SetHero Reviews & Product Details

SetHero is a really amazing website for creating professional-looking, comprehensive call sheets for a film production of any size, and I can't recommend them highly enough for anyone creating call sheets. It takes all the raw data input that goes into a call sheet and organizes it beautifully and quickly, with tons of options for customization and formatting. They also make it really easy to send the call sheets directly to cast and crew, with e-mail and text options available, making it really simple to get the info to those who need it on your film production. As someone who runs a small film production company, SetHero makes a process that would otherwise involve a lot of formatting so much simpler, and their prices are very reasonable. Seriously, a great and very helpful website! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One downside to using SetHero is that for it to work smoothly, you have to do a decent amount of work up front in data input, and it has to be formatted properly for SetHero to automatically use all the data to populate the actual call sheets. To be fair, you would have to do similar work if you were making call sheets totally from scratch, but it is a sizable amount of work up front, especially for a larger film production - not too difficult if you already have your data pretty well organized about your cast, crew, and schedule, but still something that has to be done in order to fully get the best use out of SetHero. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its integration with cell-phones is phenomenal, it's ease of use is brilliant. Its level of detail is what I used working on international blockbusters as a 2nd/3rd AD. Very impressed with their customer care, and I love that they are investing in our youth, allowing free student accounts. What was a poorly produced student short film, is instantly a teaching ground of the highest level allowing for ownership of production, call times and essential set, cast and crew details. This has hands down upskilled our students more than any other tool on a production level and given them intentionality and organization that is a must for a great film! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Interface slightly hard to use at first, but I see these flaws being ironed out everytime I teach it to students. It continues to become more user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SetHero is helpful in keeping the schedule organized and to the point. Easy to quickly scan when we're filming on where we are in the schedule. I like how descriptive and explanatory it is. Easy to distribute to my crew as I don't have to individually send it out. My crew likes how it is all laid out. I like the tutorial videos that come out. They're nice to learn and see ways to improve my call sheets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think it would be nice if there was an option to automatically send out our call sheets the night before. I've just been manually doing it for my crew. Another thing, it still has some glitches in refreshing when I've made some changes, and my change didn't save but it doesn't happen all the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The convenience of having frequently used crew onboard via contacts. The new autofill option is also a lifesaver! I do love that all the elements are there so you can't forget certain parts of the day. The extra notes sections are my favorite and also the easy way to toggle on and off certain people's contact information. Similar to contacts, once the locations are all in, it is super convenient. The ability to view past projects all in one place works very well in order to duplicate a project that will be similar. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When you have crew members that aren't there for all the days of the shoot, I dislike how uou can't take them out till the day of. e.i. When you toggle them to be in ghost mode/absent for a shoot, it ends up doing it for all the days. I also wish for when you list cast members that they don't ask for a number or letter and that it would autofill at least. It also can sometimes LAG a lot. And the drop downs sometimes cause extra steps that wouldn't be the case if it was a big excel sheet, etc. I also dislike how finnicky the time is for call times and it's sometimes takes too long to put a precall for some folks and later call for others. If there was a way to apply all call times and not have to click those extra buttons just to change a couple crews' times, that would be great. Sometimes when taking away or adding days to a shoot, the __of__days will not autopopulate correctly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SetHero allows technology to work for us, lightening the load for 2nd ADs instead of adding to it. Smart features such as being able to push all call times by a certain increment of time, or having map directions linked within the call sheet itself, are some of my favorites. Cast and crew always appreciate distribution of call sheets via both text and email (with personalized call times for each person within the text), and I love the ability for me to see live updates of call time confirmations, allowing me to see if there is anyone I need to follow up with. It is also just so clean and organized, giving my call sheets a refreshing, easy to read look. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a couple features that don't allow for specific customization, but I know the developers have worked on that in the latest updates. I also don't like that it doesn't provide the ability to have a two day advanced schedule at the bottom, limiting it to just one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SetHero has a really great intuitive interface. I really enjoy how it allows me to organize my contacts and use them across all of my projects. Additionally I'm able to give easy admin access to the production team members that need it.

Once you've got the scenes, cast, crew and locations loaded you're able to very easily build up the call sheet and customize it with various options. Perhaps my most favorite feature is the ability to distribute the call sheet to the cast and crew with just a few clicks. It can send it by phone and e-mail, but even better is that it tracks when people open it - both date and time. You can't keep people from saying "I didn't get the call sheet..." but you can show them proof they got it when they do. The call sheets even have clickable links that can take people to Google maps for directions to base camp or set.

At the end you can create the production reports that use all of the information that was put in the call sheet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

***FOLLOW UP TO REVIEW***

SetHero followed up with me and let me know that the scheduler export is back. Sure enough it is and working great. I was able to easily pull my schedule from Movie Magic Scheduler and import it into SetHero. So happy to have this functionality back! Thank you SetHero!

It used to have a tool where you could take a Movie Magic Scheduler export, import it and create the spreadsheet the program needs to build up the scenes. It made it a lot easier to build up the call sheets. The company will do it for you on their backend if you send them your file, but that keeps you from making any last minute changes, which let's be honest happens a lot in this industry.

I don't think this could quite work for a large feature, but it's definitely very powerful for Indie projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This software saves so much time and energy creating callsheets, especially on long term shoots. The confirmations and view counts also offer a ton of peace of mind that the CS was recieved by cast and crew. I love using it, especially on long term shoots. Set up takes a minute but once everyone is imported its a breeze. Not to mention that the callsheets are the nicest and easiest to read layout I've seen. The text message portion is also incredibly easy to use on the crew side, which means my crew loves SetHero callsheets. I also love that i can import my crew lists and scenes and locations from spreadsheets with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Every now and then there are bugs, but they get fixed quickly and communication is great! I look forward to the day when they introduce the ability to import or set up a full schedule and then create callsheets off of the days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like how intuitive and simple set hero is without losing the details. I can create a call sheet in an hour instead of 3-4. I also love that it publishes digitally and sends call times to phones all in a seamless process. It looks really good on the web app interface, where you get all the call sheet information as if it was an app, without having to install anything. The quick linking for phone numbers and maps is nice too. When working on productions, this is so helpful that I have paid out of pocket for the option when production was hesitant to spend the money. Worth every penny. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The main downside is internet. If you are out and about without internet then that makes it kind of non viable. Hoping there might be an offline version in the works, even if you sync up later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very easy to import all the details from day to day instead of having to start from zero each day. I love the way that everyone has to confirm and I can see when they looked at the call sheet as well as when they confirmed. I also like that you can make changes and can either notify everyone when changes are made or do it silently. I feel embarrassed when i have to send a whole new call sheet for one typo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it can be a little glitchy when someone is on the call sheet more than once. I work in independent films and many people have multiple roles on set. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Set Hero is a pay as you go product that works effectively and efficiently. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SetHero is geared primarily toward filmmakers but I also use it as a Television Producer. However, it is flexible enough to allow me to work in both verticals with very little difficulty. Just a little bit of a lift crossing over to TV. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.