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Includes pre-production features for export to scheduling applications.
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From Pre-production through Production to Post Production, Gorilla Pro contains everything
the filmmaker or producer needs to keep track of production information.
Designed as a complete production solution, Gorilla Pro offers traditional Budgeting and
Scheduling along with a wealth of additional tools designed to help keep your
production on budget and on time. You can track multiple projects with no limitation on shoot days and budget. You
can switch from one project to another and re-use cast, crew, vendors and more.
KEY FEATURES
- Scheduling -
Import screenplays directly from your favorite screenplay program.
Easily arrange strips by clicking and dropping in Full-Board, Side-by-Side, or Multiple-Day displays.
Gorilla alerts you to blackout dates - the specific dates each cast, crew member, or piece of equipment might be unavailable - saving you time and money.
- Budgeting -
Special budgeting features include globals, fringes, subgroups, labor rates (sold separately), comparison features, international currency support, and customizable captions, plus over a dozen templates for features, shorts, and documentaries.
- Storyboard & Shotlist -
Import storyboards from your favorite drawing program and build shot lists for each scene. Plus, attach cast and equipment to each shot on your list.
- Locations -
Link location info, including pictures and maps, directly to breakdown sheets and print out driving directions for cast and crew.
- Contacts -
Store all of your contacts - cast, crew, vendors - and auto-email anyone directly from Gorilla. Use this info in scheduling, budgeting, accounting, and more.
- Calendar -
Track your shooting schedule, rehearsals, meetings, post-production facilities, location scouts and more.
- Accounting -
Create multiple accounts and track realtime balances against budgets to make sure your projects stay on track.
- Editing -
Import batch files right from Final Cut Pro and log comments about takes. Attach QuickTime video clips to keep track of each take.
- Film Festivals -
Comes pre-loaded with dates and contact info for 1200 film festivals.
- Security -
With seven levels of security you can control who accesses which module, who can add or delete projects and a host of other options. Or, if you prefer, you can disable security altogether.
TEN POWERFUL MODULES
Gorilla is made up of 10 powerful modules, each a program on its own - yet all interact
and share information with each other.
Budgeting- Complete budget module with the standard 3 tier levels
(category, Account & Detail line items). This modules features support for globals
and fringers as well as a topsheet and detail level reports.
- Top Sheet - The budget is divided into 4 parts: Above-The-Line,
Production, PostProduction & Other. The top sheet shows the summary information from
each of the 4 parts along with contigency and percentages.
- Category Level - The Category Level, or the first tier, is where each
category summarizes the account level entries below it.
- Account Level - The Account Level, or the second tier, is where each
account summarizes the detail entries below it.
- Detail Level - Enter actual detail line items for your budget. Attach
fringes and globals to your detail line items to eas the data entry and recalculation
process.
- Fringes - Fringes are set-up in categories. You can create a category
and then attach fringes to that category. Then assign that category to a detail line
in your budget.
Scheduling - Script breakdown, groups, elements, stripboard scheduling,
Day out of Days, breakdown sheets, scene call sheets, crew call sheets, storyboard
entry, and more. Gorilla has all the main features of a heavy-duty film scheduling
program in this module alone.
- Breakdown - Create breakdown sheets where you enter all your scene
information, attach groups and elements (like props and wardrobe) and enter all your
characters for the scene.
- Scene Info - A closer look at the scene information section of the
Breakdown sheet.
- Enter Group and Elements - A closer look at entering Groups and
Elements
- The Stripboard - View your strips (each breakdown sheet is converted
to a strip), and arrange them in shooting order.
- Scene Call - This report includes scene information and casting
times.
- Crew Call Sheet - This report includes crew call times divded by
departments.
- Day Schedule - This report gives you all the information you need
for scenes and elements used for a shoot day.
- Day out of Days - This report outputs Day out of Days for Cast
Members and other Groups such as Props.
