# Stripboard > The production schedule laid out as strips — one per scene, carrying its number, set, day or night, length in eighths, and cast — ordered by shoot day rather than by story order. Also known as: production board, production strips ## In practice Scheduling starts from the breakdown. Each scene becomes a strip, and the assistant director reorders the strips so scenes that share a location, cast, or time of day shoot together. The story order in the script and the shooting order on the board are rarely the same. Strips are traditionally color-coded for interior or exterior and day or night, so a scheduler can read the board at a glance. Today the board usually lives in scheduling software, and the same arrangement prints as a one-line schedule: a compact list of each shoot day's strips. Writers shape the board more than they think. A location renamed between scenes, a time of day left vague, or an extra character slipped into action all change strips. Consistent scene headings and cue spellings are what let a board be built from the script without guesswork. [Free script breakdown tool](https://www.inkwell.software/tools/script-breakdown) ## Common questions ### Is a stripboard the same as a shooting schedule? It is the schedule's working form. The strips are arranged into shoot days; the printed shooting schedule and one-line schedule are views of that arrangement. ### Why are scenes shot out of order? Because the board groups scenes by what they share — location, cast, time of day — to save company moves and days. Story order is rarely the cheapest order to shoot. ### Do writers make the stripboard? No. The assistant director or production office builds it from the breakdown. Writers help by keeping scene headings, character names, and times of day consistent. ### Can I see strips for my own script? Yes. Inkwell's free script breakdown tool lays out each scene as a strip with its set, day or night, eighths, and cast, right in your browser — so you can see how your pages will read on a board before anyone builds one. ## Related terms - [Script breakdown](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/script-breakdown): The production process of tagging a locked (or near-locked) script for cast, locations, props, vehicles, SFX, and other elements so schedules and budgets can be built. - [Day out of days (DOOD)](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/day-out-of-days): A production report that shows, for each cast member, which shoot days they start, work, hold, and finish — so a production can see how many days each actor is booked and paid. - [Call sheet](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/call-sheet): The plan for one shoot day: call times, the location, the scenes and pages being shot, which cast and crew are called and when, and notes such as weather, parking, and safety. - [Scene number](https://www.inkwell.software/glossary/scene-number): A production number attached to a scene heading so every department refers to the same unit — Scene 42 stays Scene 42 after a lock, even if pages shift. --- Canonical page: