Free Filmmaking Tools
Great productions are built on good preparation. These are the calculators and references we built for ourselves, free on the web for anyone — and built into the app, attached to the scene you are planning.
Golden Hour & Shadow Map
Drop a pin, pick a date, and scrub the day to see exactly where the sun sits and where the shadows fall. Reads sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the golden and blue hour windows for that location, then renders building and terrain shadows in 3D so you can tell whether your set is in light at 4pm in November. Built for scouting a location you have not stood in yet.
Free Shot List Template
A production-ready shot list for Excel and Google Sheets with the columns a real shoot needs — shot number, size, movement, lens, description, and status — rather than a blank grid you have to design first. Imports straight into CineFlo when the spreadsheet stops scaling.
Not sure what a term means? The glossary defines golden hour, depth of field and the rest of the vocabulary these tools calculate in.
