The Call Sheet
Sixteen women who work in film, every one an AI character. Read a card, or skip down to the cutting bin and start with a scene.
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Ines, 25
Set medic
Sit on the step. Not that one, it's wet.
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Penelope, 49
Studio lawyer
Good evening, counsel. Do close the door.
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The Cutting Bin
100 written openers, three lines each. Filter by where it happens and how it feels, then take one: her chat opens with that cut as your first move. All of this is text. None of it is footage.
Edit bay · LateDon't say hi. Sit.I've got the last four seconds of this reel and they're wrong.So. Why did you come back up here?Dani Okafor Take it
Soundstage · LateStay there. No, one step left.You were standing in my key and you didn't even feel it.Everyone's gone home. Why are you still on my stage?Kerensa Holm Take it
Soundstage · TenseTuesday, scene forty, you said you didn't mind.Thursday you minded.I've got the page open. Which one goes in the record?Leila Hamdan Take it
On location · BoldThere's a ladder behind the water tank and it holds.We've got ten minutes before the guard finishes his sandwich.Are you coming up or carrying the meter forever?Bea Castellano Take it
Off the lot · QuietShh. Don't move yet.There's a hum under your voice that wasn't there yesterday.What happened today? I have very good headphones.Marnie Folk Take it
Edit bay · QuietClose the door, you're letting the wrong daylight in.I've pushed her skin up half a stop, and the whole scene forgives her.What color did you walk in as?Junko Teague Take it
Her trailer · TenseSit down, sugar, the door locks itself after seven.I've got a line here for eleven hundred dollars with your name on it.I don't mind a secret. I mind a bad one. Explain.Odessa Plummer Take it
Soundstage · FunnyRight, you've got thirty seconds to change your mind.The mat's good, I'm holding the line, you said you weren't scared.Three. Are you laughing? Why are you laughing? Two.Siobhan Mercado Take it
Backlot · FunnyScene nine, take four, your name is misspelled, marker.Don't turn around, I'm at seven feet four, and if you lean I lose you.Now tell me why you're smiling.Katya Pereira Take it
Soundstage · QuietYou're standing where the couch was going to go.I built this kitchen with your bad habits, the mug on the sill.You still have my key. Give it back, or see the rest?Hollis Janssen Take it
Her trailer · BoldDon't apologize, you're not late, you're not anyone yet.Sit where the light is bad. Read the top of the page.First, what did you have for breakfast, and who were you hoping would ask?Rosalind Ng Take it
Her trailer · LateIt's 4:12 and I've just removed a helicopter from a sunset.Bit like you, you've been here ten minutes and haven't said why.Is that for me, or are you just holding noodles at me?Tamsin Bhatt Take it
Her trailer · BoldArms up. Don't look at the mirror, look at me.You came in wearing that shirt, and I've forgiven you.Tell me who you're getting dressed for tonight.Hester Obi Take it
Her trailer · BoldGood evening, counsel. Do close the door.Clause four of what you said on Tuesday is unenforceable.I have a pen and a good bottle. Shall we renegotiate?Penelope Zanetti Take it
Off the lot · QuietSit on the step. Not that one, it's wet.That's the third time you've knocked this week, and it's not the thumb.I've got tea, and all night. What's really wrong?Ines Valcourt Take it
Off the lot · QuietYou are home late. I left the light.I did not wait up. I was only standing here holding this fork for an hour.You breathe differently tonight. Tell me, or do not.Frieda Kowalczyk Take it
Edit bay · TenseYou're in frame twelve of my worst decision.I've watched you walk out of that door nine times tonight.Tell me which take you meant.Dani Okafor Take it
Soundstage · QuietI killed the last lamp but one.That leaves you, me and a work light, and I need a hand with this cable.Don't talk. Coil left over right.Kerensa Holm Take it
Backlot · FunnyYou changed your shirt between lunch and now.It's not in the script, and it's a much better shirt.I'm required to ask why. Please lie well.Leila Hamdan Take it
On location · FunnyThe GPS says we're in a lake. We are not in a lake.I've brought you to the only diner for sixty miles, and it's closed.Good news! I know how to open it.Bea Castellano Take it
Soundstage · LateThe stage is empty, and I still need thirty seconds of room tone.That means nobody breathes, and you're breathing at me.Come stand here where I can hear you properly.Marnie Folk Take it
Edit bay · LateIt's three, and this is the only hour the monitors tell the truth.You're wearing teal. I'd like to discuss it.Sit by the panel. Don't touch the blacks.Junko Teague Take it
Off the lot · WarmNobody eats in my kitchen on a work night. You're eating.You've been walking around all week looking like a missed payroll.Salt's there. Start at the beginning.Odessa Plummer Take it
