How to Make Movies Faster, Cheaper, and with Fewer Production Headaches

We’re Sammy and Feras, co-founders of Shamel Studio.

We built Shamel because making movies has become more expensive and more time-consuming than it needs to be, especially for independent productions trying to do more with tighter budgets.

A huge amount of production time and money still gets lost in manual workflows: script breakdowns, scheduling changes, budgeting revisions, call sheets, and all the back-and-forth that comes with them.

Our goal is simple:

Help production teams make films more efficiently without compromising creativity or quality.

Shamel Studio helps crews go from script → schedule → budget in a fraction of the time traditional workflows take.

A few things you can do with it:

🎬 Upload a screenplay and generate an instant script breakdown
📅 Build and adjust shooting schedules with a modern workflow
💰 Create production budgets with built-in union rates and fringes
📄 Generate reports, call sheets, DOODs, and more

We’ve been fortunate to see productions ranging from indie films to larger studio projects start using the platform, and their feedback has shaped nearly every feature we’ve built.

We’re not trying to replace producers, ADs, coordinators, or line producers.

We’re building tools that reduce repetitive work so production teams can spend more time actually making films.

Would genuinely love feedback from the Product Hunt community, especially filmmakers, producers, coordinators, ADs, and anyone involved in production logistics. If you're a filmmaker interested in modern film scheduling and budgeting tools, we’d love for you to check out Shamel Studio and share your feedback.

Happy to answer questions throughout the day. Thanks for checking us out 🙏