AI Shot List Generator

Using this as an AI shot list generator

Most people looking for an AI shot list generator want two different things at once: the creative help of an AI that suggests coverage, and the boring-but-essential part — a clean, numbered, print-ready shot list your DP and AC can actually read on set. AI is good at the first half and bad at the second. So use both together: let an AI draft your coverage, then paste it into the builder above to get a formatted PDF.

Step 1 — have AI draft your coverage

Paste your scene (or just describe it) into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini with a prompt like this. It works because it forces the AI to output the same fields this tool uses:

You are a director of photography planning coverage for a scene.

SCENE: [paste the scene, or describe the action in 2-3 sentences]
LOCATION: [interior/exterior, what the space is]
GEAR: [camera + lenses you actually have]
TIME AVAILABLE: [e.g. half a day, 6 setups max]
TONE: [e.g. tense and claustrophobic / warm and observational]

Build a shot list. Output one row per shot with exactly these columns:
Shot # | Size (WS/MS/MCU/CU/ECU/OTS/POV/INSERT) | Movement | Description | Lens | Equipment notes

Rules:
- Start with the master, then mediums, then close-ups, then specials (inserts, POVs).
- Group shots by camera position so we shoot everything from one setup before moving.
- Number shots against the scene (14-1, 14-2, ...).
- Stay inside the gear and time listed above. Flag anything that won't fit.

Step 2 — paste it into the builder

Add a row above for each shot the AI gave you and drop the values into the matching fields. The document preview rebuilds itself as you type, then Print / Save PDF gives you a landscape table that survives a windy exterior. Everything autosaves in your browser — nothing is uploaded, and no AI sees your script unless you choose to paste it into one.

Why not have AI generate the finished PDF?

Because AI is unreliable at layout and arithmetic, and a shot list is a document people make decisions from at 5am. Language models drop rows, renumber inconsistently, and quietly invent lenses you don’t own. Letting AI handle the creative brainstorm and a deterministic tool handle the formatting gives you the best of both — the same split used in the rest of the AI/D toolset.

What to double-check in an AI-generated shot list

• Screen direction — AI happily crosses the line. Confirm eyelines match between your OTS pairs.
• Gear you actually have — it will suggest a 135mm macro and a crane because they sound good.
• Setup count vs. daylight — ask it to cut to your real number of setups, not its ideal one.
• Continuity inserts — the shots you’ll miss are the hands, the clock, the phone screen. Ask for those explicitly.

Building AI into a real production workflow is the same problem as building it into any business: the AI drafts, a system enforces. That’s the work behind Damon AI — if you want the automation version of this for your company, start here.