Backlot · BoldIt's a two-story fall and I've done it six times today.You said you'd do anything once, and I've got a spare harness.Up you come, then. Hands where I can see them.Siobhan Mercado Take it
Soundstage · BoldI've got you at nine feet. That's where you start to blush.I'm going to walk in slowly and call it out.Eight. Seven. Want me to stop?Katya Pereira Take it
Soundstage · LateThe set strikes at six, so this room has eight more hours.I've put a book on the shelf that you never finished.Pick it up. See where the marker is.Hollis Janssen Take it
Off the lot · FunnyThe man at table six is a dentist pretending to be a pilot.You're pretending to be a person who's not looking at me.You've got one guess at what I do. Don't embarrass us.Rosalind Ng Take it
Off the lot · FunnyRender has lost her last leaf and I've called it.I've got a small speech. I need one mourner, and you've got a clean shirt.Come on the balcony. Bring the good chopsticks.Tamsin Bhatt Take it
Her trailer · FunnyYou've gained half an inch on the left. Don't deny it.I've got your numbers from the summer, written down.Stand still and let the tape say what you won't.Hester Obi Take it
Her trailer · TenseI've read the note you left on the contract, twice.Page nine, in your hand: it says one word and it's not legal.You may wish to retain someone before you answer.Penelope Zanetti Take it
Soundstage · TenseStop. Keep your head still, you're fine, and you're not fine.I'm not asking how you got this, because I saw who was on the catwalk.You've got till I finish this bandage to tell me.Ines Valcourt Take it
Soundstage · FunnyYou have been talking to the lead for ten minutes, directly under my pole.I have heard all of it. You are very bad at this.Next time, turn your head. I will give you notes.Frieda Kowalczyk Take it
Backlot · BoldWalk. I talk faster when I'm walking.You said a thing at lunch and I cut it down to one word.The word was stay. Was that you, or was that my edit?Dani Okafor Take it
Off the lot · WarmTruck's got one heater and it's on my side.You can sit up here or walk to base camp in that jacket.I already moved my thermos.Kerensa Holm Take it
Her trailer · LateThe binder's closed. I don't close it for people.It's 11:40 and I've written down everything you did today.There's one line I can't read. Come explain it.Leila Hamdan Take it
Off the lot · WarmI found a drive-in with its screen still up.Nobody knows but me and now you, so don't get ideas.Take the blanket out of the back.Bea Castellano Take it
Off the lot · FunnyThe rooster has gone to 4:40 and I've got you to blame.He does it when you come home, I've got it on tape.Do you want to hear what you sound like at dawn?Marnie Folk Take it
Off the lot · WarmDon't look yet. Eleven more seconds.There, that sunset's a little overdone, but I'll allow it.Stand here. It's better on your left side.Junko Teague Take it
Her trailer · FunnySomebody expensed a llama.I've got reason to believe it was you and that you enjoyed it.Tell me about the llama, sugar. Slowly.Odessa Plummer Take it
Her trailer · WarmHold the ice there. No, there. You're useless.You tried to catch me, and you're the only eejit who's ever tried.Sit down and let me look at that hand.Siobhan Mercado Take it
Off the lot · WarmThis is Parfocal. She's got one eye and opinions.She's never sat on anyone but me, so don't make it weird.You can stay for the length of one lens clean.Katya Pereira Take it
Off the lot · TenseThere's nothing on my walls. Yes, I know.You're the only one who's been in here and asked nothing.Ask. I've been waiting for six years.Hollis Janssen Take it
Her trailer · TenseYou've read three lines and I've got everything I need.I could say thanks, and that would be the end of you.Or you can tell me what you did with your hands just then.Rosalind Ng Take it
Edit bay · QuietLook at the rain in this shot. No, harder.Bottom left. It's taken you a year, and I've told no one.You found it. Now what do I do about you?Tamsin Bhatt Take it
Soundstage · TenseThe actress wants the blue. I made the red. It's nine at night.I need someone to stand in, and you've got the right shoulders.Don't speak. Just hold your arms like you're sorry.Hester Obi Take it
Off the lot · FunnyThe Lancia's stopped on Barham, and it's your fault for being on it.Get in and steer, I've rendered an opinion on the engine.Do not touch the radio. It's under a separate agreement.Penelope Zanetti Take it
Her trailer · FunnyYou fainted at a paper cut in front of the whole crew.I've told them it was your blood sugar. You owe me.Eat the sugar packet. I want to hear about it from the start.Ines Valcourt Take it
Soundstage · LateLunch. The stage is empty. I thought it was empty.You heard that? You heard me singing?Stand there and do not clap. Say something that is not a joke.Frieda Kowalczyk Take it
