Working together
Departments suggest, you decide.
- Change requests from departments, comments on a strip or a day, issuing a version with an email to the crew and a summary of changes.
- The crew reads for free.
Demo project with invented scenes. Strip colours are the Blockshot Studio set - or yours, straight from your file.
Opens .msd filesFrom Movie Magic Scheduling 6, with a check of everything that came in - and exports back to it.
Runs in the browserNothing to install. Chrome, Edge and Safari on Mac or PC. Keeps working offline on set.
Autosaves to the cloudServers in the EU (Frankfurt). Download a file whenever you want.
English and CzechGerman, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Portuguese are on the way.
What’s inside
Overview, control, certainty. Your whole shoot at a glance.
Bring your .msd
Open your Movie Magic Scheduling 6 schedule.
- Boards, breakdown sheets, elements, calendars, colours and your own strip, report and calendar layouts, exactly as you have them.
- You get a check of everything that came in, and of anything Blockshot won't use.
- Save back to .msd whenever you need. A file you haven't edited stays byte for byte the same.
Script Manager
A schedule from a PDF script. A clear list of changes from the next draft.
- Scenes, I/E, time of day, eighths, speaking characters and, for a series, episodes. Or just attach the script to a schedule you already have.
- New draft: new, omitted and changed scenes, renumbering. You pick what goes into the schedule and print Script Changes.
- Sides for a shoot day in one click. A script under NDA can stay on your computer only.
+52AEXT. SQUARE - MARKET · DAY
new scene
new scene
~15INT. FERRY - CAFÉ
2 1/8 → 2 5/8 · + Inspector
2 1/8 → 2 5/8 · + Inspector
−21TOMÁŠ'S CAR
OMITTED → Boneyard
OMITTED → Boneyard
#30 → 31LIGHTHOUSE
renumbered
renumbered
A working Day Out of Days
It updates with every move.
- Nights between days (hotel, travel), Drop/Pickup and Hold right in the row.
- Several people at once, an episode filter, copy to Excel.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Ana | SW | W | W | W | WF | |
| 2 Tomáš | SW | H | W | WF | ||
| 4 Inspector | SWF | |||||
| 7 Doctor | SW | T | WF |
Units side by side
Main and second unit in columns, lined up by date.
Drag a scene from one unit to the other. One ⌘Z puts it back.
Main unit
DAY 4
12EXTD1 2/8
15INTD2 1/8
2nd unit
DAY 1
14AEXTD6/8
70EXTN3/8
Calendar
Drag a whole day to another date.
- Stripboard, calendar and Day Out of Days in one click, any two side by side.
- Public holidays by country, turnaround and shifts. Blockshot warns you when scene estimates run past the shift.
DAY 4 · Thu Mar 12
12EXTD1 2/8
14AEXTD6/8
15INTD2 1/8
DAY 5 · Fri Mar 13
41INTN3
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Printouts every AD knows
Design strips, reports and calendars over a live preview.
- Strip, Report and Calendar Designer. Full Fat Schedule, Category by Day, Cast List and sides.
- A4 and US Letter, PDF and Excel, with a preview of the real page.
StripReportCalendar
FieldSet
FontArial 10 b
Alignleft
Text before(empty)
Text after(empty)
Growsmax. 3×
Draft, versions and snapshots
You work in a draft. The crew sees only the version you issue.
- Board snapshots and what-if variants next to the working schedule. One click to use one as working.
- Compare two versions with a summary of changes, plus a revision history. Your last steps survive even a closed tab.
Draftyou work here
Version 3 · issued Nov 12the crew sees this one
Snapshot: before moving the lighthouseUse as working
Variant: rain on Thursdaywhat if
Privacy and NDA
Your script stays yours.
- The script can stay on your computer only; just the breakdown goes to the cloud. Location lookup can be turned off.
- Your data doesn't go into AI.
Offline and on a tablet
Plan where there's no signal.
Runs in the browser and works offline. On an iPad you tap, drag and hold. A phone for viewing.
Open formats
Your data isn't locked in.
.msd both ways, PDF, Excel and Universal Schedule Standard (.uss).
Early access · Founding 8
Schedule your next job in Blockshot.
We invite assistant directors and production teams in small groups, so every request gets read. Tell us a little about your work and we will be in touch. Everything on this page works today; we are still fine-tuning, and what you report gets fixed fast.
- Free during early access
- Your schedules stay yours - export them any time
- Direct line to the person building it
- The first 8 ADs to subscribe keep their price for as long as they stay
Questions
Do I need Movie Magic to use Blockshot?
No. Blockshot is a scheduling tool on its own - start a new schedule from a template or a PDF script. Opening and exporting .msd is there for when you or your production still work with MMS 6.
Where are my schedules stored?
In your account, on servers in Frankfurt, EU (encrypted nightly backups are stored with GitHub in the US). Only you and the people you invite can open them. You can download any schedule as a Blockshot file or a .msd at any time.
Is my script safe?
Your scripts and schedules sit in your own account on servers in Frankfurt, EU. For a script under NDA, choose "script only on this computer": the PDF never leaves your computer and only the breakdown goes to the cloud. We never sell your data; only the providers that run the service process it for us (listed in the Privacy policy), and we do not look at it unless you ask us to help with a problem.
Does it print on A4 and US Letter?
Yes. Every report and the stripboard itself print on A4 or US Letter, as PDF or Excel - with a real page preview before you print.
What does it cost?
Early access is free. After launch, an individual licence costs $197 a year or $28.88 a month, and a production licence for the whole AD team costs $12.68 per shooting day, never more than $629 per project, prep days free - in the US, the UK, Western and Northern Europe and other high-income countries; less elsewhere. Try it free for 30 days. Students use it free.
What happens to my schedules after early access?
They stay in your account. We will announce the end of early access and any pricing at least 30 days ahead, and you can download every schedule as a Blockshot file or a .msd at any time.
Can my team work on the same schedule?
Yes. Your AD team edits the schedule, while heads of department and producers follow the latest schedule read-only, comment and suggest changes. Everyone sees who else is in the schedule right now.
Which languages?
English and Czech now. German, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese are being checked with working ADs. You can print reports in a different language than the one you work in.