Guides / Sequence planning

A sequence is not a shooting schedule

Keep editorial order separate from the work of capturing it.

The first image in a finished film does not have to be the first image captured on a shoot. Location, available light, people and equipment can all influence capture order. Takeboard focuses on the order and timing of the intended edit.

Use scenes as labels

The Scene field helps identify a setting or a group of related shots. Search matches the scene name, title and action note. Filtering a scene can help you review related ideas, but it does not change playback order or the exported sequence.

Track capture without changing the cut

Marking a shot Captured records progress only. A ten-second captured shot still adds ten seconds to the planned runtime. To remove it from the plan, remove the card. Undo can restore a saved removal during the current tab session.

Keep production logistics elsewhere

This tool does not generate call sheets, travel plans, releases, equipment allocations or a safe shooting schedule. Avoid placing unnecessary private contact information or precise addresses in a shared export. Use your chosen production workflow for those details.

A practical handoff

Export CSV with the editorial shot numbers and start/end seconds. A collaborator can use that report as a reference while making a separate capture schedule. Download JSON when you need to preserve the editable sequence itself.