Shot List Generator
Plan every shot before you roll camera — scene, size, angle, movement, and lens, all in one printable sheet.
| Scene | Shot | Size | Angle | Movement | Lens | I/E | D/N | Description | Notes | |
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Generate Shot Lists from Your Storyboard
Story Maker builds shot coverage directly from your storyboard frames, so shot size, angle, and lens choices stay linked to the visual plan instead of being retyped. Start free.
What Is a Shot List, and Why Plan Shots Before You Roll?
A shot list breaks each scene down into the individual camera setups needed to cover it — shot size, camera angle, movement, and lens — decided before the crew arrives on set. Without one, a director is making every framing decision live, on the clock, with the whole crew waiting; with one, everyone from the DP to the AD already knows what's being covered and in what order.
What goes on a shot list
Each row covers one shot: scene and shot number, shot size (from an extreme wide EWS down to an extreme close-up ECU), camera angle (eye level, high, low, Dutch tilt), camera movement (static, pan, dolly, handheld), lens choice, INT/EXT and DAY/NIGHT, a short description of what's in frame, and any notes for the crew (safety, continuity, a specific prop).
How this generator works
Fill in the production details and shot rows above — pre-loaded with sample data so you can see the format before replacing it. Use Duplicate to quickly build coverage variations of the same setup (wide, then a matching CU), Print for a clean on-set page, or Download PDF for a landscape-format sheet built for a shooting binder. No account required.
This tool builds one shot list at a time, by hand. If your shots come from a storyboard, The Story Maker's storyboarding tool can generate shot coverage directly from your storyboard frames, and the script breakdown keeps shot lists in sync with scene and cast changes.
Shot List Generator — Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between a shot list and a storyboard?
A storyboard is a visual sketch of each shot's composition. A shot list is the technical, written breakdown of the same shots — size, angle, movement, lens — used as the working document on set once the visual plan is locked.
What do EWS, WS, MS, CU, and ECU mean?
They're standard shot-size abbreviations: Extreme Wide Shot, Wide Shot, Medium Shot, Close-Up, and Extreme Close-Up — a shorthand scale from showing the full environment down to a single detail (like an eye or a hand).
Is signing up required to use this generator?
No. Building shot rows, printing, and downloading a PDF all work without an account, with no limit on how many shot lists you create.
Can I use this for a student or short film?
Yes — a one-scene short needs the same shot-by-shot planning as a feature; just add as many or as few shot rows as your scene needs.
Does the PDF work for a printed shooting binder?
Yes — Download PDF exports a landscape A4 sheet sized to sit in a standard shooting binder alongside your call sheet and script pages.