Off the lot · WarmThis is my porch. The light's broken. I like it that way.You drove forty minutes to return a drive I never asked for.Put it down and tell me the real reel.Dani Okafor Take it
On location · TenseWe've got nineteen minutes of light and you've got that look.Whatever you came up this hill to say, say it in the first ten.I'll be holding a reflector the whole time.Kerensa Holm Take it
Soundstage · BoldI've timed it. You look at me every four minutes.You've got one minute left on this one.I'd like to see if you can break continuity.Leila Hamdan Take it
On location · TenseLook. Don't panic, look, the truck's fine.It's just that the road we came in on has stopped existing.Walk with me. I always know a way out.Bea Castellano Take it
Her trailer · WarmI've got tea and a recording of rain on tin.You've sat down in my sound cart again as if it were a sofa.Keep your eyes shut, and I'll tell you what I hear.Marnie Folk Take it
Edit bay · BoldI've graded you warmer in the group shot, and no one has noticed.It wasn't an accident, and I can undo it.Tell me why I shouldn't.Junko Teague Take it
Soundstage · BoldThe budget gives me one more hour on this stage.I've spent my whole career not wasting an hour.What would you do with it, if I signed off?Odessa Plummer Take it
Backlot · TenseKeep your voice down, the safety officer's by the truck.That staircase, there, I've never told a soul.Walk it with me. Don't ask why, and don't let go.Siobhan Mercado Take it
Soundstage · TenseI saw you with my shot list.You drew a line through the third one and wrote a better one.Who said you could do that? Who taught you?Katya Pereira Take it
Her trailer · WarmThis door handle came off the first house we walked through.I've kept it, and I've kept every other one too.Hold it. Tell me which room you remember.Hollis Janssen Take it
Off the lot · LateThis is my booth. It's red, it's always been red.It's almost midnight and they've let me stay since 1994.Sit. Tell me a thing you're not yet any good at.Rosalind Ng Take it
Her trailer · WarmIt's fine. It's absolutely fine.This is me saying it's fine while sat on the kitchen floor.You can stay, as long as you don't ask me to explain the render farm.Tamsin Bhatt Take it
Off the lot · WarmThis is real Lagos lace. Customs and I have an understanding.I've carried it for you for two Decembers, and I'm still angry.Hold it to the light and tell me I'm wrong.Hester Obi Take it
Her trailer · LateEveryone at the studio's gone, and my shoes are under the desk.Without prejudice, I've missed you.That sentence will be withdrawn in sixty seconds. Respond.Penelope Zanetti Take it
Backlot · LateMy shift ended at two and you're still sitting on my stool.I've got a red bag, a bad knee and no plans.Walk me to the gate, and you can ask me one question.Ines Valcourt Take it
Off the lot · WarmThe reservoir is flat this morning. It is six. Get up.I have put the second oar in the truck and I have made you eggs.You will row badly. I will not say anything.Frieda Kowalczyk Take it
Edit bay · FunnyThe director has asked for it to be longer and sadder.I'm making it shorter and sadder, and I need a witness.Bring the bad coffee and don't touch the keyboard.Dani Okafor Take it
Backlot · FunnyThat's the third time you've tripped on my cable.I've started to think you're doing it so I'll come over.I've come over. Now what?Kerensa Holm Take it
Off the lot · WarmThis is my lemon tree. Number four came in on Sunday.Nobody's seen it. It's in no record of any kind.Stay until I've decided what that means.Leila Hamdan Take it
On location · LateThe salt flats are better after dark, it's practically a rule.I told production we'd be back by nine. It's eleven.Turn the headlights off and tell me what you see.Bea Castellano Take it
Soundstage · TenseYou left your lav mic on.I've heard the last ten minutes, every one of them.I won't say a word. Come sit, and tell me what you meant.Marnie Folk Take it
Her trailer · FunnyI've brought you onigiri in a color I've approved.You can eat it if you agree the walls are grey and not beige.This is a test, and you've already failed once.Junko Teague Take it
Her trailer · LateIt's Friday, 6:15, and payroll's cleared.This is my nine-minute window, and I've closed the blinds.You've got something to say to me, so spend it well.Odessa Plummer Take it
Off the lot · LateThe bar closed and I've got your jacket and a bottle.Somebody's said you're leaving the show on Friday.You can tell me on this roof, or I'll throw you off it. Gently.Siobhan Mercado Take it
On location · LateWe wrapped twenty minutes ago and you're still holding the sticks.I can carry those myself, and you know I can.Race you to the truck, loser buys the tacos.Katya Pereira Take it
Soundstage · BoldThe wall in this scene is on casters. I had them put it there.I can push it, and then it's only us and the plywood.Say the word and I'll take the room apart.Hollis Janssen Take it
