Prep notes
Costume prep notes on every scene, ready for the fitting.
For costume & wardrobe continuity
Every look. Every scene. Every shoot day. Held together.
Haystack is the continuity tool built for wardrobe departments. Track what every character wears in every scene, keep your reference and wear notes in one place, and step onto set knowing exactly what matched last time.
- Works fully offline
- Set-ready in minutes
- Built with wardrobe crews
out of order Shooting out of order is brutal on costume. Scene 48 today, scene 12 tomorrow, and the same jacket has to read identically in both. Multiply that by every character, every change, every day, and continuity lives or dies on how fast you can find what you shot last time.
CALL SHEET
Sc. 48 — today
Sc. 12 — tomorrow
same jacket, both
Built around the shoot
Your whole production, scene by scene
Every change, wear note and photo hangs off a scene, so nothing floats free. Sort by shoot date to match the call sheet, or by scene to follow the story. When the schedule jumps around, Haystack keeps the thread.
- Shoot-date and script-day, side by side
- Out-of-order ready, built in
- Episodic productions, organised by episode
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Changes
Build a change once, use it everywhere
Set up each character's changes, then link them to every scene they're in. Open any scene and see exactly who's in it and what they're wearing, down to the change. Remove a character from a scene and nothing is lost; add them back and their changes and notes are right where you left them.
- Link a change to every scene it appears in
- See who's in a scene and what they wear
- Removing is reversible, nothing is lost
The part you'll use a hundred times a day
Reference and notes, pinned to the moment
Shoot straight from your phone on set and it lands keyed to the right scene, character and change. Add wear notes for the detail that matters (sleeves rolled, top button open, fresh mud on the left knee), and drop annotations right onto the photo so nothing hides in a caption.
- Capture on the floor, no fiddling with folders
- Pin annotations directly on the image
- Drag to reorder; your first frame is the key shot
- All there, instantly, next time the scene comes round
Garments & boxes
Know every piece, and where it lives
Log each garment with the detail you need (size, colour, brand, source), assign it to the characters who wear it, and pack it into a box. Tag a garment or a box with NFC and a tap of your phone opens its record. No more digging the rails for the hero coat.
- Garment attributes that match how you catalogue
- Pack and find garments by box
- NFC tags, one tap to the record
Minutes, not days
Start with scenes and characters already in place
Upload the script and Haystack reads it for you, pulling out scenes and characters so you're not typing a breakdown from a blank page. Review, adjust, done. When a revised draft lands, bring it in and see exactly what changed.
- Scenes and characters, pulled from the script
- Review and adjust before it lands
- Re-import a new draft and see what changed
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Built for the set, not the office
Stages, tunnels, the far end of a unit base. Haystack works offline and syncs the moment you get a bar back, so you're never stuck waiting on reception to log a change. It even keeps itself current in the background while your phone's in your pocket.
- 0 bars
- Still fully editable
- 100%
- Synced on reconnect
- seconds
- To pull any frame
Offline queueNo signal
- on reconnect
Sc. 14 — Hero jacket
3 photos
- now
Sc. 22 — wear note
edited
- waiting for signal
Sc. 31 — Lead change
2 photos
“Every change is on the board before I've left set. It replaced three WhatsApp groups and a box of Polaroids.”
The smaller wins that add up
Less obvious, just as useful.
Bulk edits
Change a field across many garments when the brief shifts.
Archive, never lose
Archive scenes, characters and garments without losing history.
Your crew, your access
Editor and reader access you control, per person.
Web and app
Web at the truck, app on the floor, the same live data.
Printable reports
Print scene prep and garment reports when paper still rules.
To: Wardrobe & Costume
From: Another Haystack
Free demoWorks offlineSet-ready
See Haystack on your production
Bring your own script, or explore a ready-made demo project. In a few minutes you'll see why wardrobe teams never go back to the shoebox.