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Film Production Schedule

From development to premiere: financing, prep, shoot, post and festivals - a whole film as one project.

Development
Treatment
First draft
Final screenplay
Financing
Financing closed
Pre-production
Casting
Location scouting
Crew
Permits and insurance
Shoot
Studio block
Location block
Pick-ups
Edit
Music and sound
Picture lock
Colour grading
Delivery
Festivals
Premiere

18 phases · 4 milestones · 484 days

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The Film Production Schedule as it arrives on your Timeline - here with the first day of shooting on 3 May 2027. Loading it adds only this project - your own calendars stay as they are. After loading, the app sets zoom and window to the span of the project.Swipe sideways through the project. The Film Production Schedule as it arrives on your Timeline - here with the first day of shooting on 3 May 2027. Loading it adds only this project - your own calendars stay as they are.

What’s inside

The phases and milestones

The template loads with exactly these dates.

Development
5 September - 2 December 2026
Treatment
5-25 September 2026
First draft Table read · Notes from the producer
28 September - 8 November 2026
Final screenplay
11 November - 2 December 2026
Financing Funding applications · Co-production · Final budget
4 November 2026 - 31 January 2027
Financing closed
1 February 2027
Pre-production
1 March - 30 April 2027
Casting Lead roles · Supporting roles · Extras
1-28 March 2027
Location scouting
8-31 March 2027
Crew Heads of department · Crew contracts
29 March - 15 April 2027
Permits and insurance
13-30 April 2027
Shoot
3 May - 11 June 2027
Studio block
3-18 May 2027
Location block
19 May - 5 June 2027
Pick-ups
8-11 June 2027
Edit
14 June - 6 August 2027
Music and sound
26 July - 3 September 2027
Picture lock
6 August 2027
Colour grading
9-27 August 2027
Delivery
10 September 2027
Festivals
20 September - 19 December 2027
Premiere
1 January 2028

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Why this template

Why use this planner?

For producers, directors and production managers who want to see the whole production at once - and the life running above it.

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A film is eighteen months of overlapping phases, and most of them are decided long before the first day of shooting. This schedule lays all of them out as one project: development and financing side by side, pre-production with its checklist, the shoot, then edit, music and sound and colour grading running into each other, delivery and the festival run. Everything is an offset from the first shooting day - move that date, and the whole production moves with it.

The whole production as one project: eight phases, four milestones
Development, financing, edit, sound and colour overlap, as they do in real life - the Timeline shows them in lanes
Checklists for development, financing and pre-production
Everything counted from the first day of shooting: move it, and every phase follows
Festivals and premiere are part of the plan, not an afterthought

How it works

From template to your year in three steps

A blank year is the hardest part of planning. Starting from a proven structure - and adjusting it - is faster and easier than building from scratch. Pick the closest template, make it yours, and keep planning.

Step 1

Try it in the demo

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Step 2

Add it to your account

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Step 3

Make it your own

Rename, recolour, move, add and remove - everything stays editable.

FAQ

Questions about this template

Short answers. If something is missing, write to us.

What is the Film Production Schedule?

The Film Production Schedule is a ready-made AnnuCal timeline template: one project with eight phases and four milestones, from development to the premiere. You pick the first day of shooting, load it, and adjust every phase to your production.

Why are the phases counted from the first shooting day?

Because that is the date everything else bends around. Financing has to be closed before pre-production, the edit starts when the shoot ends, delivery and festivals follow the edit. With the shoot as the anchor, moving one date moves the whole plan - and keeps the gaps between phases intact.

Can I plan a series or a short film with it?

Yes. Shorten or delete the phases you do not need and stretch the ones you do - a short film might need three weeks of pre-production and one week of shooting. The structure stays the same.

Does it show my own time next to the production?

Yes. Your calendars - time off, family, other work - run above the project on the Timeline, so a holiday in the middle of the edit is visible before it becomes a problem.

Is this template free?

This template is a project on the Timeline, and projects are part of Pro. Every new account starts with 30 days of Pro, so you can load it right away; after the trial, Pro is €99 a year or €12.90 a month. On Free you can still try it in the demo.

Can I customize the template?

Yes. After loading, every phase and milestone is yours to move, rename, add to or delete - and you change the project’s name and colour in its panel.

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