day sl Oval S vege E D UU m ME LE 141 Section 2 Day Out of Days Totals Column Definitions 141 Day Out of Days Preferentes uti 142 Chapter 20 Exporting and Importing Report and Strip Layouts 145 Section 1 Export a Report E e EEN 145 Section 2 Export a Stri
104. he Red Flag will have a multiple Red Flag icon Calendar View View Red Flags on Different Calendars Red Flags may be viewed on the calendar alone or select different calendars to be overlaid with the Red Flags 1 Click the down arrow and select a calendar The selected calendar will appear with flags appearing on assigned dates Click on left or right arrows to view other months and dates 2 Select Date or Range NOTE Red Flags are not visible on a calendar accessed through the Calendar Manager For further information on the Calendar Manager see Chapter 7 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 67 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 7 Red Flag Appearing on a Stripboard As Red Flags are added to the schedule if an Element that contains a Red Flag runs into the conflict a Red Flag icon will appear on the Stripboard to warn of the conflict Double click the icon to be taken to the Red Flag Entry screen where the conflict will be highlighted End of Shooting Day 12 Tuesday April 14 2009 3 5 6 Pages Time Estimate 7 00 cenes INT KITCHEN 1 2 4 17 29 Est Time Night George is critical with his family 4 00 Est Time 3 00 x gt EXT LIBRARY 1 2 8 6 Night George finds Mary at library escapes Bert 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 68 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 9 Red Flag Manager The Red Flag Manager lists the names of all Red Flag
105. he file to another location optional Click on Browse to locate an alternate location for the file 4 Click OK A warning window will appear with an alert that data that may not transfer to Classic MMS 3 7 because of advancements made to Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Once the export is complete an Export Status window will appear At this point it is possible to review save or print the report that is generated The file will now be accessible to Classic Movie Magic Scheduling 3 7 users NOTE Due to advancements in Movie Magic Scheduling 5 not all information from a Movie Magic Scheduling 5 file will be exported to Classic Movie Magic Scheduling 1 Only one calendar can be supported by Classic Movie Magic Scheduling 2 Red Flags are not supported 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 153 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 26 Export to Movie Magic Budgeting 7 Save data entry time in Movie Magic Budgeting 7 by importing a library file with Elements from a Movie Magic Scheduling 5 It is easy to create a library file for this purpose 1 Go to File and select Export The Export window will open 2 Select Movie Magic Budgeting 7 in the Export To field 3 Rename the file and or save the file to another location optional Click on Browse to locate an alternate location for the file 4 Click OK The data is now ready for importing into Movie Magic Budgeting 7 Refer to the Movie Magic Budgeting 7 Use
106. her there is to be a Page Break on Each Record in the printed document 5 Indicate what is to be printed either the entire report or select a specific Range 6 Click on Print View Reports 1 Select the report to view 2 Indicate whether the report is to Include Banners 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 126 User Manual Movie Magic Scheduling 5 3 Indicate whether the report is to Include Day Breaks 4 Indicate whether there is to be a Page Break on Each Record in the printed document Indicate what is to be viewed either the entire report or select a specific Range 5 6 Click on the View button Horizontal A Page 1 of 10 I GIE X o DA gt L Seale Contents A CAST MEMBERS 1 George 21 Goon 41 Lanyer 2 Mary 22 Carter 42 Real Estate Salesman 3 Harry 23 Marty 43 Imeurance Agent 4 Uncle Billy 24 Sam UW ai rwur ight 44 Suitor 1 5 Mr Potter 25 Maria Martini 45 Suitor 2 B Mr Gower 26 Ed 46 Passerby 7 Ernie 27 Freddie 47 Randall S Bert 25 Nick 48 Mrs Thompson Joe 29 Tommy Bailey 49 Poster Man 10 Clarence 30 Janie Bailey 50 Schultz 11 Viol et 31 Charlie 51 Mr Reineman 12 Ma Bailew 32 Tom 52 Nurse 13 Mrsz Hatch 14 Mr Martini 15 Cousin Tilly 16 Annie 33 Zuzu Bailey 34 Dr Campbell 35 Mtr Carter 36 Princip al 53 Bank Teller 54 k r W elch 55 Ovwn er 56 Truck Driver 17 Peter Bailey 37 Grumpy Old Man 57 House Owner 13 Cousin Eustace 38 Jane We ai
107. ick on the Calendar Icon Windows only Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Wonderful Life Demo V5 msd File Edit Breakdown Schedule Design Actions Window Help gt Ae Sa e 9 gt Be o oo o e e amp New Open Save Print Sheets Board Elements Calendar Close All Help e Goto Schedule and select Calendar Manager Calendar Manager Prep Start Prod Start y End Of Prod End Post Actor Unavailable May 7 2008 Apr 15 2009 May 28 2008 May 28 2008 5 Day Week Jun 4 2008 Apr 5 2008 Apr 5 2008 May 19 2009 B Day Week Apr 1 2008 Apr 1 2008 Jun 3 2008 Jun 3 2008 The Calendar Manager window will open Section 2 Creating a Calendar Newly created schedules are designed with pre existing default calendars that can be accessed and edited Movie Magic Scheduling also allows multiple calendars to be created for the same schedule Default Calendar From the Calendar Manager 1 Access the Default Calendar Calendar Manager Prep Start Prod Start End Of Prod End Post 5 Day Week Jun 4 2008 Apr 6 2009 Apr 5 2009 May 19 2009 B Day Week Apr 1 2008 Apr 1 2009 Jun 3 2008 Jun 3 2009 Actor Unavailable May 7 2008 Apr 15 2008 May 28 2008 May 26 2008 Default Calendar Sep 23 2009 Sep 23 2009 Oct 23 2008 Oct 23 2008 Two Methods e Double click on the Default Calendar listing 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 54 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Click to select the Default Calendar listing an
108. ips in a new order without manually dragging each strip to its new location Simply type the Sheet numbers in the order they are to appear on the Stripboard NOTE It is essential to know the exact order in which strips will ideally appear 1 Click on the Reorder Strips icon The Reorder Strips window will open Reorder Strips Enter the sheet numbers in their new order each one on a new line Reorder Strips f Enter the sheet numbers in their new order each one on a new line Cancel 3 Click OK Stripboard Actor Scenario E M ESQ EX gt EI Qs x X S SE PY 2 Layout Horizontal C Actor Scenario Stripboard Sheet 1 Scenes EXT BEDFORD FALLS Est Time 6 3 pgs Night voice over prayers for George 2 00 Sheet 2 Scenes EXT HEAVEN Est Time 23 8 pgs Night Joseph and Clarence discuss George Bailey 3 30 Sheet 3 Scenes EXT FROZEN RIVER AND HILL E Est Time 12 8 pgs Day George saves Harry from drowning 2 30 Sheet 4 s EXT MAIN STREET BEDFORD FALLS y Est Time 58 pgs Day George and boys go to drugstore 1 00 The new sheet order will be implemented immediately The newly reordered strips will be highlighted O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 111 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 11 Undo Redo Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for unlimited use of Undo CTRL Z Mac CMD Z and Redo CTRL Shift Z Mac CMD Shift Z i
109. it Element Vehicles Copy of Steam Engine Train Element Name Copy of Steam Engine Train Board ID IC Loekm _ Exclude From Stripboard Day Out of Days Allow Hold Days _ Allow Drop Pickup Days Min Days Between Drop Pickup Usage Total Occurrences 0 Red Flag Occurrences 0 Active Schedule Start Finish Total Days Element Properties Hotes 3 Click OK The Element Duplicate will be added immediately to the Element list Deleting Elements 1 Select the Element to be deleted 2 Click on the Delete icon Element Manager 3 Click Yes to complete the deletion Section 4 Sorting in Element Manager 1 Goto the Sort By drop down menu Sort By Board ID 2 Click on the downward pointing arrow to reveal the drop down menu of Sort options e Manual e Board ID Locked 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 31 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Element Name e Occurrence e Start Date e Finish Date e Total Days e Company Travel e Work e Hold e Holiday e Travel e Rehearsal e Fitting 3 Select an option to sort the Element list The Element Manager will display the new Sort order immediately Tip Sorts can also be performed by clicking on the column headings in Element Manager Manual Sort Move each Element into place by using the upward facing and downward facing arrow buttons These arrows become active only when Manual sort is selected 1 Select the Elemen
110. ives off Scene 130 Establishing Scene 131 George gets drunk Scene 132 George crashes into tree Scene 133 George walks toward bridge Scene 134 Water swirls by under bridge Scene 135 137 Clarence jumps into the water Scene 136 The Tollkeeper shines flashlight Scene 138 George and Clarence dry before the stove Scene 138 George can t find his car by the tree Scene 140 142 George and Clarence go to Nick s bar Scene 141 143 George and Clarence get thrown out of the bar Scene 144 145 George first glimpses Pottersville x rom C Documents and Settings Remove Replace 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 77 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 11 Stripboard The Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Stripboard has a similar look and feel to a traditional Stripboard Each strip corresponds to one Breakdown Sheet Each strip can be dragged and dropped with the cursor This mimics a traditional Stripboard in which each strip can be picked up and replaced by hand Section 1 Access the Stripboard Manager The Stripboard Manager allows easy access to managing and creating Stripboards for a schedule Creating multiple Stripboards allows for planning different shooting scenarios To access the Stripboard Manager 1 Go to Schedule on the menu bar and select Stripboard Manager This opens the Stripboard Manager Section 2 Default Stripboard A default Stripboard for a schedule already exists in St