People - The people module is where you manage actors, cast, crew,
contacts and vendors. You can attach crew to multiple projects (Pro Edition) and
assign actors to projects. Run cast list, crew reports, vendors lists and
more.
Rehearsal - Schedule rehersal sessions for your actors.
Calendar - Log your location scouts, editing sessions, test screenings,
production meetings and more in Gorill's built-in calendar. Print out datebook
and shooting schedule reports.
Locations - Track all your locations, import pictures and maps, attach your
locations to your locations to your breakdown sheets. Print location one sheets with
maps for cast and crew as well as other reports.
- Detail Screen - Enter your location information, including a photo,
a map, who to contact for more information and a budget for the location.
- List View - List view of all your locations for a particular project.
You can re-use locations from one project to another (Pro Edition).
- Location Report - Print out a list of all your locations with
detailed information.
- Location & Scenes - After attaching locations to your breakdown
sheets, you can print a location report showing all the related scenes to be sot at
that Location.
- Location Budget - Print out a report showing all your locations and
their budgets.
Profit Distribution - Play with different profit distribution scenerios.
Assign profit points to cast and crew and determine General Partner and Limited
Partership configurations.
- Numbers - Figure out how much money needs to be returned to your
investors and then how much you get to keep! See your project budget, projected sale,
and play with investment and return options.
- Partnerships - Set-up Limited Partnership (LP) and General
Partnership (GP) scenerios.
- Profit Sharing Participants (PSP) - Assign who will receive profits
sharing points and how much. Set number of points and see it converted to dollars on
the fly. Set caps so that certain PSP's can't ever earn more than a set amount no
matter how much money the film makes.
Expense Tracking - During production and postproduction, track your expenses
against your budget. Keep accurate records of what your project costs and get instant
reports detailing budgeted, spent and remaining balances.
- Accounts - Enter the accounts, credit cards or bank lines of credit
you'll be to pay for your film's production expenses.
- Transation Entry - Enter your payments and deposits just like a
checkbook register. You can even associate an expense with a production budget account
number.
- Transaction Report - Print an Excel-type spreadsheet of all your
transactions. You can also export all this information to Excel.
- Budget Balance - Print a Budget Balance to see how well you are doing
against your budget.
Editing - Log scenes and notes, media storage location, batch information
and more.
Film Festivals - Track your projects as it cycles through the film festival
circuit. Gorilla comes pre-set with information for over 130 film festivals and allows
you to add as many as you wish.
NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 4.0
New Interface -
We’ve designed a new, updated interface that makes navigation and working on your projects easier and better.
Element Linking -
Gorilla now gives you the ability to create a Link Group and then attach multiple elements to that group. When you attach that element to a breakdown sheet all linked elements will also be automatically attached. You can create multiple link groups for each element, for example: Hero in Tuxedo (Elements attached: Black Tuxedo, Top Hat, Diamond Pinkie Ring), Hero on Safari (Elements attached: Explorer Hat, Knife, Canteen, Monkey).
Element Blackout -
Specify blackout dates for any element (character, prop, set dressing, etc.) and when printing a report which specifies which elements are to be used for that day or when saving changes on the stripboard, a conflict message will appear. You can ignore the conflict message, or run a report that displays what elements conflict with which shoot days.
Colored Shot List -
Color code your shot types (M.S., C.U., E.C.U.) for easier control on the set. Print out your shot lists sorted by color, set-up order or script order.
Attach Cast Members to Each Shot -
Go to any scene, then any shot and attach cast members needed for that shot. You can then print a report specifying which actors are needed for which shots.
Over 3000 Labor and Union Rates -
Gorilla has the most extensive Labor Rate Guide with over 3000 up-to-date rates, including SAG rates for low budget and indie films. With Gorilla’s Ratebook attachment, easily attach a rate to any detail line item with simple, pop-up driven menu’s. (Labor rates sold separately)
Automatic Email -
You can now automatically send an e-mail addressed to all your crew, actors, vendors and any other contact, directly from Gorilla. Simply find the people you want to e-mail and select Send E-Mail from the new E-Mail menu in the Contacts module. Your e-mail program will automatically open and populate the To: field with your recipients.
