MOVIE MAGIC SCHEDULING
The industry’s leading scheduling software, reimagined and enhanced.
Delivering smarter scheduling to help ensure your entire team stays on track and on budget.
What's in Movie Magic Scheduling
Intuitive Design
A modern new user experience that simplifies scheduling management and saves time as you adjust and refine your schedule with ease.
- Side-by-side split screen views.
- Drag and drop capabilities.
- Quicker ways to add elements to your strips.
- Easily manage boards and build reports.
- Hide empty categories or highlight critical information.
Multi-episode Management
Enhanced logic and an intuitive sub-board feature streamlines complex productions with precision and control – all within a single schedule.
- Easily manage block shoots and cross-boards for episodic productions.
- Manage scenes from multiple episodes on the same day easily.
Unit Coordination
Create and manage detailed schedules for each unit using the powerful new sub-board feature, giving you ultimate control and flexibility.
- Prepare schedules for two, three or four production units shooting on the same day.
- Assign unique start dates for each sub-board to accommodate independent timelines.
- Seamlessly combine all production unit schedules into one master schedule.
Enhanced Conflict Detection
Enhanced conflict detection automatically reviews all events and scheduled strips.
- Overlapping schedules impacting shared resources or additional events like fittings and rehearsals is no longer a challenge.
- Move Magic Scheduling flags potential issues expediting response and resolution.
Multi-user Collaboration
Work together, in real time, in the same schedule. Built to streamline scheduling, cut version conflicts, and keep every schedule accurate.
- Schedules live securely in the cloud, accessible anywhere, anytime.
- Presence indicators show who's in the schedule. Updates appear instantly.
- Control access. Assign View or Edit permissions to control who can change what.
- Every change is time-stamped and tracked, for full transparency.
Comprehensive Calendar
Easily manage every event that impacts your schedule with a single, complete calendar view. From fittings, table readings, holidays and travel plans to unexpected disruptions like road closures or construction near shoot locations – track it all with precision.
- Quickly adjust shoot start dates directly within the calendar. Update associated schedules automatically.
- Tailor calendar strips to display specific categories like locations, sets, or cast.
- Drag and drop events across the calendar, eliminating the need for manual edits.
- Add events outside a shooting period to track rehearsals, fittings, unavailability and more!
Fully Customize Your Board and Reports
Take full control of your board and reports with intuitive tools that let you personalize every detail. From color palettes, text banners, and layout structures for your board to precise formatting for your reports, you can create a look that perfectly fits your style as you present and share your work with teams.
- Resize columns on boards to optimize the display of important details.
- Adjust strip height automatically to prevent name or detail truncation.
- Add day-page breaks automatically in one-line schedules.
- Export the One-Line Report in Excel format (.xlsx) in addition to the existing PDF export option.
- Export schedules directly to Excel while preserving all details and formatting.
- Improve clarity and organization by grouping daily activities into separate pages.
- Highly customizable Breakdown headers to fit your production needs or preferences.
The DOOD is Now Available On-Screen
Get a quick snapshot of this important report directly on-screen without generating a separate file.
- View daily schedules and element usage in real-time.
- Display events like rehearsals, fittings, and travel within the DOOD for a complete overview of daily production activities.
Movie Magic Budgeting Integration
Easily transfer elements directly from your board into Movie Magic Budgeting. Streamline your workflow, save time and ensure accurate forecasting to keep your vision on budget.
“Everything about this software is outstanding! Movie Magic Scheduling is my go-to [digital solution] for creating all production schedules.”
Melanie A. | Senior VP of Original Content
Canada
"The reports function in [Movie Magic Scheduling] is far superior to previous versions."
Larry K. | Producer
United States
"The user interface is a significant improvement from MMS 6. I love the Split Screen."
Arthur T. | 2nd Assistant Director
France
Your Movie Magic Scheduling Questions Answered
About Movie Magic Scheduling
Movie Magic Scheduling 10 (MMS 10) is Entertainment Partners' modern production scheduling software for film, TV, and streaming productions. It's built for the professionals and students who need to create, optimize, and track shooting schedules from prep through wrap.
No. MMS 10 is a reimagined version of the scheduling software, developed with direct input from ADs, UPMs, and other production professionals. It includes core scheduling functionality familiar from Movie Magic Scheduling 6 (MMS 6), plus new capabilities MMS 6 never had, including real-time multi-user collaboration, multi-board block shooting, and cross-board conflict visibility.
MMS10 files are backwards compatible with MMS6. Export files from MMS10 for use in MMS6 so you can collaborate or finish work in MMS6.
To export from a currently active Schedule, Board or Sub-board:
- Select File, then the MMS6 export option.
- A message will display, prompting you to select a destination to save the file.
- Once saved, you can import the file into MMS6.
Use the same keyboard shortcuts from MMS6 in MMS10. Find a guide in the operating system menu.
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