111. l 1 represents the Category with the highest priority by which the strips are to be sorted NOTE The Sort feature only works for scheduled strips Strips that are in the Boneyard area are not included when conducting Stripboard Sort functions From the Stripboard 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 82 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 1 Click on the Sort button located on the Stripboard toolbar Stripboard Actor Scenario Add additional sort levels by clicking the Add button Delete sort levels by selecting the level to be deleted and clicking the Remove button 3 Specify the sort parameters by selecting Sort By and Order options If Ascending is selected the corresponding Sort Level will be listed in ascending order Meanwhile if Descending is selected the corresponding Sort Level will be listed in descending order 4 Click OK The Sort will occur immediately NOTE All assigned Daybreaks will be deleted upon sorting Section 8 Production Information Production Information includes such details as the production title director s name and producer s name 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 83 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 1 Goto Design on the menu bar and select Production Info Production Info Picture Title Production Ho Company Director Producer UPM Assistant Director Art Director Set Dresser Cc T S A
112. le CTRL Shift W COMMAND Shift W o you want to save the changes made to Wonderful Life Demo V5 msd i Yes No Cance A dialogue box will open prompting to save the schedule before closing e Yes Saves all changes to the schedule since the last Save or AutoSave occurred e No Closes the schedule without saving changes to the schedule since the last Save or AutoSave occurred e Cancel Halts the Close Schedule action allowing work to be resumed on the active schedule Section 5 Saving A key feature of Movie Magic Scheduling 5 is Auto Save Reminder see Chapter 2 Schedule Setup which sets automatic reminders to save a schedule at regular intervals However it is advisable to conduct a manual save immediately after making important changes Save 1 From the File menu select Save CTRL S Mac COMMAND S The active schedule will be saved immediately Save As Save As allows a copy of the current schedule to be saved under a different name 1 Goto File and select Save As Tip Saving a schedule file with a different name is a good way to create a backup schedule 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 12 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Saving as a Template After creating a schedule its format can be used as a template for a new schedule 1 Goto the File menu and select Save As Template 2 Type a name for the new Template in the space provided 3 Click Save x Save in c Templat
113. lick the left or right arrow to navigate to the month Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range cast Members v Enter Hote Cousin Tilly x Calendar View Red Flags Only v Red Flags In Use 8 0 Flags Selected Date A Category Hiement FiagMame 045 2008 Cast Members George Fitting DOOD Fitting for final look 04 20 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 21 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 22 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 23 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 24 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable Edit Update Red Flag Manager 4 Click on the date to choose as a single date Or 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 63 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 5 Choose a range of dates Hold down the mouse and drag across all desired dates Red Flag Entry 1 Select 2 Select Date or Range cast Members bd Enter Hote El Calendar View Red Flags Only v Red Flags In Use 8 0 Flags Selected Element Flag Hame Cast Members George Fitting DOOD Fitting for final look 04 20 2009 Yehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 21 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 22 2009 vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 23 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 24 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable Edit Update Delete Red Flag Manager The box es
114. llowing the Element from the current Breakdown Sheet to be removed 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 20 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Element Quick Entry Bement id dew Category cast Members D Finc v Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet Remove Elements List Edit Element George EN Mary Close Harry Uncle Billy Mr Potter Mr Gower Ernie Selecting an unchecked Element will activate the Insert Button allowing Elements to be inserted into the current Breakdown Sheet Element Quick Entry Find v Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet vm Elements List Element Mr Potter Mr Gower Ernie Section 2 Creating New Elements with Element Quick Entry To create new Elements using the Element Quick Entry tool do the following Element Entry Field Category List Element Quick Entry Element New Category All Categories Y Find v Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet CER ns Element Ontion 10W8 Elements List Board ID Element Category Delete Close 1 Type the name of the new Element into the Element Entry field NOTE The New action button will become active the moment something is typed into the Element Entry field It will not be active if All Categories is selected in the Category drop down menu because an Element cannot be added to all the Categories at once 2 Select the Category the new Elements is to be a part of
115. lly After Confirmation or select Never to disable the ability to add or remove a Linked Element Insert Linked Elements Click and select Automatically Linked Elements will be added automatically to a Breakdown Sheet Category Click and select After Confirmation When an Element is added to a Breakdown Sheet Category a window will appear asking which Linked Element is to be inserted Click and select Never When an Element is added to a Breakdown Sheet Category Linked Elements will not be added Removed Linked Elements Click and select Automatically Linked Elements will be removed automatically from a Breakdown Sheet Category Click and select After Confirmation When an Element is chosen to be removed from a Breakdown Sheet Category a window will appear so that an Element can be selected Click and select Never If an Element is removed from a Breakdown Sheet Category any Linked Elements will not be removed 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 18 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 3 Element Quick Entry Element Quick Entry is a tool that allows the quick creation of new Elements and makes it easier to add remove them on the Breakdown Sheet With the Element Quick Entry tool information is entered only once to be available for the rest of the schedule Section 1 Opening Quick Entry Two Methods e Go to Breakdown and select Element Quick Entry CTRL E Mac COMMAND E e Cli
116. ly from the Breakdown Sheet by clicking on a Category and typing the name of the Element Hit Enter A confirmation window will ask if this Element is to be created because one doesn t already exist Click Yes to create the element From the Breakdown Sheet 1 Click on the Category listing that contains the Element to be inserted 1 George 7 Ernie o Bert 11 Violet 51 Mr Reineman Background Actors Elderly Man Stunts Car screeches to a stop Stunt driver vehicles 1 Ernie s Cab 9 Stunt Car 10 Bert s Motorcycle A drop down menu of existing Elements for that Category will appear 2 Select the Element to be inserted Or 1 Type the name of the Element to filter the menu Use the down arrows to select the Element and click Enter 2 The selected Element will appear immediately in the current Breakdown Sheet Element Linking Element Linking allows an Element to link to another Element the Anchor When the Anchor Element is inserted into a Breakdown Sheet the corresponding linked Elements will automatically be inserted as well For example if a cast member always appears on screen with a prop such as an eye patch Element Linking allows those two Elements to be linked so that whenever the cast member Anchor Element is inserted the eye patch linked Element is automatically inserted as well 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 45 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 1 Access the El
