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SetSnitch
To this day, we still run film sets on walkie-talkie chatter and a folded piece of paper in our back pocket. SetSnitch gives the film crew what every modern team elsewhere already has: one shared picture of the day, live on everyone's own devices. Nothing new to carry around, just the phone that was already in your pocket.
A call sheet stops being exactly true the moment it is printed. Every change after that travels by speech, and the whole day ends up living in everybody's head.
Half a department standing by for two hours because nobody knew when they'd actually be needed.
The scene got dropped at eleven and costume prepped it anyway.
Days that overrun because the plan and the reality drifted apart.
The person the day depends on, spending it as a switchboard instead of leading.
SetSnitch isn't here to replace anything that's working well. It's here to give the flow of information somewhere to live besides your memory.
Nobody likes a snitch. But SetSnitch is an exceptional fellow. It tells everyone everything. That is exactly what a film set needs: a loyal snitch that keeps an eye on the schedule, chirps when cast clears the makeup chair, and gets gently louder when the day starts to run late.
No secrets on set, no surprises at wrap. Deal?
SetSnitch reads the call sheet your production already makes and takes good care of it all day, showing each crew member exactly what their job needs.
Drop in the call sheet your production already makes. No sheet yet? Start from a blank day instead.
The Snitch reads the sheet and fills the day in: scenes, cast, calls, locations, breaks and moves.
If you have them. Sides match to each day's scenes, and shot lists made in other apps land on the right ones.
One link. They type their name and they're in with the right role for their department.
Everyone on the same page, all day. Simple as that.
The AD makes a change and every device on set catches it in a split second: the current scene, what's coming next, what time lunch actually happens. The answer to “what are we on?” is already in your pocket.
On a sound stage there's a red on-air light above the door, and nobody opens that door while it's lit. SetSnitch puts that same light in every device on set.
The moment the camera rolls, the now-card goes red on every device. Even if you're running errands far away from the cameras and lights. The runner walking back from the car, the department out at the truck, and everyone past the reach of a walkie: they know. It is on.
Separate channels, DMs, photos, videos, voice notes. Nobody hands out a personal number, and there's no need to mix work chats with private messaging apps. All important chatter kept in the same app and it stays inside the crew.
When the AD calls wrap, the day is already logged: how it actually turned out, scene by scene, rehearsing, lighting, shooting… all of it in one clear report. Let's be honest: nobody reconstructs a twelve-hour day from memory at the end of it. That's the time you grab a pizza, maybe even a beer.
No more email threads and shared drives nobody can navigate. Every document finally lives in the same app as the shooting day: upload, organise and share in a couple of taps, read without leaving for a browser, and automatic watermarking keeps the sensitive ones secure when needed.
Everything works perfectly on a phone. But on a tablet or a desktop the view just keeps getting better. Panels side by side, the whole day on one screen.
For producers, showrunners and the people back at the production office, the Bird's Nest is an upcoming desktop dashboard that will oversee every single production.
Launch pricing, VAT excluded. Still subject to change before the public launch.
One production, start to wrap. Buy the days you shoot and nothing else.
First 5 days are on us.
For indie filmmakers and ADs running their own sets.
First 5 days are on us.
For companies with commercials, films and series on the go at once.
First 5 days are on us.
For 100+ crews and multiple parallel on-going productions.
Yes. Your first five shooting days are on us: the whole app, your whole crew, no card. After that you buy a Day Pass for the production you're on, or pick a subscription if you shoot all year.
No. Keep making it exactly the way you make it today. SetSnitch reads the finished PDF and turns it into the live day. You can also skip paper entirely and build the day in the app from a blank page.
Yes. Import it once and SetSnitch matches the sides to the scenes on every day, so the right pages open with the scene being shot. Nobody hunts for the pages that belong to today.
No. Bring the list you already made and SetSnitch works out which scene each shot belongs to and fills them into the day. Camera ticks them off as they land, and the whole set sees what is left.
Nothing. Crew open a link on any phone, type their name, and they're in with the right role. Adding it to the home screen makes it feel like a native app, and even that is optional.
The AD drives it. Scenes, shots, breaks and phases all move from their phone, and every other device follows in the same second. Departments still own their own work: make-up marks cast ready, camera ticks off shots.
Not yet. We're working on it. For now SetSnitch runs as a web app: open the link on any phone, and add it to the home screen if you want it to look and feel like a native app.
TV drama, features, commercials, music videos, shorts, documentaries and stills days. If the day has a call time and a schedule that can slip, the bird has a job.
It depends on how much you shoot. A Day Pass covers one production and is priced by the day: 29€ a day with a crew of up to ten, 49€ up to fifty, 99€ up to a hundred, then 149€, 199€ and 249€ a day as the crew climbs past that. Every shooting day takes another 1% off the whole shoot, up to 30%. If you shoot all year, Filmmaker is 19€ a month or 190€ a year and Production is 99€ a month or 990€ a year, both with shooting days included every month: ten days on Production works out at 9,90€ a day. Unused days roll over, and any day beyond the included ones costs 25% less than the Day Pass rate for your crew. Studio is priced with you. These are launch prices and still subject to change; waitlist productions lock founding terms.
On the subscriptions they roll over to the next month, so a quiet month is not a wasted one. Need more days than your plan includes and they cost 25% less than the Day Pass rate for your crew size.
The first productions get the bird before anyone else, and they get a say in what it learns next. Leave an email and it'll sing the moment it's your turn.