Published by Film Logic · Competitor pricing checked 16 September 2026
A Movie Magic Scheduling alternative
the whole production can open.
Same documents, same discipline, no install. The board, the reports, the call sheet and the shoot day live in one production that your producer, your AD and your coordinator are all looking at, from any machine, for US$19.99 a month with unlimited collaborators.
One production, not one laptop
A Movie Magic schedule is a file. It lives on the machine it was built on, and everyone else gets a copy: emailed, dated, printed, and out of date the moment the next change lands. Most of the version chaos on a small production starts there, not in anyone's competence.
Film Logic holds one production that people open rather than receive. The AD moves a strip and the coordinator building tomorrow's call sheet is already looking at the result. Nobody asks which version is current, because there is one.
What you get
The whole run, from screenplay to shoot day
Import the .fdx or PDF and the scenes, headings and characters come across. Tag the breakdown scene by scene. Drag the strips into days, with banners for meals and company moves, and watch page counts and day totals move as you go. Check cast and location availability while you schedule rather than afterwards.
Then the paperwork comes off the same board: one-liner, Hollywood one-liner, shooting schedule, Day Out of Days, daily category totals, a shooting calendar, breakdown and element reports, cast, set and location directories, and a conflicts report. Thirteen in all, every one a view of the production rather than a document somebody retyped.
And then the part most scheduling tools stop short of: build tomorrow's call sheet from the day you already scheduled, send it for approval, distribute it as a PDF and track it per recipient. On the day, the AD dashboard runs the floor, and the crew open Crew Live on a phone with no login and no app to see where the day has got to.
Everyone, at no extra cost
Unlimited collaborators on every plan, each with a role that controls what they can change. The producer, the first AD, the coordinator and the line producer can all be in the same production without a licence conversation, and crew who only need to look at the day never need an account at all.
There is no per-seat charge here and no per-machine licence. The price is for the production.
Any machine, including the one in your pocket
Mac, Windows, a hired laptop, the production office desktop. Nothing to install, nothing to license per device, nothing to move when the machine changes.
And the phone is not a cut-down viewer. The production app runs on a phone: script, breakdown, stripboard, cast and location availability, reports, call sheets and the AD dashboard are all there and all editable. Script Supervisor is the one module that stays on desktop. You can move a scene from the back of a van and print the revised call sheet before you have found a desk.
| Movie Magic Scheduling | Film Logic | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An application you download and install, choosing Windows or macOS at purchase. | A browser workspace. Nothing to install, on any machine. |
| Monthly | $29.99/month at the introductory rate, $39.99/month regular. | US$19.99/month. |
| Annual | $199.88/year introductory, $279.88/year regular, with a 12-month commitment. | US$199/year, no commitment beyond the term. |
| Trying it | Sold through the EP Store; check their current trial terms. | 30 days of everything, no card. |
| Several people at once | A desktop application; plan how you will pass the file around. | Unlimited collaborators in one production, with roles. |
| Call sheets and the shoot day | Scheduling is the product; check what it covers for your day-of workflow. | Call sheets with tracked distribution, an AD dashboard and Crew Live, included. |
| Reports | The long-standing reference layouts. | Thirteen, including the one-liner, shooting schedule and Day Out of Days. |
| Budgeting | Movie Magic Budgeting is a separate product and a separate subscription. | Not included. |
| On a phone | A desktop application for Windows or macOS. | The production app itself, editable, with Script Supervisor the one desktop-only module. |
| Working offline | Yes. It is installed locally. | No. Print or export before you lose signal. |
Try Film Logic if
- The schedule keeps arriving as an emailed file and nobody is sure which copy is current.
- More than one person needs to change the plan, and you would rather not buy a seat for each of them.
- You want the call sheet, the distribution and the shoot day in the same place as the board, instead of in a second product.
- Your team is spread out, works across Mac and Windows, or needs to change the schedule from a phone on a location.
- You want the crew to see the day on a phone without installing anything or creating accounts.
- You are shooting episodic and want per-episode scene pools inside one production.
Stay where you are if
- You schedule where there is no connection.
- A studio or completion bond expects Movie Magic's own files.
- You need Movie Magic Budgeting alongside it from the same vendor.
Run it yourself
Rebuild one finished schedule
Take a production you have already shot, where you know what the plan should look like, and give it an hour.
- Import the script. Scenes, headings and characters come across.
- Break down three scenes, including one with a vehicle and an effect.
- Build two shooting days and produce a cast Day Out of Days.
- Move one scene between days, then look at availability, day totals and every report.
- Build the call sheet for the changed day and send it to yourself.
Step four is the one to watch. That is the moment a schedule normally becomes four documents that have to be reconciled by hand, and it is the whole reason this product exists.
One thing to know before you start: we import screenplays, not Movie Magic's native schedule files, so an existing board is rebuilt rather than opened. On a feature, allow an afternoon.
Film Logic
Put your next production somewhere everyone can reach it
Thirty days, every feature, unlimited collaborators, no card. Import a screenplay and see what your first week actually looks like.
Start your free trial →Movie Magic Scheduling prices were read from Entertainment Partners' own store on 16 September 2026: the monthly subscription and the annual subscription. Introductory rates are theirs and may end. Check their current pricing before deciding. Film Logic pricing is on our pricing page.
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