Shamel Studio

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Guides, FAQs, and video tutorials for scheduling, budgeting, and call sheets.

Quick Start

Start Scheduling

Scheduling

Upload a script, get an instant breakdown, and build your stripboard.

Upload your scriptBuild your stripboard

Start Budgeting

Budgeting

Pick a template, then pull cast, shoot days, and elements in from your schedule.

Create your first budgetGlobals, fringes, and tags

Start Call Sheets

Call Sheets

Generate call sheets straight from your shooting schedule and crew list.

Create a call sheetCreate a production report

General

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Create your first project

Set up a project and understand the three modules: Schedule, Budget, and Call Sheets.

Share and export: PDFs, view-only links, and Excel

Every report you can generate, plus live view-only links and project collaboration.

Scheduling

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Upload a script and get an automatic breakdown

Turn a PDF script into scenes and tagged elements in about 20 seconds.

Build your shooting schedule on the Stripboard

Reorder strips, add day breaks, park scenes in the Boneyard, and save board versions.

Tag elements in the Scene Breakdown

Open any scene to tag cast, props, vehicles, and 21 element categories against the script text.

Generate Day Out of Days (DOOD) reports

See work, hold, and travel days for cast and any element type, built automatically from your stripboard.

Export your schedule to Movie Magic (MMS)

Hand off to a team on Movie Magic Scheduling with an MMS-format export that preserves all your elements.

Import a tagged script from Scriptation

Export your marked-up script from Scriptation and generate a complete breakdown in Shamel instantly.

Budgeting

3 articles

Create a budget from a template, then pull in your schedule

Pick a starting template, optionally import your schedule data, and work Top Sheet → Accounts → Details.

Use Globals, Fringes, and Tags in your budget

Reusable values, automatic payroll fringes, tags, state incentive credits, and multi-currency.

Import a Movie Magic Budget (XML)

Bring an existing Movie Magic budget into Shamel with its structure intact using the XML import.

Call Sheets

2 articles

Create call sheets and sync them with your schedule

Build call sheets from a shoot day, import your crew, and generate polished PDFs.

Create a production report

Turn a shoot day into a production report straight from its call sheet, then log what actually happened.

Frequently Asked Questions

No, we offer a Free plan so you can get started with Shamel without any commitment and see if it meets your needs.

Yes. Your script remains fully private and is encrypted in transit and at rest. We do not share your data with third parties, and your content is never used to train AI models. You retain full ownership of your script, and it can be deleted from our system at any time.

We currently support .pdf, but we're working on adding support for other file types like .fdx.

Yes. Export your schedule in MMS format from the Reports page inside your schedule. All elements are preserved. See the MMS export guide for details.

With our Professional Plan you can create up to 20 projects, while the free tier allows 1 project. If you need more, contact us.

We process scripts in several languages that use the latin alphabet, such as Spanish and French, if properly formatted.

Yes. Open the help menu (the "?" icon in the app's top bar) and choose Keyboard Shortcuts to see them for both scheduling and budgeting.

We're happy to give you a private demo and walk you through Shamel's tools and features. Reach out on our Contact page or book a demo.