Shadow Planner
Film Set Shadow Planner
$39.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Scout the sun before the shoot, block the frames, measure the rig.
Scout the light before you get there.
Shadow Planner puts a real sun on a real map. Drop your overheads on the actual
location, scrub the day from sunrise to sunset, and watch true cast shadows fall
across the ground in 3D — so you know what you're walking into before the truck
rolls, and so does everyone you hand the page to.
SCOUT ANY LOCATION
• Search an address or drop straight onto your GPS position
• Satellite, street and dark map styles
• Real 3D buildings and terrain, so shadows fall off the geometry that's
actually there
• Live sun compass with azimuth and altitude
KNOW WHEN YOU LOSE THE LIGHT
• Sunrise, solar noon, sunset, golden hour and civil dusk for any date and any
location, with the day's length
• Tap any spot for a shade timeline: when it holds direct sun and when it goes
into shade, across the whole day
• See the sun's path arced over the map — amber where your spot has sun,
blue-grey where something blocks it, so you can watch the moment the sun
clears a roofline
• Reads the buildings and terrain actually around it, plus your own overheads
BLOCK THE SHOT TO SCALE
• Drop 12x12, 20x20 and 40x40 frames, or set your own custom size
• Dial height above ground, spin and tilt on every frame
• Add vehicles and human stand-ins for scale
• Stack as many objects as the day needs — each one colour-coded, with its own
cast shadow and the area it covers
SEE THE WHOLE DAY MOVE
• Scrub sunrise to sunset and watch every shadow track with the sun
• Pick any date and check the light for a shoot weeks out
• Stand-ins and vehicles dim when they fall inside a frame's shadow
MEASURE THE RIG IN 3D
• Tap two points for a true diagonal distance — overhead down to ground
• Know exactly where the base, the truck and the crew gear have to land
• Measurements stay locked to a frame, so they update as you raise or move it
• Matching gear ranges for the distance you measured, from a PeeWee dolly to a
120' Condor
FEET OR METRES
• One switch converts every height, span, distance and shadow area, and the
gear ranges with them
• Gear and frame names stay as the industry says them — a 12x12 is still a
12x12, a Condor 40' is still a Condor 40'
• Your choice is remembered between sessions
TAKE IT BACK TO THE OFFICE
• Save a location by name with its camera angle, date, time, every frame, the
measurement and the shade you picked — long-press to rename
• Six stops in a day, all still there tomorrow
• Export a letter-size page carrying the location, date, time, sun position,
sunrise and sunset, the rig you had up, and the lift sizes that reach — so
the gaffer, the AD and the office are all reading the same sheet
• Same page on every device, straight to Photos, Files or Messages
• On iPad, drag the menu panels into the order you work in
• Full undo and redo
Built by a working cinematographer for tech scouts, gaffers, grips, DPs,
location managers and anyone who has ever guessed where the shadow would be.
No account. No subscription. No tracking.
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• Sun path. The sun's track arcs over the map — amber where your spot holds sun, blue-grey where a building blocks it. The beads are hours; the big one is the time you're scrubbed to.
• Shade timeline. Tap a spot and see when it holds direct sun and when it goes into shade, read off the real buildings and terrain around it.
• Sun times. Sunrise, solar noon, sunset, golden hour morning and evening, civil dusk and the length of the day.
• Snapshots are now a letter-size page. Same on every device, with a header carrying the location, date, time, sun position, sunrise and sunset, your rig, and the lifts that actually reach the distance you measured.
• Saved places. Name a location and come back to it with its camera angle, date, time, every frame, the measurement and the shade point still in place. Long-press a row to rename it.
• Measuring and the shade view work at the same time now.
• On iPad you can drag the menu panels into whatever order you work in, and it's remembered.
• A tidier menu: the panels sit in a more sensible order, the map buttons are clear of the map's own controls on iPad, and the phone no longer carries a second copy of the time slider.
• Feet or metres, everywhere, with one switch. Gear names stay as they are on the truck.
• The app carries its map engine and fonts inside it, so it opens faster and a hiccup at someone else's server can't leave you staring at a blank screen.
• Fixed: picking a date from the picker didn't move the sun.
• Fixed: the locate button went to whatever you were looking at instead of where you are.
• Fixed: buttons stayed lit after you tapped them.
The developer, Christopher Fenner, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Christopher Fenner
- Size
- 3.9 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 Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © sixtyfivexsixtyfivexsixtyfive

