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Free Shot List Template: PDF, Excel & Google Sheets (CSV)
Download a free shot list template and plan every camera setup before you roll — shot size, angle, move, action, dialogue and duration in one clean grid. Grab the print-ready PDF for the clipboard on set, the editable Excel (.xlsx) sheet for sorting and runtime math, or the CSV to import straight into Google Sheets. No email gate, no watermark, free for commercial projects.
- What you get
- Shot list template — 9 production columns
- Formats
- PDF · Excel (.xlsx) · CSV → Google Sheets
- Columns
- Shot, size, angle, move, action, dialogue, duration
- Price
- Free · no email · no watermark
A shot list is the cheapest hour on set
A shot list turns a scene into a checklist the camera team can actually run — fewer forgotten setups, fewer reshoots, faster days. And the format rewards whoever ships more: Omdia forecasts microdramas will generate about $11 billion in global revenue in 2025, and Sensor Tower's State of Short Drama Apps report put Q1 2025 in-app spending near $700 million, close to 4× the year before. Grab the template free below in PDF, Excel or CSV; when a story earns production, generate the frames with AI.
Download the free shot list template
Three formats, same nine columns. Click any card to download directly — no email, no signup, free for commercial use.
Shot List Template — PDF
The print-and-go version: a one-page shot list with sixteen ruled rows, header fields for project, scene and shoot date, and a legend of standard shot-size, angle and move abbreviations. Print one per scene and hand it to whoever runs the camera — no software, no signup, clean on US Letter or A4.
DownloadShot List Template — Excel (.xlsx)
The editable spreadsheet, with the same nine columns — shot, scene, size, angle, move, action, dialogue, duration and a done box — across twenty rows. Sort by setup, filter by scene, or drop a formula in the duration column to total your runtime. Opens in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets or LibreOffice; free for commercial work.
DownloadShot List Template — CSV
The universal, import-anywhere version. Open it in any spreadsheet app, or bring it into Google Sheets in seconds — File → Import → Upload — for an editable cloud shot list your whole crew can share. Same columns as the PDF and Excel sheets, so notes stay consistent across whichever format you pick.
DownloadImport the CSV into Google Sheets (File → Import → Upload) for a shared, editable copy. Every format is free for personal and commercial projects — no attribution required — and the PDF prints clean on US Letter or A4.
Features
One shot list, every format your workflow needs
Most shot list templates lock you into a single file type. This one ships in three: a print-ready PDF for the clipboard on set, an editable Excel sheet for sorting and runtime math, and a CSV that imports straight into Google Sheets for a crew that plans in the cloud. Same columns across all three, so your notes never drift between formats.
Print-ready PDF
One page, sixteen ruled rows and a legend of shot-size, angle and move abbreviations — print one per scene and shoot straight from it.
Editable Excel (.xlsx)
Twenty rows you can sort, filter and total — drop a formula in the duration column to check runtime before you roll.
CSV → Google Sheets
Import the CSV in three clicks for a shared, live shot list the whole team can edit at once from any device.
Columns a camera team can actually run
A shot list only helps if the crew can read it at a glance. Every version carries the same nine production columns plus a legend of standard abbreviations, so a new assistant can pick up the sheet and know exactly what WS, OTS or push-in means without stopping to ask.
Size, angle and move
Standard abbreviations — WS/MS/CU/ECU, eye/high/low/OTS/POV, static/push-in/pan/follow — with a printed legend on every sheet.
Action and dialogue side by side
One line per setup pairs what the camera does with what's said, so coverage and audio get planned together, not in two documents.
Duration and a done box
Log seconds per shot to total runtime, and tick each setup off as you capture it on the day so nothing gets skipped.
From shot list to finished frames
A spreadsheet is where the plan happens; it doesn't have to be where the work ends. When a scene is worth producing, paste the same script into DramaSo's AI storyboard generator — it breaks scenes into shots and renders each frame with consistent characters and camera staging, so the setups you listed become frames you can publish.
Script in, shots out
The generator pre-breaks your script into shots with composition hints — the digital twin of this list.
Characters that hold
Locked portraits keep the same face and wardrobe across every shot — the thing a paper list can't check.
Shots become the episode
Generated frames flow into dubbing, captions and a 9:16 export in the same studio.
Three steps from blank template to shot plan
Pick a format, fill it in, take it to set — or generate the frames.
- 1
Download your format
Grab the PDF to print, the Excel sheet to edit, or the CSV to import into Google Sheets — the same nine columns in every one.
- 2
List every setup
One row per shot: size, angle, move, action, dialogue and duration. Group rows by location to shoot faster on the day.
- 3
Shoot it — or generate it
Take the list to set, or paste the same script into DramaSo and generate the frames with consistent characters.
Who this shot list template is for
Same nine columns, three very different desks.
Short-drama & TikTok creators
Plan vertical episodes setup by setup so a one-person crew never forgets a reverse or an insert — then keep the pace the feed rewards.
Film students & indie filmmakers
Bring a shot list the whole crew can run for class films, shorts and spec commercials — grouped by setup to make the most of a rented camera day.
Producers & 1st ADs
Turn the director's boards into a schedulable list of setups, total the durations, and track coverage live as each shot is captured.
Plan the rest of the shoot
A shot list is one piece — here's the visual half and the way to produce it.
AI Storyboard Generator
Paste your script and generate directed storyboard frames — camera moves and lighting staged on a 3D stage. The visual companion to your shot list.
Free Storyboard Templates
Nine printable storyboard PDFs — 9:16 vertical grids, 16:9 film boards and beat sheets. Board the look, then list the shots.
AI Short Drama Generator
Take a script all the way to a finished vertical episode — dubbing, lip-sync, captions and a 9:16 export from the same studio.
Open the DramaSo studio
Bring a script and generate one scene free — watch the frames your shot list describes come to life.
FAQ'S
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Plan the shoot, then generate it
Download the shot list free and run your next shoot day — and when a scene earns production, let DramaSo turn the same script into finished frames. Free to start.