Free film tools

The small tools you use before and after a shoot, in one place

Call sheets, shot lists, quotes, sunrise and sunset times, a teleprompter and a video calculator. Each one handles a real job on set or in your business. All free: log in with a Grids account to use them.

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Why these tools exist

Call sheets, quotes, sunrise times: they come up every week. We made these small things well, free and with nothing to install, so you can use them today.

  • Each tool does one real job

    Tomorrow's shoot needs a call sheet, a client asks for a rough price, an exterior needs magic hour. These come up every week, yet they're too small to justify buying software.

  • Free, with no usage limits

    They work on the Free plan with no limit on how often you use them. Logging in to Grids is only there to keep features like sharing and remote control from being abused.

  • Your data stays in your browser

    Scripts, call sheets and quotes are stored in this device's browser, not on Grids' servers. On another computer you'll need to fill them in again, so save important documents as PDFs.

Which tool for which job

WhenTool
  • You shoot tomorrow and need to brief the whole crewCall sheet
  • Going over shots with the director and planning the shooting orderShot list
  • A client asks “roughly how much?”Quote
  • You need to catch magic hour on locationSunrise & sunset
  • A host or interviewee needs to read a scriptTeleprompter
  • Working out card space, file sizes and timecodeVideo calculator
Studio management (Business)

Need to save documents, share them with your team, and link them to clients and projects?

A quote made with the free tool is printed and done. In studio management, the same quote is saved and numbered. Once the client accepts it online, it becomes a project and a contract, connected to freelancer payments and your income and expenses.

See studio management