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Shot Lists

Shot Lists help you plan video and photo shoots in advance. Define each shot with details like description, duration, angle, audio, and notes. You can generate shot lists with AI, reorder shots by …

Shot Lists help you plan video and photo shoots in advance.
Define each shot with details like description, duration, angle,
audio, and notes. You can generate shot lists with AI, reorder
shots by dragging, link them to posts, and export as PDF.

Click "Shotlists" under Creator Pro in the sidebar, or navigate
to /shotlists.

Each shot list appears as a card showing:
  - A color-coded strip at the top visualizing shot durations
  - Type badge (Video or Photo)
  - Status badge (clickable to advance status)
  - Title and description (truncated)
  - First 3 shots listed with "+N more" if there are more
  - Footer: shot count and total duration
  - Tags (up to 3 shown)

Filter by status using the buttons at the top:
  All, Draft, Ready, In Progress, Completed

Each button shows a count badge.

Use the search box to filter by title or description.

1. Click "New" in the toolbar.
2. The Shot List Editor opens with fields:
   - Title
   - Description
   - Post Type (Video or Photo)
   - Status (Draft, Ready, In Progress, Completed)
   - Tags (comma-separated)
   - Link to Post (optional, select from existing posts)

3. Add shots to your list (see "Managing Shots" below).
4. Click Save.

Let AI create a complete shot list for you:

1. In the editor, click "AI Generate" to open the AI panel.
2. Fill in:
   - Brief: Describe what you want to shoot
   - Number of Shots: 1-20 (default 8)
   - Target Duration: Optional total duration
   - Style Notes: Any stylistic preferences
3. Click "Generate."
4. AI creates the title, description, and all shots with
   details like duration, angle, and audio notes.
5. Review and edit the generated shots as needed.

AI generation uses 1 AI credit and takes about 12 seconds.

Each shot in a list has:
  - Shot number (auto-numbered)
  - Description (what happens in this shot)
  - Duration (in seconds)
  - Angle / Framing (expandable detail)
  - Audio / Dialogue (expandable detail)
  - Notes (expandable detail)

How to manage shots:
  - Add a shot: Click "+ Add" at the bottom
  - Edit a shot: Click any field to edit it inline
  - Expand details: Click the chevron to show angle, audio,
    and notes fields
  - Remove a shot: Click the trash icon
  - Reorder: Drag the shot number strip on the left to move
    shots up or down in the list

Shots are automatically renumbered when reordered.

Shot lists move through these statuses:

  Draft        -- Initial planning (gray)
  Ready        -- Planned and ready to shoot (blue)
  In Progress  -- Currently shooting (gold)
  Completed    -- All shots captured (green)

Quick-cycle: Click the status badge on any card to advance it
to the next status.

From the three-dot menu on a card, or from buttons in the editor:

  Edit       -- Open the shot list editor
  Duplicate  -- Create a copy with "(copy)" in the title
  Copy       -- Copy the shot list as formatted text to clipboard
  Export PDF -- Download the shot list as a PDF file
  Delete     -- Remove the shot list (with confirmation)

In the editor, click the eye icon to toggle Preview Mode. This
shows a read-only, formatted view of the shot list with all
details displayed cleanly. Click the icon again to return to
edit mode.

You can link a shot list to an existing post:
1. In the editor, use the "Link to Post" dropdown.
2. Select the post you want to associate with this shot list.

You can also create shot lists directly from the Post Wizard
(during the Content step). Shot lists created this way are
automatically linked to that post.

- Use AI generation to quickly create a starting point, then
  refine the details manually.
- Expand shot details (angle, audio, notes) for production-ready
  shot lists. Keep them collapsed for quick overviews.
- Drag to reorder shots until the flow feels right. Shot numbers
  update automatically.
- Export to PDF before a shoot so the crew has a printable
  reference.
- Link shot lists to posts so you can track which planned shots
  become published content.

- 05-posts.txt (linking shot lists to posts)
- 08-galleries.txt (uploading media after shooting)
- 16-usage-billing.txt (AI generation credits for shot list AI)