Film & Television vocabulary · On Set: The Shoot

Shooting schedule

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounCommon term

In film & television, shooting schedule means: A plan that shows when scenes, cast, crew, and locations are arranged for filming across specific days.

In Turkish: çekim programı

How it is used

Used in pre-production and on set to organize each shooting day, manage time, and coordinate actors, equipment, and locations.

Example sentences

  1. The assistant director revised the shooting schedule after the storm forced the beach scene to move to Friday afternoon.

    Here it means the working timetable for filming, which must change when weather affects the planned order of scenes.

  2. Please check the shooting schedule before booking transport, because the night exterior now starts two hours earlier.

    In this example, it provides exact timing details that other departments need before making practical arrangements.

Common collocations

  • revise the shooting schedule
  • daily shooting schedule
  • follow the shooting schedule

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