Shot Director

Time, rate & log every take

$5.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

The fastest way to time and log every take on set. Shot Director turns your iPhone into a digital slate and shot log. Hit ACTION, hit CUT, tap a rating, and you're ready for the next take. No clutter, no learning curve, no subscriptions. TIME EVERY TAKE • Big ACTION / CUT button, easy to hit without looking • Roll and cut from your iPhone's Action button, even with the phone locked • Frame-accurate LED timecode (HH:MM:SS:FF) • 12 frame rates from 23.976 to 120 fps • Live timer on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Apple Watch app: roll, cut and rate from your wrist • Resume a take after an accidental CUT • Digital slate: an animated clapperboard with your scene and take, plus clapper sound and torch flash to sync sound and picture SEND TO FINAL CUT PRO • Pick your clips or camera card and Shot Director matches every clip to its take by time of day • Builds a Final Cut Pro event: clips named by scene and take, keyword collections for each rating and scene • Best takes arrive as Favourites from ACTION to CUT, Bad takes come in Rejected, your notes come too RATE AS YOU GO • Mark each take Good, Bad, Incomplete or Best with one tap • See your Best Takes Total and Total Record Time at a glance • Remove Bad or Incomplete takes in one go, with Undo ORGANISE BY SCENE • Set a target length and watch your Best-takes progress bar fill • Totals for the whole production or just the current scene • Take numbers go up automatically, separately for each scene • Name scenes and jump between them • Add notes to any take PROFESSIONAL EXPORTS • Colour-coded Excel spreadsheet with totals for every scene • PDF report, ready to email to the editor • "Best takes only" exports, the circled-takes list your editor wants • CSV and plain text • Includes production, crew, camera and sound details BUILT FOR REAL SHOOTS • Keep separate productions for every shoot or shoot day • Works on iPhone and iPad • Production setup for director, producer, 1st AD, DOP, sound and more • Keeps your screen awake on set • Works fully offline. Your data never leaves your phone Made by a filmmaker, for filmmakers.

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Send to Final Cut Pro Pick your clips or camera card and Shot Director matches every clip to its take by time of day, then builds a Final Cut Pro event: clips named by scene and take, keyword collections for each rating and scene, Best takes marked Favourite from ACTION to CUT, and Bad takes rejected. Your take notes come too. Action button support Set your iPhone's Action button to ACTION / CUT and roll takes without looking, even with the phone locked. Or set it to mark the last take Best. Improvements A tidier PDF shot log: long crew and camera labels no longer overlap.

Version 1.1

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    Information

    Seller
    Andrew Hunt
    Size
    9.5 MB
    Category
    Photo & Video
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Watch
      Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Hunty
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    • Supports

    • Family Sharing

      Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.