117. m Pages Per Day prompt will open 2 Enter the maximum number of pages strips to be scheduled per Day Break 3 Click OK Day Breaks will be scheduled immediately into the entire Stripboard spaced according to the Maximum Pages Per Day specified To move Day Breaks simply select and drag them following the same process as dragging a regular strip 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 105 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 3 Scheduling a Banner A Banner is simply a strip or label to mark a holiday or event or to simply note something that is happening during production NOTE Newly inserted Banners appear after the selected strip Section 4 Customize a Banner from the Stripboard Various options are available for customizing individual Banners Customizing Banners allows individual Banners to stand out if the information is critical 1 Select the strip immediately before the desired location for the Banner Insert the Banner Two Methods e Click on the Insert Banner icon Right click Mac CTRL click and select Insert Banner CTRL B Mac CMD B 3 An Edit box will open Choose the options to customize a Banner e Enter text in the text field e Enter Est Time in the time field in hours and minutes Optional e Click the down arrow to select another font Optional e Click the down arrow to select a different font size Optional e Click the down arrow to choose a different text
118. me for the Stripboard Click OK p NIS Section 4 Changing the Active Board Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for the selection of different Stripboards to be active for a schedule Two Methods From the Stripboard 1 Select a different Stripboard from the Board drop down menu located on the Stripboard navigation bar Stripboard Example Stripboard T D gE M X S ae kK A ek B Layout Horizontal C D Board Example Stripboard Calendar 5 Day Week v Location Scenario Example Stripboard Actor Scenario Scene Order Example Stripboard Stripboard Or From the Stripboard Manager 1 Select the Active option for the Stripboard to become active 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 80 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Stripboard Manager Start Date End Date C Actor Scenario B Day Week Apr 1 2009 May 5 2008 Default Striboard New Calendar Sep 23 2009 Sep 22 2009 Ce Example Stripboard 5 Day WWeek Apr 5 2009 Apr 5 2009 C Location Scenario 6 Day Week Apr 1 2009 Jun 3 2008 C Scene Order 5 Day Week Apr 5 2009 Apr 5 2009 C The newly selected active Stripboard will open immediately Section 5 Accessing the Stripboard Once a Stripboard is created it will be listed in the Stripboard Manager and will be accessible from the Schedule menu Two Methods 1 Goto Schedule and select Stripboard CTRL U Mac CMD U Schedule Design Actions Window Help Stripboard Ctrl U LL E
119. ment Flag Hame 0445 2009 Cast Members George Fitting DOOD Fitting for final look 04 20 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 21 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 22 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 23 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 24 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable Edit Update Cancel Delete Red Flag Manager Section 5 Delete a Red Flag User Manual 1 Select the row s of the Red Flag to be deleted in the list at the bottom of the screen Red Flags In Use 16 0 Flags Selected Date A Category Element Flag Hame 0415 2009 Cast Members George Fitting DOOD Fitting for final look 04 20 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 21 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 22 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 23 2008 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable 04 24 2009 Vehicles Steam Engine Train Unavailable Edit Update Cancel Delete Red Flag Manager 2 Click the Delete button A confirmation window will appear The Red Flag will be removed from the list 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 66 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 6 Viewing and Understanding Red Flag Entries and Calendars Once a Red Flag has been created it will appear on the calendar for the month and date for which it has been assigned If more than one Red Flag exists for a specific date t
120. menu located on the toolbar Bolding or Italicizing 1 Select an Element text field box 2 Click on either the Bold or Italicize icon Changing Text Direction Change the direction of the text in each Element box 1 Select an Element box 2 Select a Text Direction from the drop down menu located on the toolbar Justify Text Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for formatting the text within each Element box 1 Select a Element box 2 Select a Text Justification from the drop down menu located on the toolbar 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 137 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Text Wrapping Text Wrapping addresses the left right restrictions on text box size If a long sentence is entered into a short box the text will be separated into as many lines as can be accommodated in the box Wrap Text Icon Method 1 Select an Element box 2 Click on the Wrap Text icon located on the toolbar Property Window Method 1 Double click on an Element box to access its Property window 2 Check the Wrap Text option 3 Click OK Outside Border It is possible to place an underline overline or box in a selected field The border selections will not be apparent in Report Designer Go to either Print or Print Preview to see the borders Select the field to apply a border to it Click on the Outside Border icon to show a drop down menu Select the option to apply to the selected field Print or Print Previ
121. n menu on the Stripboard see Chapter 9 Stripboard 1 Access the Calendar Manager 2 Check the box labeled Default by the calendar to be used as the default 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 60 Calendar Manager ST Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Prep Start Prod Start End Of Prod Jun 4 2008 Apr 5 2008 Apr 5 2008 Apr 1 2008 Apr 1 2008 Jun 3 2009 Actor Unavailable May 7 2008 Apr 15 2009 May 28 2009 Default Calendar Sep 23 2008 Sep 23 2008 Oct 23 2008 New Calendar Sep 9 2009 Sep 23 2009 Oct 23 2009 End Post May 19 2009 Jun 3 2009 May 28 2009 Oct 23 2009 Oct 24 2009 nee T C 3 Close the Calendar Manager User Manual The newly defaulted calendar will now be the default choice when creating a new Stripboard 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 61 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 8 Red Flags In the scheduling process using Red Flags can prove to be invaluable Specific Elements can be flagged to indicate any possible impact they may have on the Schedule Red Flag indicators can also be created as a Date Only Flag without an Element attached Flags appear on Breakdown Sheets and Stripboards and will print on applicable reports Uses for Red Flags e Indicate when an actor is unavailable e Advise of scheduled fittings for an actor e Assist with the scheduling of travel e Advise of the availability of a location or set Section 1 Access the Red
122. n the Stripboard and Boneyard up until the last Save action Carry out a number of actions such as cutting strips moving strips sorting strips modifying text on a Banner moving Day Breaks and undoing up until the last time a save was performed Section 12 The Boneyard Think of the Boneyard as a warehouse for unused strips The Boneyard can be conveniently accessed at anytime to view these warehoused strips and to move any of them to the active Stripboard if needed Meanwhile strips can just as easily be returned to the Boneyard if they are no longer necessary for an active schedule Access the Boneyard Three Methods 1 While in the Stripboard from the File Menu go to Actions and select Show Boneyard Insert Day Break T Insert Banner D Delete All Day Breaks Auto Day Breaks META CIT 1 Right click Mac CTRL click anywhere on the Scheduled area 2 Select Goto choose Boneyard CTRL 5 Mac CMD 5 The Boneyard window will open NOTE The Boneyard can be identified by the blue border of the window O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 112 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Boneyard Actor Scenario IDX OKA 2ND Unit works today Sheet 26 Scenes BAILEY BUILDING AND LOAN OFFICE Day B amp L Directors meeting Sheet 20 Scenes INT BAILEY DINING ROOM 53 8 pgs 9 Night Dinner at the Baileys Sheet 31 Scenes EXT FRONT PORCH BAILEY HOME 118 pgs P
123. na diagonal sequence beginning from the upper left corner and ending at the lower right corner Each window will layer on top of the previous one Stripboard Actor Scenario T Ey amp E x S S aw Layout Horizontal c D Boards Actor Scenario D Calendar 5 Day Week D Actor Scenario Stripboarc MIC Ei y Navigate By Active Board IZN MT O DS lt Sheet 19 Scenes 1 amp 8 pgs Sheet Scene s Int Ext Set on ST Synopsis eorge takes a cab ride Sheet 131 Page s Script Day Sequence WEE 13 Location Est Time Comments Sheet amp 15 Scenes 14 12 8 pgs Elements End of Shot a Meu ail 4 gt gt Sheet 11 Scenes 22 8 pgs 10 Sheet 99 Scenes 2 1 8 pgs 107 Sheet amp 101 Scenes 218 pgs 109 Bacl Company Move s Sheet 84 Scenes 2 8 pgs 9 eh End of Shootin B CAM on set Sheet 1 Scenes 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 6 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Quick Window Access All windows that are currently open in Movie Magic Scheduling 5 are listed for convenient access Selected windows will become active on top Section 2 Selecting and Highlighting Right Click Mac Command click Right clicking Mac Command click on a Schedule Element offers a shortcut to editing tools Single Click Double Click Single clicking in a field will allow operation within that field In some cases single clicking will als
