Movie Magic Scheduling Streamlines Film & TV Scheduling with Powerful New Collaboration Features

Movie Magic Scheduling (MMS), the entertainment industry’s leading film and TV scheduling software, is streamlining production scheduling even more with new Multi-User Collaboration features.

Coordinating production schedules requires seamless communication across the assistant director and production teams. With Multi‑User Collaboration, Movie Magic Scheduling eliminates the challenges of multiple files, allowing teams to work together in a single shared, cloud‑based schedule with real‑time updates.

Multi-User Collaboration is just one of the enhancements in Movie Magic Scheduling’s latest release. Built with input from ADs, UPMs and other production users, features like split views, calendar filtering and red flag improvements reinforce Movie Magic Scheduling as the simplest way to manage even the most complex schedules.

Simplify your workflow with Multi‑User Collaboration

Multi‑User Collaboration optimizes the scheduling process by letting teams edit one shared, real‑time schedule. Now you can reschedule fittings while the 2nd AD updates the breakdown, and the 2nd 2nd AD adds tomorrow’s background count.

With changes appearing instantly for everyone, Movie Magic Scheduling keeps your team on the same page—saving you time, keeping you organized and helping you get on with your day.

Streamline your project’s scheduling with Multi-User Collaboration:

• Easy Sharing. Invite team members to view or edit a schedule directly from Movie Magic Scheduling. If your team members are not using the latest version (MMS 10.11 is required for Multi-User Collaboration), Movie Magic Scheduling will notify you so you can follow up with them about upgrading.
• Access Control. Teams can change throughout production. With access management, you can easily add or remove team members as needed.
• Permission Levels. Schedule owners can assign view or edit permissions, safeguarding access to only those you approve.
• Presence Indicators. All users can see who has the schedule open, and what changes are being made as they happen, ensuring everyone is on the same page.
• Conflict Prevention. Never worry about edits getting lost or overwritten. Movie Magic Scheduling automatically protects your data, preventing two users from editing over each other, and pausing editing capabilities when users go offline.
• Schedule History. When multiple users are editing a schedule, transparency is key. MMS records all changes with detailed time stamps in Schedule History, allowing you to track each team member’s edits over time.

Movie Magic Scheduling Multi-User Collabroation gives teams shared access and real-time visibility.

Enhance your scheduling workflows with new Movie Magic Scheduling features

Movie Magic Scheduling makes film scheduling and production management faster and more intuitive. From split views to advanced filtering to improved conflict management tools, get more clarity and control over the specific needs of your shoot. It’s all part of EP’s commitment to delivering smarter scheduling solutions to keep your production on time and on budget.

Six ways Movie Magic Scheduling can benefit your production:

1. Plan faster with Calendar and Board Split View. Side-by-side display allows you to see your calendar and stripboard at the same time, giving you instant visibility into how moving strips affects your daily calendar and board structure. And rescheduling is easy with drag-and-drop capabilities that update on both views, so you can see how changes affect your overall schedule.
2. Focus on relevant scenes and save paper by printing selected strips. Don’t need to print your entire stripboard? No problem. Now you can print just the strips you need with optional Day Breaks and Banners. Keep your production on track by printing targeted subsets of your schedule for specific departments, eliminating clutter and unnecessary information.
3. Simplify views and identify conflicts quickly with calendar filtering. Enhanced calendar filtering makes it easy to view the information you need and hide what you don’t. Streamline department-focused planning and easily identify availability conflicts for specific events.
4. Make informed scheduling decisions with resource counts on strips. Element quantities now display directly on the stripboard, giving you more visibility to which days require more resources, where you might have missing breakdown information and which complex scenes may need further coordination.
5. Manage conflicts with the elevated Red Flag Manager. Movie Magic Scheduling already alerts you to potential issues with your schedule. Now you have even greater control with element-level indicators that surface conflicts directly in the Elements tab; quick access to red flag details from an element’s Edit modal; filtered views in the Red Flag Manager; and PDF export options for sharing active red flags with department heads.
6. Find and edit the information you need more efficiently with filtering enhancements. Searching for specific information is easier than ever with advanced filtering by screen time ranges and page counts. And when you need to update multiple items at once, improved selection controls make bulk updating a breeze.

Upgrade to the industry’s leading film and TV scheduling software today

For over 20 years, ADs, UPMs and production teams have relied on Movie Magic Scheduling to gain a comprehensive overview of their production schedule, and seamlessly manage each step in the production process.

Ready to streamline production scheduling for your film or TV series? Upgrade to Movie Magic Scheduling today and unlock the benefits of the film industry’s leading production scheduling solution.