Zooce is now open for everyone to use

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Zooce is now available for everyone to use. No more private beta, we are now officially in public beta. You can now SIGN-UP for free.  It only takes 30 seconds to sign-up. Invite you’re friends and start making movies together.

I would like to thank all the people who helped us during the private beta.

http://www.zooce.co.uk,
Dream it. Plan it. Produce it.

News about upcoming changes in Zooce

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I have to agree it has been a long time since the last time I posted an entry on this blog,  but we are busy to make improvements to the Zooce production management platform. In the next release it will be possible to attach multiple pictures to a location and send links of your documents  by email plus a numerous of other great features.

Other great news is that Zooce will be available for everyone, no more private beta. Everybody can now signup for free!

I will try to post more information regular on the progress of new exciting features.

Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
Dream it. Plan it. Produce it.

What you need to know about Zooce and text messaging

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With Zooce text message you can send a text message (SMS) directly to your projects overview page.

This will only work if a person is assigned to the production you want to send the text message to and he/she has a mobile number entered in his/hers cast crew details.

Step 1:
Get you mobile ID from your project details. The mobile ID is 4 characters, for example “ABCD”. This is a unique code to identify your project.

Zooce mobile id

Step 2:
a. Check if the cast/crew member is setup correctly.
Go to the cast/crew member who will be texting messages and click details. Check if the mobile field is entered with this person’s correct mobile number.

Enter a mobile number into cast/crew details
b. Check if the cast/crew member is assigned to the production selected in Step 1.
Go to the Crew tab in your production and select the same cast/crew member as in Step 2a.
Check that the crew member is assigned to a role.  If not, assign a role to him/her.

Assign a cast/crew member to a productions

Step 3:
Send a text message from a mobile with the following format “ZOOCE C-<mobile ID> <Text message>” to +447786 200350.
See the picture below for an example.

Mobile phone with text message

The message will automatically appear in your production overview.

List with send text message.

Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
Dream it. Plan it. Produce it.

Little Known Ways to manage your movie budget

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YES, It has arrived! You’re now able to manage your budget directly in Zooce. This is major upgrade to our solution. You can find more information about the new functionality in the following posts.

In the following weeks will give more information and tips about the budget and expense functionality.

We hope you like it! Please let us know if you questions or comments.

Thanks for your continued support.

Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
Dream it. Plan it. Produce it.

The Zooce way to enter an expense for your production

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As you read in one of the previous posts, you (or a cast/crew member) can submit your expenses using your internet explorer or mobile phone. The main account holder is always responsible for approving or rejecting the expense.

1. Change the status of the expense (Note: This field will only be available for the main account holder)
2. Select a category group and department
3. You can submit an expense with or without VAT
4. A short description with a text describing what the expense is about.expenses_01.jpg

Once you have saved your expense, it will appear on the expense overview screen below:

1. The message will display the results of your action
2. You can directly approve the expense from the overview screen
4. Example of an approved expense.  You can always reset an approved expense to the original status.
5. Example of a rejected expense. The submitter has to resubmit the expense before it can be approved.
expenses_03.jpg
We are still doing more test on the new functionality. Please watch this blog for more announcements when you will see the showcased functionality in Zooce.Cheers,
team Zooce
Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
Dream it. Plan it. Produce it.

expenses_03.jpg

The Zooce way to create a production budget

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More screen shots of the Zooce way to creating a production budget for you movie.

1. Select you category.
2. Enter the amount you have for the department.
3. Click on the insert line link to add a cost into your budget.
4. Continue with Step 1 until you have entered all of your dashboards.expenses_05.jpg

Below is a screen showing the information that will appear on a completed budget screen

1. The main categories.
2. Total budget for your production.
3. These are the total number of expenses booked on your department. So you can track your actuals against your budget.
4. If you have spent more than your budget. The color of the actual value will turn red.

expenses_06.jpg

Cheers,
team Zooce
Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
Dream it. Plan it. Produce it.

Zooce Budget module (part III)

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This is the third post in about our upcoming release. We have completed the development of the budget module. The next step will be internal testing of the new module. If we are happy with the results of the testign we will bring the changes to the website. The budget module contains two main areas: the budget management and expense management.

Budget
You will be able create/delete and update your budget for a production. The budget is displayed in on a tab in your production. In this tab you’re able to enter departments and the expected costs. For examples you can add the department “Video editing” and add 400 pounds as a budget. The same page will also display the actual cost. The actual costs are calculated from entering amounts in the expenses. 

Expenses
Their will be two ways to enter an expense. You can either enter the expenses under the “Expenses” tab in a production or you can send a text message by mobile. (The cost of sending a text message will be same as sending a normal text message to a mobile phone). All expenses need to be approved before showing up as actual costs in the budget overview. Only the main user will have the abbility to approve or reject expenses.

Cheers,
team Zooce
Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
the web-based movie production management tool

Zooce Budget module (part II)

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This is second in a series of posts about the upcoming budget functionality in Zooce. In the picture (follow the lick to see PDf version of the Budget Break downsheet) is an example of a new report called Budget Breakdown Sheet. It gives an overview of your total budget per category. The great thing about the report generator is that after you have generated your report. You download it or save it on your hard drive. In the future releases you will have the opportunity to send your report per email directly from inside Zooce to a colleague/friend.

Budget Break down sheet example

Cheers,
team Zooce
Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
the first 100% web-based movie production management tool

First look at the Zooce budget module

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Hi,

We are currently working hard to complete one of most requested functionality for Zooce. It is the budget functionality, with the budget module you can setup a budget for your production and manage the money of your production.

Below is a screen shot of what the current layout will look like, it could be possible we will make changes as more we get more input from our users.

Zooce Budget Module screen shot

Please watch this page for more information about this great new piece of functionality. This is great and exciting new functionality to our complete 100% web based movie production management solution.

Cheers,
team Zooce
Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk,
the first 100% web-based movie production management tool

Zooce user manual

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Hi,

Small post about content we have added to our user manual.

  • Characters have been added
  • Productions have been updated

More work will be done in the next coming weeks. The manual is currently only available in English.

Cheers,
team Zooce
Onno
http://www.zooce.co.uk

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