124. ne scene may have the same set and most of the same characters as another Duplicating the Breakdown Sheet saves time and allows only minimal required adjustments to be made From the Breakdown Sheet 1 Navigate to the Breakdown Sheet to be duplicated 2 Click on the Duplicate icon CTRL D Mac CMD D Renumbering Sheets After rearranging the Stripboard or adding new Breakdown Sheets it is possible to renumber the Breakdown Sheets to reflect the new order NOTE The Renumber Sheets icon is only available wnen Sheet Numbering is set to Manual in Schedule Preferences Refer to Chapter 2 Schedule Setup for more detailed information on Schedule Preferences 1 Click on the Renumber Sheets icon CTRL T Mac CMD T Renumber Sheets x Renumber Breakdown Sheets in 2 Select the order the Renumber is to reflect e Board Order The current strip order on the active Stripboard e Sheet Order The current Breakdown sheet order of the Breakdown Sheets The Breakdown Sheets will be renumbered immediately 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 53 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 7 Calendar The Movie Magic Scheduling Calendar is where the date parameters of the schedule can be set Here the following will be edited and specified e Days off e Special Days holiday travel day etc e Production Dates Prep Start Prod Start etc Section 1 Access the Calendar Manager Two Methods e Cl
125. new record for every breakdown sheet that is in a schedule Day This report creates a new record for every day that is in a schedule All the Breakdown Sheets in a day are summarized in one record Category This report creates a new record for every Element that is in a selected Category For example a Cast Members Category report would create a record for every cast member in that Category These are useful for reports such as cast lists NOTE If Category is selected as the report type a Category must be selected from the list provided in the dialog window Depending on the report type it is possible to select page break options as well as whether to include separator lines banners or daybreaks The default day header and footer the text at the beginning and end of the record is provided for use the text at the beginning and end of a record These can be modified to include customized text 5 Atthe bottom font settings can be modified for the Banners and Day Breaks Element Box Properties Window Double click on a Category box 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 133 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2 faken Actors Properties The Properties window for that Element box will open Make any changes necessary and click OK Section 2 Creating New Report Elements Use design tools to create new Elements such as boxes lines or text boxes in a strip Seet Selecting and Using Tools
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127. nt settings of either the header or footer NOTE The font settings apply to all fields of the header or footer respectively 7 Click Preview to view the report before printing Day Out of Days Report Page 1 of 10 IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE E ot Days Report for E Members 8 Click OK to save preferences Page Setup There is the option within the application to set up basic page preferences like the paper and margin sizes of the report and page orientation From the Day Out of Days Preferences window 1 Click on the Page Setup button 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 143 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Paper Size Lois E Source Auto Select DI Orientation Margins inches Portrait Left 0 5 Right fo 5 C Landscape Top Bottom o 5 Margins The report margin preferences can be set in the Day Out of Days window via the Page Setup Dialog box Nothing is printing in the margin areas of a report page 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 144 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Chapter 20 Exporting and Importing Report and Strip Layouts Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows for exporting report and strip layouts that can be imported for use in other Movie Magic Scheduling 5 files Section 1 Export a Report Layout 1 Open the schedule or open a new schedule from a template where the Report Layout is to be exported 2 Acces
128. nts an Element from being renumbered by the Renumber action it will retain its current ID and all other Elements will be numbered around it e Element Name The name of the Element e Occurrences Shows the number of times the Element appears on the Schedule e Start Date The date of the first time the Element appears on the schedule Finish Date The date of the last time the Element appears on the schedule e Total Days Data that shows the number of days the Element appears on the schedule e Company Travel Shows the number of days designated for Company Travel e Work Shows the number of Work Days e Hold Shows the number of Hold Days e Holiday Shows the number of Holidays e Travel Shows the number of days for individual Travel e Rehearsal Shows the number of Rehearsal Days e Fitting Shows the number of days designated for wardrobe Fittings Section 2 Edit Element Window The Edit Element window provides access to a variety of functions such as e Specifying Day Out of Days preferences e Element usage tracking e Storing customized Element property data such as Actor and Agent contact information Access Edit Element Window Four methods From Breakdown Sheet e Double click on the Element listing From Element Manager e Double click on the Element listing 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 27 Or Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Right click Mac CTRL click on the Element listing and select Edit Elem
129. o select that field s contents and in the case of the Breakdown Sheet allow for existing text to be typed over Double clicking in a field will highlight its contents and allows for editing text Selecting Strips Click on a Strip to select it It will be displayed in the highlight color when selected Selecting Elements Category Boxes in Design Layout To select a design tool for use click on it This applies to both the Reports and Strips Designer However use the Selection Arrow tool to select an existing Category box For more detailed information see Chapter 13 Strip Designer Section 3 Shortcut Keys Movie Magic Scheduling 5 offers a number of shortcuts through the keyboard keys used in combination with the Control CTRL key or the Command key with Mac Shortcut Key CTRL O Open Schedule COMMAND 0 New Schedule From CTRL N Template COMMAND N CTRL S Save Schedule Schedule Save Schedule CORSE S CTRL SHIFT W Close Schedule er DA SHIFT Mu Y Breakdown Sheet Window COMMAND Y CTRL E Element Quick Entry COMMAND E 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 7 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual CTRL U COMMAND U CTRL M Strip Layout Manager COMMAND M Report Layout Manager VAN n Calendar Manager iiie a Find CTRL F COMMAND F Stripboard Window Find Next Find Prev SHIFT F3 CTRL G Find Sheet COMMAND G l CTRL J Find Scene COMMAND J CTRL A C
130. oard Toolbar The Stripboard toolbar provides in one central location all the tools needed to work in Stripboards Stripboard Actor Scenario dy amp g S ke ss sl m Layout v rtical B d Act Sce i a Pa Y vertical 11 Actor Scenario Ems m e TS m pf WA I oar CIO rario The left side of the toolbar offers easy to use icons for the configuration of a Stripboard IJD Xie x SE Inserts a Day Break after the selected strip on the Stripboard Inserts a Banner after the selected strip on the Stripboard 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 3 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Deletes all scheduled Day Breaks on the Stripboard at once Inserts Day Breaks for the entire Stripboard schedule all at one time according to user specified maximum page count per day Allows the rescheduling of strips by typing the strip numbers in the new strip order Removes selected Strip or Day Break and places it on the clipboard where it will be ready to be pasted Pastes the most recently cut strip onto the Stripboard after the selected strip Allows the sorting of strips according to criteria such as sheet set pages and location Ki Undo reverses the last action Q Redo implements a previously undone action Opens the Boneyard window The right side of the toolbar offers the convenience of quickly and easily swapping from saved Layouts Stripboards and Calendars e Strip Layout Allows easy swapping between s
131. omatic v Enable Security Time Displayed With colon y Password _ Hide Element Board IDs in Breakdown Sheet Window Confirm Password v Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet V Goto Next Breakdown Sheet Creates Sheet Element Linking Preferences Insert Linked Elements Automatically v Remove Linked Elements After Confirmation e OK Cancel Auto Save Reminder Interval This setting determines the time intervals of Auto Save Reminders save prompts 1 Click on the drop down list to select time interval options Application Preferences Schedule Preferences Auto Save Reminder Interval Minutes fi 5 v Hew Strip Position on Default StripBoard gt Element Hame Hot Recognized Action A D nit Ath Warning Show Welcome Screen at Start up Customize Toolbar Text Option Show Text Labels e Icon Option Show Large Icons e 2 Select a time interval 3 Click OK 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 14 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual An Auto Save notification will display at the specified time interval after the last time a manual save was conducted Click Yes to save at that time and No to save at another time More than 1 minute have passed since changes have been saved to your schedule wy Would you like to save changes to your schedule now i Yes No Deactivating AutoSave The Auto Save feature can be disabled 1 Display the drop down menu of time inte
