Roles & Positions

TL;DR — CSF ships with 50+ built-in crew positions organized by department. Each position has a default day rate. When you add a position to your project, you get a ProjectCrewPosition with a per-project day rate that feeds directly into budgeting and deal memos.

Built-In Crew Positions

CSF includes a comprehensive catalog of crew positions covering every major film department. The first time you open the Team tab, the global position database is automatically seeded with all default positions. These are shared across all projects but each project tracks its own day rates.

Common positions include:

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

1st Assistant Director

2nd Assistant Director

Editor

Gaffer

Key Grip

Best Boy Electric

Best Boy Grip

Sound Mixer

Boom Operator

Costume Designer

Wardrobe Supervisor

Location Manager

Location Scout

Production Designer

Art Director

Set Decorator

Prop Master

Production Coordinator

Script Supervisor

Stunt Coordinator

VFX Supervisor

Composer

And many more. Use the “Browse all positions…” dropdown in the Team tab to search the full list.

Browse All Positions

Beyond the quick-add buttons, the Team tab provides a searchable dropdown that lets you browse every available crew position. Type to filter by title, then click to add the position to your project.

Image pending — Browse positions dropdown

Department Groupings

Every crew position belongs to a department. Departments help organize your budget into logical sections and keep the team list structured. When you add a position to your project, its department tag carries over automatically.

Production

Producer, Executive Producer, Line Producer, UPM, Production Coordinator

Direction

Director, 1st AD, 2nd AD, Script Supervisor

Camera

Director of Photography, Camera Operator, 1st AC, 2nd AC, DIT

Lighting

Gaffer, Best Boy Electric, Electrician

Grip

Key Grip, Best Boy Grip, Dolly Grip

Sound

Sound Mixer, Boom Operator, Sound Designer

Art

Production Designer, Art Director, Set Decorator, Prop Master

Wardrobe

Costume Designer, Wardrobe Supervisor, Key Costumer

Post-Production

Editor, VFX Supervisor, Colorist, Composer

Per-Project Day Rates

Each global crew position has a default day rate. When you add a position to your project, CSF creates a ProjectCrewPosition record with a day rate that you can customize. Changing the rate on one project doesn’t affect other projects or the global default.

Day rates flow directly into the budgeting system. When you build your budget, crew line items pull their rates from the ProjectCrewPosition data, giving you accurate department-level totals.

How Roles Feed Into Budgeting & Deal Memos

Budgeting: crew positions and their day rates populate budget line items. Adjust a rate and the budget updates automatically.
Deal Memos: when creating a deal memo for a team member, their role and agreed rate pre-fill from the ProjectCrewPosition data.
Scheduling: crew positions determine who appears on call sheets and daily schedules.