Shot

What this is about

In planning, a shot has an address: scene number plus shot letter, a size like wide or close, an angle and often a movement. The rows of the shot list are shots; storyboard panels are shots; the slate ties every take to one. Crews discuss length and purpose per shot — what must this one deliver for the cut — because a shot without a job in the edit is a candidate for deletion when the day tightens.

A term only helps when everyone on set means the same thing by it — so what follows is how it is used, not a dictionary definition.

What runs differently here

Where this differs from the general case:

• Shot, take and setup nest: one shot may need many takes, one setup may host several shots.
• Size, angle, movement and content describe a shot completely enough to plan it.
• In the edit, shot also names the finished piece between two cuts; context decides which meaning applies.

With TillyGen

Shots are the atoms of TillyGen: every row in the shot list is one, and storyboard and schedule reference them by number.

Change one constraint and the consequences travel through the whole plan: affected shots are flagged, the call sheet is regenerated, and nobody keeps working from yesterday's version.