132. or reintroducing a cut strip s to the Scheduled area or Boneyard Three Methods 1 Select the strip immediately before the desired location for the cut strip s 2 Click on the Paste icon CTRL V Mac CMD V The strip s will be inserted automatically into a chosen spot Or 1 Select the strip immediately before the desired location for the cut strip 2 Right click Mac CTRL click and select Paste from the Edit menu Or 1 Hit CTRL V Mac CMD V The strip s will be inserted automatically into the chosen spot NOTE It is possible to cut and paste strips between the Scheduled area and the Boneyard Section 8 Delete a Strip Strips may be permanently deleted from the Stripboard or Boneyard if they are no longer needed This will also delete the Breakdown Sheet associated with the strip 1 Select the strip 2 Delete the strip Three methods 1 Right click Mac CTRL click and select Edit Delete Or 1 Click on the Delete icon Or 1 Press the delete key on the keyboard A confirmation window appears 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 109 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Are you sure you want to delete the selected Strip view s and associated Breakdown Sheet Click Cancel or OK to continue 3 Click OK The strip will be deleted from the Stripboard as well as the associated Breakdown Sheet Delete Multiple Strips in Consecutive Order 1 Select the strip
133. or to the end dates This is the most important piece of information for a calendar The rest of the schedule originates from the designated start date Two Methods e Select a date from the drop down calendar of the Production Date Production Dates Prep Start be32009 y Go Prod Start 09 23 2009 y Go End of Prod 10 23 2009 Go End Post 0 24 2009 e Go cos O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 58 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual September 2009 gt 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Or e Manually enter the correct date into the Production Date field using mm dd yyyy format NOTE The End of Prod date cannot be modified This date is calculated by the number of Daybreaks in the Scheduled area of the active Stripboard Completing the Production Calendar When satisfied with a calendar click on the OK button at the lower right corner of the Edit Calendar window This action will bring back the Calendar Manager window and the newly created calendar will be listed Calendar Manager Prod Start End Of Prod End Post Apr 6 2009 Apr 5 2009 May 19 2009 Apr 1 2008 Apr 1 2009 Jun 3 2009 Jun 3 2008 Actor Unavailable May 7 2008 Apr 15 2008 May 28 2008 May 26 2009 Default Calendar Sep 23 2009 Sep 23 2008 Oct 23 2008 Oct 23 2008 Sep 23 2008 Oct 23 2008 Oct 24 2008 NOTE There can be only one default calendar at a
134. ot refer to the insertion of these objects on an individual Breakdown Sheet see Insert Preference There are two unique types of program preferences and schedule preferences Both are manipulated using the Set Preferences window Application Preference Application preferences are those preferences whose settings pertain to the entire program as opposed to a single schedule For example the Auto Save function which allows the user to set the time increments by which the application will automatically save an open schedule is a program level preference Schedule Preference Schedule preferences are those preferences whose settings pertain to a single schedule as opposed to the entire program For example the Hide Empty Categories preference which dictates whether Categories will be visible on a Breakdown Sheet when they do not contain any Elements is set on a schedule by schedule basis and will vary from one file to another Schedule See also Stripboard and Schedule Document 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 157 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Schedule Document A Schedule Document refers to the entire grouping of Stripboards Breakdown Sheets strips reports and calendars that can be stored in a single Movie Magic Scheduling document file see also Schedule Scheduled Area The portion of the Stripboard used to arrange the strips that are going to be shot This represents the actual shooting schedule Stri
135. own menu of the first Find entry Find Select Replace Find Advanced FindReplace Find Select Sheets or Strips Operator And or George Remove AND Find ESE Find Al Additional rows will be added to the list of Element parameters 2 Complete the search information parameters as previously detailed The results will display in the selected format Section 4 Find Replace There is the option to simultaneously run a find and a replace 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 123 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Access Find Replace Two Methods 1 Click on the Find Replace tab in the Find window 2 Select Find Replace from the Edit menu Find Select Replace Find Advanced FindReplace e Find Locates the Category that is to be replaced e Replace With The new Category that will replace the previous Category Find Select Replace Find Advanced FindiReplace Find Replace With Match Case v Whole Word Category Eleme e Choose Selected The selected screen will appear verifying the replacement e Choose OK Use Find Replace To replace elements within a schedule use the find replace tool as follows Click on the Find Replace tab in the Find window Enter the word or phrase to be replaced in the Find field Enter the word or phrase that it is to be replaced with in the Replace With field Select whether the find is to match the case and or only
136. own menus as in the Strip Designer Aligning a Newly Added Box From a Report Design 1 Add anew Element box by selecting from the side list of Categories Select the existing box and then the new one by using CTRL Click Mac CMD Click 3 Select and click an Align button The new box will be aligned with the previously selected existing box The alignment will also be reflected on the printout of this Report Aligning Two Existing Boxes 1 Select an Element box from the Report Design 2 Hold down the Control CTRL CMD key on a keyboard 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 136 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 3 Select a second Element box Both boxes will be selected and the Align buttons will become active on the toolbar 4 Select and click an Align button The second box will be aligned with the first box The alignment will also be reflected on the printout of this report o Repeat the same steps for any other field to be changed 6 Click on the Save button 7 Close the Report Designer Section 3 Report Text Appearance The Text Appearance design tools for Report Designer are identical to those for Strip Designer Please refer to Chapter 13 Strip Designer for detailed information Font 1 Select the Element box to change its font 2 Select a Font from the drop down menu located on the toolbar Font Size 1 Select the Element box to change its font size 2 Select a font size from the drop down
137. oxes lines or text boxes in a strip design 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 93 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Page Setup Designer n gs Save Text Box ext Justification E trim Door Horizontal 7 Print Preview Selection Arrow Horizontal Line Draw Creating New Design Elements From the Strip Designer 1 Click on a tool icon from the tool bar to select it 2 Move the cursor to the area in the strip where the new Element box line text box is to be created or drawn The selection arrow becomes a drawing tool resembles a plus sign the moment the cursor is in the strip layout area 3 Click and hold the mouse button while moving the cursor in the direction the new property is to be drawn 4 Once the new Element is complete release the mouse The new Element will appear on the strip layout with small black pegs squares at each corner Section 5 Creating a Text Box The Text Box tool allows for creating a static text box 1 Click on the Text Box tool 2 Move the cursor to the area in the strip where the text box is to be created or drawn The moment the cursor enters the strip layout area the arrow turns into a cross or plus sign The cursor becomes a drawing tool when it is in the cross form 3 Click and hold the mouse button while moving the cursor in the direction of where the text box is to be drawn 4 Once satisfied with the size and location of the text box release th
138. p Layo0U Lund de 146 Section 3 Import a Report Layout iori ob et Cuna EENS 146 Section 4 Import a Strip Layout oocooncccncocccoccconccnnconccnnconnnonnnonconnronnnnnnrnnncnnrnnnrnnrennrenarnnnnnnns 147 Chapter 21 Importing Files id 149 Chapter 22 Opening EP Scheduling Files eese eee 150 Chapter 23 Exporting to EP Scheduling 4 4 151 Chapter 24 Opening Movie Magic Scheduling Classic Files 152 Chapter 25 Exporting to Classic Movie Magic Scheduling 3 7 153 Chapter 26 Export to Movie Magic Budgeting 7 154 Elle tra ett 155 MOGN d t 160 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual vii Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Introduction Entertainment Partner s Movie Magic Scheduling 5 helps to translate a screenplay into an actionable plan for shooting a film Once a schedule is completed it will include a sequence for shooting a record of the working days for each actor a Breakdown Sheet for each scene listing all elements required for shooting a calendar Shooting Schedules and Day Out of Days reports that can be printed and distributed Movie Magic Scheduling 5 also makes it easy to save multiple versions of a schedule Stripboard Actor Scenario y a ss z
