Day Out of Days Generator
Build a DOOD report tracking every cast member's work, hold, and travel days across your shoot.
Enter each cast member's work days as day numbers or ranges (e.g. 1,3-5,8). Hold days between their first and last work day fill in automatically.
| Cast | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | W | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Sharma (Lead) | W | W | W | H | W | H | W | 5 | 2 | |||
| R. Iyer (Supporting) | W | H | W | H | W | 3 | 2 |
W = Work day, H = Hold (paid, not shooting, between first and last work day).
What a Day Out of Days (DOOD) Report Actually Tracks
A Day Out of Days report — DOOD for short — is the document that tracks, for every cast member on a production, exactly which shoot days they're working, on hold (paid but not needed on set that day), traveling, or wrapped entirely. It's the single reference a production office and an assistant director use to answer two questions that come up constantly during scheduling: how many days does this actor need to be paid for, and is anyone double-booked across two units or two productions on the same date.
Building a DOOD by hand means cross-referencing every actor against every day of the shooting schedule — a process that's easy to get right once and then get wrong the moment the schedule shifts, a location falls through, or a scene gets rescheduled. Because work days and hold days are derived directly from the schedule, any change to the shoot order should, in principle, ripple through to every actor's DOOD automatically — but a spreadsheet built by hand doesn't do that on its own; someone has to remember to update it.
How this generator works
Set your total number of shoot days, add each cast member with their name and role, and enter their work days as simple day numbers or ranges — 1,3-5,8 means working days 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8. The generator automatically fills in hold days for any day between an actor's first and last work day that isn't itself a work day, and totals both work days and hold days per cast member. When it looks right, use Print / Export PDF to save a clean DOOD report — no account required.
This tool gives you a static, one-time DOOD. In the full app, changed scenes are flagged in the schedule — regenerate it in one click as your actual shooting schedule changes (scenes added, cut, or reordered) — and The Story Maker's in-product scheduling tool generates the DOOD directly from your script breakdown and stripboard, so artist dates carry over without a manual recount.
Day Out of Days — Frequently Asked Questions
What does "hold" mean on a DOOD report?
A hold day is a day between an actor's first and last work day on the schedule where they're not shooting but are still contractually held (and usually paid) in case the schedule shifts — common when a cast member's scenes are spread across a shoot with gaps in between.
Can I export the DOOD as a PDF?
Yes — use your browser's print dialog (Print / Export PDF above) to save or print a clean, formatted DOOD report, no account required.
How is a DOOD different from a shooting schedule?
A shooting schedule (stripboard) is organized by scene and shoot day; a DOOD is organized by cast member, tracking status across every day of the shoot. They're generated from the same underlying schedule, just viewed from a different angle.
Does this update automatically if my schedule changes?
Not this standalone tool — it's a one-time generator. The Story Maker's full scheduling tool ties the DOOD directly to your script breakdown and stripboard, so you can re-run it after a schedule change without re-typing the cast list.
Is signing up required to use this generator?
No — every field and the PDF export work without an account. Signing up is only needed if you want the DOOD generated from a script breakdown and schedule inside The Story Maker, where changed scenes are flagged in the breakdown and schedule and you regenerate in one click when they change.