The stack

The best tools for creative production.

Most shoots run on a stack of great single-purpose tools. Here's an honest look at what teams reach for at each stage, and where prepros ties the whole thing together.

Every one of these tools is good at its job. The cost is the seams between them: the copy-paste, the version drift, the context lost in the handoff.

01

Moodboards & references

Gathering and arranging the visual direction so the team and client agree before day one.

Commonly used

PinterestMilanoteAre.na

With prepros

References live on the production itself, arranged and shareable, not pasted into a deck that goes stale.

02

Shotlists & lookbooks

Planning every frame and look before you get on set.

Commonly used

Google SheetsNotionPDF templates

With prepros

Structured shotlists tied to the shoot, with must-haves flagged, so the photographer and stylist pull in the same direction.

03

Call sheets

Telling everyone where to be, when, and what happens on the day.

Commonly used

StudioBinderGoogle DocsPDF templates

With prepros

Generated clean and professional in minutes from the crew and schedule you already have, then shared in a tap.

04

Scheduling & calendar

Keeping shoots, deadlines, and milestones visible across a project or slate.

Commonly used

Google CalendarNotionAsana

With prepros

Every shoot and milestone on one production calendar, connected to the work, not a separate calendar to keep in sync.

05

Budgets

Tracking what a shoot costs before, during, and after.

Commonly used

ExcelGoogle Sheets

With prepros

Budgets visible across projects and attached to the production, so the numbers live next to the plan they belong to.

06

Crew & logistics

Managing who is on the shoot, their roles, contacts, and call times.

Commonly used

Google ContactsSpreadsheetsEmail threads

With prepros

Crew, roles, and call times in one shared place, assigned once and carried through to the call sheet.

07

Files & assets

Storing briefs, contracts, and references where the team can find them.

Commonly used

Google DriveDropbox

With prepros

Documents live with the production they belong to, findable in context, not buried in a shared drive.

The one that ties it together

Keep the tools you love. Connect it all in one flow.

prepros isn't another point tool, it's the workspace the whole shoot lives in. Moodboard to wrap, every stage stays connected, so nothing gets lost in the handoff between one app and the next.

One place, not twelve

Briefs, references, budgets, and callsheets in a single connected workspace.

Built around a shoot

Shaped around how creative production actually works, not a generic board.

Structure, no overhead

Repeatable structure so nothing gets missed, without slowing you down.