Help build it
Help put professional film tools in everyone's hands.
There are two ways in. Most of what these apps need is film knowledge, not code. Talk to us and everyone else working on Method in GitHub Discussions.
If you make films
Check the apps against what you know and tell us where they're wrong. Open an issue in the app's repository with what you checked and what you found.
Never attach real production material: no real budgets, schedules or unreleased scripts. An invented file always shows the problem.
If you write code
Pick an issue labelled good first issue, run the repository's checks (the README gives the one command) and send a pull request. AI-assisted changes are welcome on an accepted issue, from an author who can explain every line.
Found a bug? Open an issue. Have a question? Ask in Discussions. Anything else: hello@methodproduction.com.
What each app needs
Method Storyteller
In development: there's no build to test yet. Code help is welcome now.
Method Reader
Test it on your e-reader. Kobo, tolino and reMarkable support is written and code-tested, but nobody has plugged one in yet. Kindle owners: try an older model over USB.
Method Schedule
Check day out of days counts against your experience, show us the board and report layouts your productions use, and make invented sample schedules.
Method Budget
Import an old budget and report any figure that differs, check fringes and rate setups for your region, and contribute chart-of-accounts templates and invented sample budgets.
Bring it to more people
The signed apps are Mac only today, in English, with mostly US rate data. Windows and Linux testing, translations, rate cards and currencies from other countries, older hardware and screen-reader checks all widen who can use them, and each one is a good first contribution.
Hear when it ships
Write to hello@methodproduction.com and we'll tell you when Method Schedule ships. On GitHub, Watch → Custom → Releases on any app's repository does the same.
Every release names the people who helped, film knowledge included.