Doug Johnson Productions

Run every production with the memory of every production before it.

CrewAxis is production operations software for video companies that need the next job to be easier than the last one. Collect client needs before the event exists, rank crew candidates with Auto Staff, build the call sheet, assign gear, preserve useful notes, compile costs, gather feedback, and close out the job without chasing everything through spreadsheets, texts, and email threads.

Auto Staff smarter shortlists

Rank candidates by role interest, skill, experience, rate, availability, and assignment fit so managers can start from better options.

Keep the gear with the job

Assign equipment, checklists, owners, costs, maintenance, and resource details where the production team needs them.

Keep the lessons useful

Capture notes, ratings, reminders, crew observations, client preferences, venue details, costs, and follow-up while the job is still fresh.

Built around production work, not adapted to it later. CrewAxis combines 40+ years of software development experience with 25+ years of professional video production experience, so the workflow reflects how production teams actually find crew, remember what matters, confirm people, move gear, send call sheets, and close out events.

CrewAxis Auto Staff ranked candidates
Auto Staff groups candidates by hiring status and shows transparent score components for faster, explainable staffing decisions.
CrewAxis event summary screen
The event summary keeps dates, crew, resources, communication, notes, costs, and follow-up connected.

The workflow your team repeats on every job.

Staffing is often where the stress starts, but it rarely stays there. CrewAxis connects the pieces that usually live in separate tabs, inboxes, group texts, spreadsheets, and people's memory.

Collect requirements

Use shareable event worksheets to gather the details you need from a client or organizer before the event is fully built.

Build and staff

Create the event from worksheet details, apply staffing templates, review Auto Staff recommendations, notify eligible crew, collect responses, and hire the right people faster.

Run the production

Send call sheets, assign resources, manage run sheets, track travel, and keep the team informed.

Remember and improve

Remind contractors to invoice, send crew surveys, save notes about crew, clients, venues, and the event, pull costs into reports, and carry the lessons into future planning.

Not a generic scheduler. A production operations memory.

Many tools can be forced into a production workflow, but they usually handle one or two pieces of the job. CrewAxis starts with the staffing problem production companies feel most often, then follows the shape of the whole production: collect requirements, build the event, staff the crew, reserve the gear, communicate the plan, capture costs, preserve useful notes, gather feedback, and keep the client relationship moving.

  • Client planning worksheets, staffing templates, daily schedules, run sheets, and call sheets
  • Auto Staff recommendations, crew opportunities, negotiated or yes/no responses, hiring decisions, availability, and GPS-stamped timeclock
  • Equipment assignments, checklists, rentals, checkouts, archive tracking, QR/barcode tracking, and depreciation
  • Notes, ratings, reminders, quotes, client invoices, contractor invoices, labor costs, rentals, travel, cost reports, crew surveys, and event profit/loss
CrewAxis event editor
Build the event once, then let the connected workflow carry the details forward.

See the workflow in action.

The walkthrough shows how the major pieces fit together for a working production company, from event setup and crew offers to staffing decisions, call sheets, notes, and follow-up.

Run the whole production loop.

If staffing the next show means juggling client intake, availability, messages, gear, call sheets, notes, invoices, crew feedback, and final job costs, CrewAxis was built for your kind of work.