What is Haystack?

Haystack keeps costume and makeup continuity for film and TV in one place. Track your scenes, the characters in them, the changes and looks those characters wear, the garments and products that make up each look, plus the wear notes, continuity photos and boxes that tie it all together.

It runs on the web and as a mobile app, online or offline. Anything you capture on set syncs back once you have signal, so the truck and the office stay on the same page.

The main areas

• Scenes: the backbone of the production. Changes, wear notes and photos all hang off a scene.
• Characters: principals and crowd, each carrying their own changes or looks.
• Changes and looks: what a character wears across a scene, linked to the scenes they appear in. Costume departments see changes; makeup departments see looks.
• Garments and products: the individual items, with attributes and categories, assigned to characters and changes.
• Boxes: where garments live in storage, so you can find a piece when you need it.
• Continuity: wear notes and continuity photos that record exactly how something looked on the day.

New to a production? Start with Getting your production set up.