139. phone fects i 1 0 George and Mary talk to Sam Mrs Hatch hangs up phone George and Mary fight then kiss George and Mary exit their wedding Ma Bailey and Annie talk George and Mary talk of honeymoon fantasy Anxious crowd outside bank George reacts to the bank crowd George greets the bank mob George confronts Uncle Billy about locked door George learns of stock crash 57 59 61 Potter speaks to George on phone about crash 58 60 62 George speaks to Potter about crash George pleads with worried bank crowd The bank closes for the day Celebration George talks to his new wife on phone Establishing house George enters Bert and Poster Man work in rain Scene 68 70 George enters his new home speechless Scene 69 71 Bert and Ernie serenade the newlyweds Scene 72 The Martinis move from Potter s Field Scene 73 24 152 12 Establishing Bailey Park be Hair angler artment Esing Ma Bailey s Boarding House Bldg Loan Sign 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 73 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual The Image Manager will open All scenes will be listed in chronological order in the left side of the window Images are added on the right in the blank space for a selected scene Section 2 Add an Image to a Breakdown Sheet for a Scene Once the Image Manager is accessed it is a simple process to add an image to a Breakdown
140. ps excluded from this section are not to be shot and are unscheduled Sheet See Breakdown Sheet Shoot Day A Shoot Day is a day on which filming occurs or can occur such as a day for which a Day Break strip exists on the Stripboard Strip A strip is a visual representation of a Breakdown Sheet that is placed onto a Stripboard to create a schedule Stripboard A Stripboard represents a schedule through an ordered collection of Stripboard Days scheduled for work beginning on the start date and proceeding on each subsequent workday identified on the associated calendar Stripboard Day A Stripboard Day is an ordered collection of strips on a Stripboard that are scheduled for work within a single day delineated by a Day Break strip Red Flag A Red Flag is an indicator symbolized by a Red Flag that is associated with an Element with scheduling constraints appearing on the Stripboard when there is a conflict Remove Remove refers exclusively to the elimination of an Element from a Breakdown Sheet or Sheets Removing an Element does not delete it see also Delete 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 158 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Report A grouping of data that can be printed viewed on screen or exported as a Report Layout object Template Template files are based on the preferences and design components of previously created schedule documents Unscheduled Area An Unscheduled Area is a s
141. r s Manual or go to the application and access the Help File for further assistance with importing 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 154 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Glossary Allow Multiple Day Breaks This function allows reports to show work spanning multiple days This is applicable for such situations as scenes that take multiple days to shoot On the Stripboard multiple Day Breaks are inserted after a set of strips that will reflect the multiple shoot days Banner See Banner Strip Banner Strip A banner is a special type of strip Banners are placed onto a Stripboard to represent events in the shooting schedule that are not script dependent for example travel days Board See Stripboard Breakdown Sheet A Breakdown Sheet describes a designated unit of work and the Elements associated with that work A Breakdown Sheet is populated with all the Elements that will be required to shoot a particular portion of the script A single Breakdown Sheet can represent a single scene multiple scenes or a portion of one or more scenes Calendar A calendar describes an ordered sequence of calendar dates in which workdays may be scheduled A calendar also details noteworthy days for a production such as the start of principal photography end of photography any holidays or travel days when shooting cannot occur and regular days off Saturday and Sunday Category A Category is a collection of Elements that share a
142. rged 2 Click on the Merge Sheets icon Merge Sheets Merge Current Sheet With Next Sheet on Active Board v Sheet to Be Merged C Merge Current Sheet With Sheet OK Cancel The Merge Sheets window will open 3 Specify the preferred way for the current Breakdown Sheet to merge Merge Current Sheet With e Previous Sheet Number Merges the current Breakdown Sheet with the immediately preceding Breakdown Sheet e Sheet Enter the specific Breakdown Sheet with which the current Breakdown Sheet will be merged 4 Click OK Breakdown Sheet Navigate By Active Board e Sheet Scene s Int Ext Day Hight Set ExT Bailey BUILDING AND LOAN SIGN OVER ENTRANCE DESS Synopsis stablishing Bailey Park Script Page s Script Day lements Be A Background Actors I 4 gt iP Stunts vehicles 2 George s Rickety Car 5 Martini s Rickety Truck Ty Special Equipment Security Additional Labor Visual Effects Mechanical Effects Miscellaneous The merged Breakdown Sheet will directly be presented 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 52 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual The second of the two Breakdown Sheets merged will individually cease to exist it is now part of the first of the two Breakdown Sheets merged Duplicating Existing Sheets Performing this function recreates the content of an existing Breakdown Sheet as the basis for a new Breakdown Sheet For example o
143. rip where the Element box is to be located NOTE The new Element box cannot be dropped into an area that is already occupied by another Element box 2 Release the mouse button to drop the Element box into place The new Element box will appear immediately on the strip layout Aligning Element Boxes Newly added Element boxes will not automatically align to the existing boxes on a strip Shift Element boxes into place with the Alignment tool There must be more than one box selected for the Alignment option to be active Tip Hold down the CTRL key and click on the boxes to be aligned From the Strip Designer Two Methods 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 92 LP wv Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual sej Align AHA Hox and then the second box to be aligned Make a selection from the Alignment drop down menu located on the toolbar Align Top Align Bottom NEN NEM NEM Or Hold down the Control key Select the existing Element box to which the new box is to align Select the new Element box Right click Mac CTRL click and select from the menu of alignment options el Ctrl C Ctr X Delete Delete Align Lett Align Right Align Top Align Bottom Section 4 Creating New Strip Elements Although Movie Magic Scheduling provides default strip Elements the Strip Designer provides tools that allow for creating personalized Elements Tools Use these tools to create new Elements such as b
144. ripboard Manager Use the Edit Board window to change the Stripboard name or calendar From the Stripboard Manager Two Methods 1 Double click on the field labeled New Stripboard 2 Select the Stripboard listing and click on the Edit icon To access the Stripboard from the Breakdown Sheet click on the Stripboard icon Section 3 Creating New Multiple Boards Several different Stripboards may correspond to the same calendar Creating more than one calendar or Stripboard per schedule allows for viewing a schedule with different time scenarios calendar and Stripboard applied to it From the Stripboard Manager 1 Click on the New Stripboard icon CTRL B Mac CMD B 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 78 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Stripboard Manager End Date Active Ww Sep 23 2009 Sep 22 2009 Actor Scenario B Day Week Apr 1 2008 May 6 2009 Location Scenario 6 Day Week Apr 1 2009 Jun 3 2008 Scene Order 5 Day Week Apr 6 2009 Apr 5 2009 Edit Stripboard New Stripboard Hame ew Stripboard Calendar E Day Week Y Description Script Version O v Allow Multiple Day Breaks Canes 2 Enter a name for the new Stripboard in the Name field 3 Select a calendar Edit Stripboard New Stripboard Hame evy Stripboard Calendar 5 Day Week Actor Unavailable Default Calendar New Calendar script Version E Allow Multiple Day Breaks canc
145. rval options 2 Select Inactive at the top of the menu The Auto Save feature will be disabled immediately NOTE Remember to periodically save an entire schedule to prevent accidental data loss New Stripboard Defaults This feature establishes where newly created strips will appear in the Scheduled or Boneyard unscheduled areas New Strip Position These options determine the placement of newly created strips Select from the drop down menu of strip placement options e At Active Point Newly created strips will be automatically added underneath the highlighted strip NOTE If the highlighted strip is in the Boneyard the newly created strips will appear in the Boneyard after that highlighted strip e End of Scheduled Area Newly created strips are placed automatically at the end of the Scheduled Area of the Stripboard e End of Boneyard Newly created strips are automatically placed at the end of the Boneyard Element Name Not Recognized Action The Element Name Not Recognized Action specifies whether unrecognized Elements will be created with or without an audio warning 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 15 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Preferences Application Preferences Schedule Preferences Auto Save Reminder Interval Minutes hr v Hew Strip Position on Default StripBoard E Active Point v Element Hame Hot Recognized Action Create Element With Warning Create Element With
