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How To Create A Shot List For Filming

Creating a shot list before you start filming will save you time and make your content more professional.

Written by Jordan Blake

Step 1: Write Your Program

Before you can make a shot list, you need to have your program fully written. Once the program is complete, you’ll be able to see all the exercises you’ll need to film.

Step 2: Create Your Shot List

Your goal is to compile a master list of all unique exercises in your program. This ensures you know exactly what to film when you head to the gym.

Option 1: Use a Spreadsheet

  1. Copy all of the exercise names from your program into a spreadsheet (Google Sheets or Excel).

  2. Highlight the column with your exercise names.

  3. Use the “Remove Duplicates” function:

    • In Google Sheets: Click Data > Data cleanup > Remove duplicates.

    • In Excel: Click Data > Remove Duplicates.

  4. You’ll now have a clean list of all unique exercises you need to film.

Option 2: Use ChatGPT

If you’d prefer not to work in spreadsheets, you can upload your program text to ChatGPT and ask it to generate a shot list for you.

For example, you could paste in your program and say:

“Please create a unique shot list of all exercises in this program so I only have to film each one once.”

ChatGPT will return a consolidated list of exercises for you to use when filming.

Step 3: Film Everything Once

With your shot list ready, head to the gym and film all exercises on the list in one session. This way, you don’t need to re-film the same move multiple times for different workouts.

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