What it asks of you
Nothing.
For a showrunner / ep
One screen, no status meeting
You want to know the season is on track and to hear about the exceptions, without becoming part of the reporting chain.
The season at a glance
Every episode, its stage, and what needs attention — on a board that can stay up on a wall and keep moving.
Exceptions, not noise
Things genuinely blocked are separated from things merely late, so what you are looking at is short.
Nothing is being staged for you
It is the same board post is working on, not a summary built for a meeting.
The question that stops
“"How are we doing?" — answered differently depending on who you ask.”
Everyone else
It has to be worth something to every link, or it gets abandoned
A board only stays true if the people upstream and downstream of you are also getting something out of it. Here is what it does for them.
- Post SupervisorStop being the place answers live
- Post CoordinatorThe status chase ends
- Post ProducerSee the whole season without a status meeting
- EditorBe told what is yours, then left alone
- Assistant EditorStop being asked for the same file twice
- Online EditorKnow the cut is locked before you conform
- Audio / SweeteningGet the handoff with the version on it
- Captioning / LocalizationOne place that says what is ready and what is cleared
- Standards & PracticesYour note is attached to the episode, not an inbox
- Line Producer / UPMSee post from the production side
- Network / DeliveryKnow what shipped, where, and whether it passed
- IT / EngineeringNothing new is exposed to the internet
See it on a real board
The demo is the actual software on a made-up show. Open it and look at the part that is yours.
Walkthroughs are with Kevin Kelsey — 15 years an assistant editor, Children's & Family Emmy-nominated, and the person who built this. More about him.