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Shot List
aka Shotlist · Director's shot list
The director's per-scene list of every shot to be captured — shot number, type, angle, movement, lens, and any special notes.
A shot list breaks a scene into the discrete camera setups that will cover it. Each row carries shot number, type (CU, MS, WS, OTS, etc.), angle, camera movement (static, dolly, pan, push, crash, gimbal), lens length, and any special notes (filters, frame rate, slow-mo). The DP plans their day off it; the AD schedules from it; the script supervisor tracks coverage against it. StoryboardCanvas Shotlist parses a full screenplay scene-by-scene with AI, lets the DP add cinematography fields per row, and threads stable UUID scene-IDs through to the storyboard editor so a shot stays linked to its scene even if the heading is later renamed.
In StoryboardCanvas
See Shot List live in /shotlist
Every shot list we generate stays linked to the rest of the project — change a scene heading and the shot list updates automatically. No re-import. No copy-paste. One project file from script to wrap.
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Storyboard
A sequence of drawn or AI-generated frames that visualise the film shot-by-shot before principal photography.
Script Breakdown
Reading the screenplay scene-by-scene and tagging every element (cast, props, wardrobe, vehicles, stunts, SFX, animals, music, sound, atmosphere, extras, set dressing) into 12 industry-standard colour-coded categories.