146. rwuright 58 Cop 19 Ruth 38 Tolkeeper 58 Sheriff 20 Pete Bailey 40 Mi ck eu The selected report view will open immediately Report View Navigation 1 Use the blue arrow buttons in the top of the window to scroll through the report pages 2 Click on the Print icon to print or on the PDF icon to create a PDF of the report Mac The PDF option is available in the print dialog Click Print and then Save as PDF Section 3 Print View Print Scaling Movie Magic Scheduling 5 offers the flexibility to view and print any reports including strips Breakdown Sheets one line schedules and Day Out of Days in various sizes through print scaling There is the option to choose either Scale by Page or Contents Ox ken Scale Contents Y 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 127 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Scale by Page The Page setting scales the entire page as a whole before printing 1 Drag the scaling bar to the left to decrease the size of the page Horizontal A Page 1 of 10 3 p DL xl l Scale Page v Horizontal A Page 1 of 10 DL xl SH 4 PA 2 A CAST MEMBERS 1 George 2 Mary 22 Carter 3 Harry 23 Marty 4 Uncle Billy 24 Sam Wainwright 5 Mr Potter 25 Maria Martini 6 Mr Gower 26 Ed 7 Ernie 27 Freddie 8 Bert 28 Nick 9 Joe 29 Tommy Bailey 10 Clarence 30 Janie Bailey 11 Violet 31 Charlie 12 Ma Bailey 32 Tom 3 Click on the Print icon to print or Click on th
147. ry 2 Special Equipment 0 Security 0 Additional Labor 0 Visual Effects 4 Mechanical Effects 4 Miscellaneous 0 Notes 4 The Category Manager lists all the Categories that have been created in the active schedule The Manager allows for the adding modifying duplicating or deleting of Categories Section 1 Edit Category Access the Edit Category Window Three Methods 1 Right click Mac CTRL click on a Category 2 Select Edit from the list of options Category Hame Cast Memt Edit Category Stunts 10 Duplicate Category Yehicles Delete Category Delete Dranga OO ee O Or Select a Category 2 Click on the Edit Category icon on the toolbar 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 36 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Sort By Element Name Edit Category Cast Members xi Hame Category Hame Cast Members 59 Sort Elements By Locked v Background Actors 41 Stunts 10 Vehicles 10 Props 99 Auto Assign Board Ids _ Apply to Existing Eleme Camera 0 A LA Special Effects 11 _ Exclude from Stripboard Apply to Existing Eleme Element Defaults Wardrobe 23 _ Allow DOOD Drop Pickup 7 Apply to Existing Eleme Makeup Hair 2 Animals 0 Allow DOOD Hold Days _ Apply to Existing Eleme Animal Wrangler 0 Min Days Between DropPickup Apply to Existing Eleme Name Case Dont Change v _ Apply to Existing Eleme Art Departmen
148. s Army Uniform Car 3 eeches t 3 a i 23 D D ee geen mation window will appear confirming the linked Elements that are to be inserted into the Breakdown Sheet e Automatically The linked Elements will automatically be added no confirmation window will appear Never Linked Elements will never be added at all making Element Linking inactive Remove Linked Elements e After Confirmation A confirmation window will appear confirming the linked Elements that are to be removed from the Breakdown Sheet s Automatically The linked Elements will automatically be removed no confirmation window will appear s Never Linked Elements will remain on the page and have to be removed manually 4 Set Preferences and click the OK button NOTE Element Linking only affects the current Breakdown Sheet Meaning if an Anchor is removed and the Preference is set to remove the linked Elements it will only affect the current Breakdown Sheet Other Breakdown Sheets will not also have the Elements removed Show Hide Empty Categories To show all Categories on the Breakdown Sheet including those that do not contain any Elements click on the Show Hide Empty Categories button on the toolbar Click on the button again to revert to the previous state Breakdown Sheet Hide Empty Categories Only those Categories that contain Elements are listed 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 49 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual
149. s the Report Layout Manager e Go to Design and select Report Layout CTRL R Mac CMD R 3 Select the Report Layout to be exported 4 Click on the Export icon O Snagit Catalog Cancel 5 Rename the file if need be 6 Click the Select button 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 145 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 2 Export a Strip Layout d 2 99 Open the schedule or open a new schedule from a template where the Strip Layout is to be exported Access the Strips Layout Manager e Go to Design and select Strips Layout CTRL M Mac CMD M Design Actions Window Help L Report Layouts Ctri R El Strip Layouts Ctrl M Select the Strip Layout to export Click on the Export icon E x B My Documents sl a AE a My Music A My Pictures C3 My Received Files C3 Snagtt Catalog ertical 11 msl e Jims Strip Layouts msl v 5 Rename the file if need be 6 Click the Select button After export files are created of either reports or Strip Layouts they become available for importing into a schedule Section 3 Import a Report Layout 1 Open the schedule or a new schedule from a template to import a previously exported Report Layout file 2 Access the Report Layout Manager 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 146 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Go to Design and select Report Layout CTRL R Mac CMD R
150. scheduling a Cut Strip 109 Shortcut KEYS ccceccseccsseeeeeeceeseeesseeeees 7 Sorting ID E 82 2009 Entertainment Partners User Manual SOMA SUP scan airada 82 Strip Appearance esee 85 Strip Designer 87 PCS E 87 Aligning Category Boxes 92 Categories cooocccconococncccncnonnnonocannnncnonans 89 New Design Elements 94 New Strip Elements 93 il Colo TERR 100 SUP TEEN 99 Strip Text AppearanCe ee 95 Strip Text Color 100 TOONS EE 87 Strip Layout 85 Strip Layout Manager 85 Strip Text Appearance 95 Banner Text 97 Category Text 95 Day Break Text 97 Strip Fonts 96 SUIDDOGE e MARENE E pamm bina ras 78 Accessing the Stripboard 81 Changing Layout Views 82 Changing the Active Board 80 Bri sw 78 Header Board c oococccccccccccccoccccnconconcnnnnnos 83 Mulitple BoardS aananannanannannnnanennannnn 78 New Boards esee 78 Production Information 83 Renaming a Board 80 eieiei le 82 Strip Appearance See Strip Appearance Stripboard Managger 78 Stripboard Manager 78 T Template Starting a New Schedule from 1
151. se the Right Navigation arrow to scroll to the last page of the report 5 Use the Print Scaling Bar to increase or decrease the size of a report Scale by Page e Page is the default setting e Drag the scaling bar to the left to decrease the size of the page Day Out of Days Report Page 1 of 5 Sep 28 2009 IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE 3 19 PM Day Out of Days Report for Wardrobe 04113 stentng Dey E INE Air Raid Warden Uniform hg 1 l 1 Sp Chances Underwear a AREAS E E ci E a d Curlers d kal ERE amp m als E d LE EE WW NN WW WW E WW WW Jersey amp Football Pants AM Scale by Contents e Click in the Scale field and select Contents e Drag the scaling bar to the left to decrease the size of the contents O 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 140 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Day Out of Days Report Page 1 of 2 Sep 28 2009 IT S A WONDERFUL LIFE Page 1 of 10 3 22 PM Day Out pl a Topo for Wardrobe Clarence s Underwear Curlers e Click on the Print icon to print or on the PDF icon to create a PDF of the report Day Out of Days Totals Scroll to the end of a Day Out of Days report to view the Totals such as the total number of Work or Hold days for which an Element is scheduled Section 2 Day Out of Days Totals Column Definitions Holid
152. splay Time Choose whether to display estimated time using a colon or decimal on the screen and in reports 1 Click and select to display time with a colon or decimal 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 16 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2 Click OK Security This option controls the password security option The security feature is activated when this option is selected Click to check the Enable Security option Type a password into the Password field Retype the password in the Confirm Password field Click OK eS A prompt will appear to enter the assigned password the next time the current schedule is accessed Breakdown Sheet Preferences 7 Hide Element Board IDs in Breakdown Sheet Window JV Add Hew Elements to Breakdown Sheet Hide Element Board IDs in Breakdown Sheet Window Select to hide each Element Board ID while in the Breakdown Sheet window Add New Elements to Breakdown Sheet Select to add any newly entered Element into the current Breakdown Sheet Goto Next Breakdown Sheet Creates Sheet While on the final existing sheet of a schedule select to automatically add a new blank Breakdown Sheet by clicking on the Goto Next navigation button 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 17 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Section 3 Element Linking Preferences Movie Magic Scheduling 5 allows several options for inserting or removing Linked Elements to and from Breakdown Sheets Automatica
