Academy overview

Track 04 · Design it · Lesson 18 of 35 · 15 min

Plan the shots

The shot list is the plan every render follows: shots, continuity, dialogue and sound.

Where
Shot List
Cost
Free; 1 credit for the AI director

Generate Shots renders exactly what the shot list says, so this is where a film is made or lost. A full row gets you a usable clip; a vague one gets the model's guess.

Fill the list

Shots arrive from the script breakdown, from Deconstruct, or from AI director. The director has three sources: Concept, Script draft or This shot list (keeps your shots and fills in prompt, camera, length and elements). Set Target length (seconds), Style and Pacing, then Direct · 1 credit.

AI coverage adds the standard angles for one scene: describe it, set its length, Generate coverage, tick the shots and Add N Shots.

Set scene continuity once

Each scene has a Scene continuity bar: location, time of day, weather, season, era, Wardrobe & look, Blocking, Set & props, and a Location element whose images go with every shot in the scene. Fill it, and Generate Shots won't warn about missing continuity.

Edit a shot

Edit shot opens every field:

FieldWhat it's for
Clip length (s) / Screen time (s)What to render, and how much of it the edit uses
Description / Generation promptWhat happens, and the prompt sent to the model
Cast & elements in frameWhose reference images go with it
DialogueOne line per speaker, as NAME: line
SoundEffects and ambience
Starting image / Ending imageExact first and last frames
Reference imagesExtra references for this shot only

Models with native audio (Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, LTX-2.3 Pro) speak the dialogue and make the sound. Clips are generated without music: the score goes on in the edit.

Watch the pace

The header's Pace shows average shot length, cuts per minute and runtime. Treat it as a guide, not a quota: an action scene and a confession shouldn't cut at the same rate.

The craft behind it · filmmaking courseStoryboards and shot lists

Sources

  1. Help Center: How do I generate every shot in my shot list?
  2. Filmmaking course: Storyboards and shot lists
  3. Filmmaking course: Shot sizes

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