NEW FEATURES IN VERSION 5.0
All New Engine & Interface
Over 4 years in the making, Gorilla 5 has been completely re-written from the ground up, allowing us to add some very powerful features and a totally re-designed user experience.
Gorilla 5 has a whole new look and feel and overall speed and usability has been improved by leaps and bounds. Gorilla 5 includes time-saving interface features like toolbars, multiple window support, re-sizeable windows and auto-spellchecking.
Scheduling
Create and manage breakdown sheets with greater ease and precision than ever before. Gorilla 5's new scheduling features include support for multiple schedules per project, unlimited breakdown categories each with their own color code and format style for quick identification, support for additional I/E and D/N types, multiple breakdown sheet layout styles for printing, an enhanced Element manager with more information and the ability to store multiple images per Element.
Stripboard
One of the most exciting new features of Gorilla 5 is the all new Stripboard with drag & drop action for moving strips, an on-board Boneyard, choice of standard or large size strips, customizable strip colors, auto-insertion of day breaks, unlimited saved versions of the board and overall improved speed and performance. The new Stripboard Toolbar also provides quick and easy access to the most commonly used stripboard actions.
Production Calendar & Call Sheets
Presented in monthly calendar format, the production calendar now displays color coded production phases complete with crew & cast call times and notes. Other new features include the ability to create meetings with attendees from the Contacts module and built-in weather and sunrise reference via your favorite weather website.
Budgeting
In addition to the standard features of Gorilla Budgeting: Top Sheet, Account and Detail budget levels, Gorilla 5 includes an all new 4th level to keep track of sub-Detail items. Other new budgeting features include an auto-budget builder, unlimited contractual charges, show/hide columns on detail, block/unblock detail line items, the ability to import globals and fringes from one budget to another and over 50 budget templates to choose from.
Like the rest of Gorilla 5, the budgeting module has been completely redesigned and includes improvements in international currency support, ratebook integration, expense tracking, linking of budgets to schedules, overall improved navigation and ease of use as well as the implementation of the Budget toolbar for easy access to the most commonly used budgeting actions.
Contact Management
With Gorilla 5's streamlined interface and data storage, you can now tag a contact as an actor, crew and/or agent instead of having to enter the same person in multiple places. New Contact management features include support for agents & managers, actor stats, multiple headshots, unlimited representation for actors & crew, day/union rates for actors and crew, ability to setup and email groups of people at a time and storage of multiple addresses, phones and emails per person or company.
Locations Management
The Location module has undergone significant improvements including the ability to store and reference multiple location photos that can be re-sized and re-arranged with drag & drop action. Other new features include built-in mapping, a location photo library with over 100 stock photos and an extensive location fact sheet.
Storyboard
The Storyboard module allows Directors and DP's to create camera shot setups using a built-in shot library that contains 56 different camera shots complete with sample storyboard pictures. The interface supports drag & drop to arrange shots, multiple arrangements for each setup and saving multiple setups per scene.
Expense Tracking
Track production expenses against budget using Gorilla 5's expense tracking module then run a budget balance report to see whether or not a production is over or under budget. In Gorilla 5, expenses can also be added and viewed from the Budgeting module.
WINDOWS
Windows 7 or Vista
1 GHz processor
1 GB RAM, 2GB recommended
512MB available hard disk space, 2GB recommended
1024x768 screen resolution
1280x800 recommended
some features require an internet connection
MACINTOSH
Macintosh OS X 10.5.7 and above
Intel-based Mac
1GB RAM, 2GB recommended
512MB available hard disk space, 2GB recommended
1024x768 screen resolution,
1280x800 recommended
some features require an internet connection
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"I have found Gorilla to be exceptional and comprehensive, offering
both the power and the flexibility of its high priced competition at a cost
an independent filmmaker can afford"
-- M. Galles, Ocean Pictures
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