Movie Magic Scheduling Useful User Guide Links

Movie Magic Scheduling (MMS) helps productions plan scenes, manage elements, organize shoot days, and generate reports for cast, crew, and departments. The official MMS User Guide provides detailed instructions for every part of the scheduling workflow.

This article gives you quick access to the main sections of the MMS User Guide, along with short summaries of what each section covers. Use these links to learn how to set up your schedule, break down your script, build stripboards, manage calendars, track Day-Out-of-Days, work with elements, and create production reports.

Whether you’re new to MMS or already familiar with scheduling workflows, these sections will help you understand each tool and feature so you can build accurate and efficient schedules for your production.

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Main Sections (Direct Links) From The Movie Magic Scheduling Manual

• Getting Started Introduction to installing Movie Magic Scheduling, checking system requirements, managing your license, updating the software, and signing in for the first time.
  Ideal for new users who are just beginning.
• Schedule Files Explains how schedule files work, including saving, backing up, exporting, and opening multiple schedules at once.
• Navigating Your Schedule Shows how to move around MMS efficiently, including navigating stripboards, segments, and different views. Covers undo/redo and layout options.
• Breakdown Provides details on Breakdown Sheets, scene header information, categories, and elements. Also explains how to import, duplicate, and edit Breakdown Sheets.
• Stripboards Covers how to use stripboards to build your shooting schedule, including segments, banners, daybreaks, and rearranging strips. Central area for scheduling work.
• Calendars Explains how to set up and manage production calendars, off-days, holidays, and company events.
  Helps define overall scheduling rules and working patterns.
• Day-Out-of-Days (DOOD) Shows how to track when cast, extras, props, and other elements are needed using DOOD tables. Includes usage rules and day-type definitions.
• Elements Covers managing Elements across the schedule, assigning categories, linking them to Breakdown Sheets, and using Quick Add. Helps keep all production elements organized.
• Reports Describes how to generate standard reports such as one-line schedules, shooting schedules, DOOD reports, and element lists. Includes options for exporting to PDF or Excel.

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