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Film production glossaryShot list

A shot list is the ordered list of every camera setup planned for a scene or a shooting day, with the framing, the movement and the equipment each one needs.

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Shot list in practice

The director and the director of photography write it during pre-production. Each line usually carries a scene number, a shot number, the shot size (wide, medium, close-up), the angle, the movement, the lens and a short description. On the day, the first assistant director uses it to estimate time and the script supervisor ticks off what has been filmed.

A good shot list is ordered by setup, not by story: every shot that looks in the same direction with the same lighting is grouped, so the crew moves the lights as few times as possible.

Where it lives in CrewDesk

In CrewDesk the shot list lives with the project, as a document or as a set of tasks, one per setup, with a due date on the shoot day. Ticking tasks during the day shows the producer what is still to film without a phone call.

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