Movie Making Manual/Call Sheet

Call sheets give the broad and essential details of a day's shooting. Typically, you would send a call sheet out to every member of the cast and crew as early as possible. During production, this usually means the night before!

What a Call Sheet contains

 * Project title
 * Date
 * Day out of days (e.g. "day 3 of a 5 day shoot")
 * Location(s) for the day
 * Parking details
 * Contact details for (at least) the principal members of the crew (e.g. Producer, Production Manager, 1st AD, Location Manager)
 * Recommended clothing (e.g. "wear black" or "wear full waterproofing")
 * Scenes to be shot for the day
 * Broad schedule (the call sheet doesn't usually include the shot-by-shot schedule)
 * Call times
 * Makeup and wardrobe times
 * Scenes
 * Travel
 * Breaks
 * Estimated wrap time
 * Weather forecast
 * Details of the local hospital
 * Details of the local police
 * Equipment details
 * Hire company details