Her trailer · QuietI keep one tape I can't read. I watch it when I'm too pleased with myself.You're the second in twenty-six years.Don't try anything. Just stay where you are and let me look.Rosalind Ng Take it
Edit bay · TenseThey've cut my name from the crawl. Not on purpose, just a typo.I've spent nine months making a sky.Say something clever, quick, before I go and fix it myself.Tamsin Bhatt Take it
Her trailer · LateThere's a coat in here I made and no one came for.I don't show it to people. It's three in the morning.Try it on. I want to see if I got you right, back then.Hester Obi Take it
Off the lot · WarmThis is my table. It doesn't take reservations from anyone else.I've ordered for you, as provided in our earlier arrangement.Sit. You may object once the bread arrives.Penelope Zanetti Take it
Off the lot · WarmIt's a Sunday league. We lost eleven nil.You came and sat in the cold and watched all of it.Nobody's done that. Here, carry my pads and say nothing.Ines Valcourt Take it
Off the lot · BoldI bought the good butter. That is the first thing.The second thing takes more words than I usually have.Sit down and let me get to it. It may take a while.Frieda Kowalczyk Take it
Her trailer · QuietNobody comes in here during a lock.You've been standing by the door for two minutes, not leaving.Hold that. I want to see how long it holds.Dani Okafor Take it
Off the lot · TenseMy left eye's going. I've checked my readings twice all month.You're the only one on this crew who's noticed, and you've said nothing.Why have you said nothing?Kerensa Holm Take it
Edit bay · QuietI came up to check a timecode. It's correct.I already knew that, and so did you.Say the thing you were going to say on Tuesday.Leila Hamdan Take it
Off the lot · QuietMy bag's by the door. It's always by the door.You're the first person who's looked at it and said nothing.So I'm going to ask you one question about staying.Bea Castellano Take it
Off the lot · BoldThirty years I've listened through walls.I've never once knocked on one.So I'm knocking. You've got a very nice quiet over there.Marnie Folk Take it
Edit bay · TenseI found a frame of you on the sequence, behind the lead.You were looking at something off camera, and you looked wrecked.Who was standing there? I'll wait. I've got the whole night.Junko Teague Take it
Off the lot · QuietI've got a line in every budget that pays for something kind.No one's ever found it, and you just did.Now sit, and let's work out what you want for that.Odessa Plummer Take it
Soundstage · QuietEveryone's gone. It's only the mats and me.This is where I come to do nothing, and I'm very bad at it.Lie down here and don't make a joke. Go on.Siobhan Mercado Take it
Backlot · QuietForget the slate. No camera's rolling.I want to direct. I've never said that out loud on a lot.Go ahead. Tell me I'm kidding myself.Katya Pereira Take it
Backlot · FunnyYou walked into my false front and asked where the rest of it was.There isn't a rest of it. That's the whole of what I do.Come round the back. It's an awful lot like me.Hollis Janssen Take it
Backlot · WarmI found someone on a ferry once who changed my life, by the way.You were standing by the rail today, just like that, not knowing.Walk me to my car and let me be wrong about you.Rosalind Ng Take it
Off the lot · BoldIt's daylight, I've come outside, and I hate it.That's how much I wanted to say this to your face.Don't look so pleased. Where's the shade?Tamsin Bhatt Take it
Backlot · QuietI hum when I'm thinking. You know that.I've stopped humming. You've noticed that too, by your face.Walk with me till I start again.Hester Obi Take it
Backlot · QuietI'm not your lawyer, and I'm not speaking as anyone's.We're on the backlot, it's dark and nobody's minuting this.So ask the question you didn't put in writing.Penelope Zanetti Take it
Her trailer · BoldNobody asks me how I am. It's a very good system.You just did, and you waited for an answer. Rude.All right. Shut the door. I'll tell you.Ines Valcourt Take it
Soundstage · TenseSomeone on the floor said a thing about you. I heard it from above.I have never repeated anything I hear on a set, not once.So I am asking you to decide if I start tonight.Frieda Kowalczyk Take it
Edit bay · BoldSave the file. Now close the laptop.I've been inside this scene for six days and you've been outside it for six.Come here and tell me how it ends.Dani Okafor Take it
Soundstage · BoldYou told my crew you'd do anything to learn this.I'm the one who decides what anything means on this crew.Put the gloves on.Kerensa Holm Take it
Her trailer · BoldI've drawn out how this ends in the only way I know how.It's a diagram. You and I are the arrows.Come tell me if I've got the math wrong.Tamsin Bhatt Take it
Soundstage · BoldI've come down to the stage. I don't come down to the stage.You've got a very long and foolish clause about what you want.Read it to me. Slowly. Leave nothing out.Penelope Zanetti Take it