Call Sheets & Shooting Schedules

Here is how this works in practice. We build call sheets that account for the practical realities of shooting across the seven emirates. Our team confirms unit base sets up, crew call times and travel buffers between locations such as Dubai Marina, Saadiyat Island and the Liwa Desert. The work happens where transit can swallow an hour even on great highways. Each sheet aligns with the specific permit window granted by the Abu Dhabi Film Commission or the Dubai Film and TV Commission, since access hours at landmarks like the Burj Khalifa or the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque are tightly controlled.

Here is the short of it. We schedule prayer-time considerations into the day, factor the prime October-to-April production season into outdoor calls, and front-load early starts during the hotter shoulder months to keep cast and crew off the dunes during peak heat. Contact blocks list local fixers, medics and the GCAA-OK'd drone operator where aerial units are involved, so each department head knows exactly who to call. Distribution runs in English, the working language across the UAE's global crews base, with Arabic detail added where local partners need it.

Here is how the picture comes together. The UAE's production history makes tight call sheets key. Films such as 'Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol' staged its Burj Khalifa sequence on a venue with non-negotiable access slots. While 'Furious 7' set up the Etihad Towers stunt around Abu Dhabi traffic running. 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' and both 'Dune' films ran large units deep into the Liwa Desert. The work happens where remote unit bases, water provision and heat-management timing all had to be printed clearly so nothing depended on memory.

Here is the breakdown. Productions backed by Image Nation Abu Dhabi and shot through the Dubai Studio City and Dubai Media City free zones expect call sheets that double as the day's single source of truth. Our documents reflect that standard, carrying weather notes for desert wind, sunrise and sunset times for golden-hour blocks, and emergency routing to the nearest hospital. The result is a trusted daily instrument that keeps a multi-emirate crew synchronised from first call to wrap.