Your first shoot

A shoot is the unit everything hangs off: the client, the run of day, the kit and shot lists, the client's link, the review, the invoice. Build one real shoot rather than a test; fourteen days is about one job end to end.

The first time you open Cinella it offers to set the first shoot up with you: four questions, and the call sheet and invoice grow beside them as you answer. Every answer is saved as you go, so you can stop and pick it up from the dashboard.

After that, New shoot asks seven quick questions in the same way. Skip any of them. Whatever you skip is waiting in the shoot's editor, which shows the five steps down the left: details, people, run of day, shots and kit. The call sheet is ready when the essentials are in.

If you do not have a date yet, leave it blank. The shoot says Date to confirm until you give one, and it stays off the calendar.

1. Press New shoot in the sidebar, or the plus on a phone.
2. Pick or name the client, name the shoot, and add the date if you have it.
3. Give a call time and a wrap time and press Build my day. The run of day is written from those two times.
4. Add who is on the day, the shots you cannot leave without, and what is in the van. Skip anything you do not know yet.
5. Add the day fee and open the editor. The call sheet button is in the left column.

Still stuck? Email hello@cinella.app and Harry will answer.