Intro to shots, storyboards, and whiteboards
You can plan how you'll film your screenplay with three tools under Plan in the sidebar: a shot list, storyboards, and whiteboards. All three are built on the scenes of your screenplay, so they keep up with the script as it changes.
Shots
A shot is one planned camera setup for a scene — for example, a medium close-up at eye level with a slow dolly in. The Shots page lists the planned shots under each scene, with their angle, size, movement, and notes. On set, the takes you log are attached to these shots, and the shot list shows how many takes each shot has. See Plan shots.
Storyboards
A storyboard is a sequence of drawn panels, called boards, that show what each moment of a scene looks like. In FilmKit, every board belongs to a scene. You can draw it by hand, put an image behind it, or have AI draw it. Each board has captions taken from the script, timing, and links to the shots it illustrates. See Draw storyboards and Generate storyboard frames with AI.
Whiteboards
A whiteboard is a free-form canvas where you arrange cards — story beats, characters, scenes, storyboards, and links — to work out the structure of the story. Cards for characters, scenes, and storyboards stay in step with the catalog, the screenplay, and the storyboards. See Arrange the story on whiteboards.
From plan to set
The shot list connects planning to the shoot. Storyboards link to shots; shots appear in the schedule's scene editor; and on set, takes are logged against them. You can also publish the shot list as a PDF and export storyboards for the crew. See Intro to On Set and Publish and distribute documents.