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Get a shoot-ready brief

Every finished project comes with a brief: one document that tells anyone — you, a creator, a videographer — exactly what to shoot, where, and with what. You’ll find it in the Production Plan tab, and you can download it as a PDF in one click.

What’s in your brief

The brief is organized into four sections, shown as tabs inside the Production Plan view:

  • Quick Sheets — your script and storyboard laid out as printable sheets. Hand these to whoever is on camera.
  • Structure — the thinking behind the video: the Project Brief, the Beats (your story, segment by segment), and Audience and Strategy (who this is for and why it should work).
  • Plan — the shoot itself. A Script Summary counts your locations, shots, and estimated shoot time. Below it: an Equipment Checklist you can tick off, Shooting Instructions for every location, Rental Recommendations for gear you don’t own, and a Call Sheet with a general call time and a wrap estimate.
  • References — the example videos and images your Director worked from, so the person shooting can see the look you’re going for.

Open it: the Production Plan tab

  1. Open the thread that holds your project.
  2. Click Production Plan in the tab strip at the top of the right-hand panel. (The tab appears once your script is finished.)
  3. Click through Quick Sheets, Structure, Plan, and References to read each section.
The Production Plan tab open on the Plan section, showing shot list rows and shoot details

Hand it to a creator

You don’t need to copy anything by hand — export it instead.

  1. Open the Plan section and click Download Plan. You get the full production plan as a PDF: instructions, checklist, call sheet, all of it.
  2. For the on-camera pages only, open Quick Sheets and click Download. That PDF holds the script and storyboard sheets.
  3. Send the PDF to whoever is shooting — email, text, or your project tool of choice. They don’t need a Superdirector account to read it.
The Download Plan button at the top of the Production Plan tab
The PDF takes a few seconds to build — the button reads "Generating..." while it works.

A brief is a starting point — keep directing

The brief isn’t locked. If the shoot day changes, the location falls through, or the client wants one more shot, just tell your Director in chat:

  • "We only have one location now — rework the shooting instructions."
  • "Swap shot 4 for a close-up of the product."
  • "Cut the gear list down to what fits in one backpack."

Your Director updates the plan, and you download a fresh PDF. The person holding the camera always gets the latest version, not a stack of margin notes.