153. t 0 Set Dressing 45 Element Properties Greenery 2 Special Equipment 0 Security 0 ing E me e Additional Labor 0 Singie ine Text Visual Effects 4 Singie ine Text Mechanical Effects 4 Single ine Text Miscellaneous 0 Single line Text Notes 4 Single line Text amp innle line Tei Or Edit Category Background Actors Hame Background Actors Sort Elements By Element Mame y Element Defaults 7 Auto Assign Board Ids Apply to Existing Eleme Exclude from Stripboard Apply to Existing Eleme IT Allow DOOD Drop Pickup Apply to Existing Eleme Allow DOOD Hold Days IT Apply to Existing Eleme Min Days Between Drop Pickup Apply to Existing Eleme Hame Case Dont Change Y Apply to Existing Eleme Element Properties Name New Pay Single line Text Pay Single line Text Delete Minimum Single line Text Move Up The Edit Category window for that Category listing will open 2 Modify the Category here The Edit Category window contains the following sections Category Identification s Name Enter the Category Name here e Sort Elements By Select how the Elements within the Category are to be sorted by Board ID Name Occurrences or Manually Element Defaults 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 37 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual s Exclude from Stripboard Select this option so as not to display the Category on a vertical Stripboard
154. t a New Element in a Specific Position Select the Category using the Tab key 1 2 Arrow down to the position where the new Element is to be inserted 3 Hold down the Ctrl Key I Mac COMMAND I A blank row will be inserted In the blank row type the name of the new Element Type a semicolon at the end of the new Element name a gt The new Element will be inserted in the selected position Press the ESC key to exit the field Directly Insert an Existing Element into a Breakdown Sheet 1 Select the Category using the Tab key The selected Category will be highlighted and outlined 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 24 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual 2 Hold down the Ctrl Key I Mac COMMAND I A blank row will be inserted directly underneath the Category name 3 Type the first letter of the existing Element to be inserted A drop down menu of all Elements beginning with the letter will appear Arrow down the drop down menu to the Element to be inserted 4 Hit the Enter key The Element will be added to the list of Elements for the Category Tip After inserting a blank row clicking on the down arrow will reveal all Elements for the Category Proceed by selecting an Element Also for reference this option can be used to show all Elements for the Category instead of accessing the Element Manager Arrow down to review the Elements Hit the Esc key when finished NOTE A
155. t to be moved 2 Click on either the upward or downward facing arrow button until the Element is in the correct position order Sort By Manual Y Renumbering Elements 1 Click on the Renumber icon Ce All Elements C Selected Elements The Renumber Board IDs window will open 2 Select a Renumber preference e Select All Elements to renumber the entire Element list 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 32 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual e Select Selected Elements to renumber specific Elements 3 Enter the Starting Number the newly renumbered list will begin with For example if 223 is entered the first Element will be numbered 223 the next entry will be numbered 224 the one following will be 225 etc 4 Click OK The Element list will be renumbered immediately Merging Elements 1 Select the Elements to be merged More than one Element must be selected NOTE To select multiple Elements hold down the CTRL key Mac COMMAND while selecting Elements with the cursor The Merge Elements window will open The Elements selected to merge will be listed in the drop down menu 3 Select the Element Name that will be kept and merge the other Elements 4 Click OK Section 5 Moving in Element Manager Moving Elements 1 Select the Elements to be moved NOTE To select multiple Elements hold down the CTRL key Mac COMMAND while selecting Elements with the cursor 2009 Entertainm
156. th a checkmark The day s off will be shown on the calendar with a red x mark Edit Calendar New Calendar Name flew Calendar Days Off Sun Mon Tue FT wed Thu Fri Sat Special Days K C Co Travel E C Holiday Production Dates Prep Start 09 23 2009 el Go Prod Start 09 23 2009 e Go End of Prod 10 24 2009 Go End Post 0 24 2009 el Go Designating Special Days Special days can be designated on a calendar such as a company travel day or a holiday by selecting from the Special Days list 1 Click on the calendar day to be designated as a Special Day 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 57 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Edit Calendar New Calendar Mame RewCmeni Days Off Sun Mon 7 Tue wed Thu Fri 7 Sat Special Days x Co Travel f C Holiday Z C Day Off Hone Production Dates Prep Start 9 23 2003 y Go Prod Start bs232009 y Go End of Prod 10 23 2009 Go End Post 0 24 2009 e Go cos That calendar day will be highlighted in black 2 Select the Special Days icon that best categorizes the day off Special Days EK C Co Travel 5 C Holiday SR C Day Off Hone The selected calendar day will be marked with both a red x to indicate a day off and the selected Special Days icon Setting Production Dates Production dates must be set in chronological order with start dates occurring pri
157. the traditional Stripboards allowing the production information to be viewed as well From the Stripboard 1 Select an option from the Strip Layout drop down menu Stripboard Actor Scenario KZ N gt eL Ki Gs 1 S A SS Layout Horizontal B E Horizontal B Vertical ET 11 Vertical 14 Thin Horizontal Horizontal A Horizontal C Scenes Jit BACK ROOM DRUGSTORE 12 8 pgs CAST IDs 1 14 VEHICLE IDs The will display immediately the selected layout Actor Scenario Stripboard 2ND Unit to shoot exteriors Stripboard Actor Scenario BT ICE ag po Le Je e S j al ate Layout vertical 11 zl Board Actor Scenario zl Calendar 6 Day Week Y Redo CTRL Shift Z i 48 28 148 18 A _ Pa E my E m m m m a a a E E mm A gt a Di EN xu IT S AWONDERFUL LIFE Frank Capra Frank Capra r Arthur Black BEDFORD FALLS BATTLEFIELD Ses 92 1 80 INT BEDROOM WINDOW HATCH HI Night s 162 Ses 35 March 4 1947 INT BEDROOM GEORGE AND MARY Night INT BACK ROOM DRUGSTORE EXT BEDFORD FALLS EMPORIUM Night EXT EXT Ses Se Ses INT CAB Ses 146 149 EXT CBVETARY Ses 154 UUU ss 8 Pages MONIGI 8 Pages Section 7 Sorting Strips This option allows for automatically rearranging strips into a specified order There are unlimited sort levels in the Sort window with each featuring a list of Breakdown Sheet Categories Leve
158. tion e Save Saves the most recent changes made to the Report Design e Print Preview Displays the report exactly as it would look if printed e Page Setup Displays the page layout settings for paper size margin adjustment and orientation e Report Layout Settings Accesses the Report Layout Settings window offering different report options Undo Undo the last action e Redo Redo the last action that was undone e Selection Arrow Allows for selecting report Elements e Box Draw Creates draws a box e Horizontal Line Draw Creates draws a horizontal line e Vertical Line Draw Creates draws a vertical line Text Box Creates box in which text can be typed e Text Orientation Orients all text displayed within the selected text box e Justification Justifies text to the left center or right of the box 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 131 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Font Size Bold Italics AB Ez ex wr fs 4 Z Stack Distribute Makel Same Wrap Text Boarders Line Thickness s Make Same Sizes the new box to be the same as the selected current box e Stack Distribute Horizontally or vertically stacks distributes boxes nearer to or farther away from the top left most box e Alignment Aligns the new box with the selected current box e Wrap Text Separates text into as many lines as can be accommodated in the box e Borders Places an underline overline or box in a sel
159. urrent Schedule Elements Shows Element Quick Entry window for current Schedule Calendar Shows Calendar for current Schedule Close All Closes all currently opened windows Help Shows Help section for Movie Magic Scheduling 5 Breakdown Sheet Toolbar 2 o SENDA P2 S A Ee Adds a new Breakdown Sheet 2009 Entertainment Partners Page 2 Movie Magic Scheduling 5 User Manual Combines the Elements of two Breakdown Sheets into one Creates a new Breakdown Sheet with all the properties of the active Breakdown Sheet Permanently removes the active sheet Reorders Breakdown Sheets to reflect the same order in which corresponding strips appear on the Stripboard or reorders Breakdown Sheets according to Sheet order Navigates to the first Breakdown Sheet of the schedule Jscroiis to the previous Breakdown Sheet Scrolls to the next Breakdown Sheet Navigates to the last Breakdown Sheet in schedule _ CA Toggles visibility of Categories that contain no Elements on the active Breakdown Sheet Opens Element Quick Entry window Opens Element Linking window Opens Red Flag Entry Window Selects the method in which Breakdown Sheets will appear from the drop down menu list of options e Sheet Breakdown Sheets will appear in sheet number order Active Board Breakdown Sheets will appear in the order in which they are on the Stripboard e Scenes Breakdown Sheets will appear by scene number Stripb

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