Notes on planning a shoot
Mostly the parts nobody teaches you: what belongs on a shot list, which lens says what, and how to hand a crew something they can actually work from.
The pre-production checklist, in the order things actually break
What has to exist before the first shoot day, when each piece is due, and which missing document causes which disaster. Usable for a short or a spot.
Shot list or storyboard? You are asking the wrong question
They are not two documents. A storyboard is what a shot looks like; a shot list is when it gets made. How the two stay in sync, and what breaks when they don't.
Shot sizes, and what each one is actually for
A working reference for the seven standard shot sizes, from extreme close-up to extreme wide, and when a director reaches for each.
What belongs on a shot list
The columns a shot list needs, the ones it does not, and why the AD cares more about the order than the detail. With a free template.
These come out of building Frameboard. If you would rather see the thing than read about it, there is a whole production already planned in it.