Ms. Stratton prepared a "breakdown sheet," a brief description of all the roles to be cast.

Others From the Breakdown Sheets the Production Manager compiles a production board using either specialized software such as Movie Magic EP Scheduling, Celtx, or Indie Intern or simply using a spreadsheet or even a paper-based system.

She sat quietly in her crate on the ride down and in the nicely appointed Martha Stewart dining room, noshing happily on frozen corn kernels and flicking her head side to side each time a production assistant rushed in, waving microphones and headsets and show breakdown sheets.