Picture Car Glossary
vehicle log or vehicle movement sheet
What is a vehicle log or vehicle movement sheet?
Updated June 2026 · Revolution Picture Cars
Also called vehicle log, or movement sheet.
A vehicle log or vehicle movement sheet is the daily paper or digital record maintained by the picture car department documenting every vehicle's pickup location, departure time, arrival time at set, on-camera usage, condition notes, and return details for each day of production.
Vehicle logs provide an audit trail for insurance purposes, resolve disputes about vehicle damage timing, and help the coordinator and fleet manager identify scheduling inefficiencies over the course of a long production. Many productions now use digital tools and shared spreadsheets to maintain vehicle logs accessible to all department heads in real time.
Example
The log records each vehicle's pickup, arrival, odometer, fuel, driver, and return, every day. It is what reconciles a mileage charge, a fuel claim, and a damage dispute at wrap.
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Where you'll see it
Kept daily by wranglers and consolidated by the coordinator or dispatcher.
Common mistake
Filling the log in at wrap from memory. Its value is that it was written at the time, which is exactly what makes it usable in a dispute.
Related questions
- What goes on a vehicle movement sheet?
- Each vehicle's pickup and return, odometer readings, fuel, the driver, and any incident, recorded daily.
- Why keep it?
- It reconciles mileage and fuel charges and provides the timeline if damage is disputed at wrap.
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