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FREE AI SHOOTING SCHEDULE GENERATOR

Generate the shoot order
from your scenes, in seconds.

Storyflow's AI drafts a shooting schedule from your scene list or breakdown, grouped by location and day, so you refine an order instead of building a stripboard from scratch. It sits on the same canvas as the breakdown and call sheets. No download, no credit card.

Free plan

No credit card

Drafted from your scenes

Pre-Production built on the Storyflow canvas

Used by creative professionals at:

Artlist

Pixar

Nike

Red Bull

The North Face

Porsche

Start from a ready-made template

Pick a board to see what you can build, then let AI fill it in. Every template is a real, editable starting point on the same infinite canvas.

Pre-Production built in Storyflow

Pre-Production

Pull the brief, script, shot list, and moodboard into one pre-production hub so the whole shoot is planned in one place.

Browse all templates →

What is an AI shooting schedule generator?

An AI shooting schedule generator drafts the order scenes are filmed in for you, instead of making you arrange a stripboard by hand. The order comes from what is already in your plan: each scene's location, cast, and day or night. If those exist in a breakdown, deciding the efficient order is an assembly job an AI can do a first pass on.

Building a schedule from scratch is the slow part of pre-production, sliding scenes up and down until the location grouping, cast availability, and light all line up. Starting from a considered draft saves the tedious first pass and leaves you to make the real judgment calls.

Storyflow does this on a free AI-native infinite canvas. Give the AI your scene list or breakdown and it groups scenes by location and day into a first-pass schedule of shoot days. Each scene is a card you drag to adjust for availability, light, and company moves.

Because the schedule lives with the plan, it stays connected. The breakdown that feeds it and the call sheets that follow sit on the same board, so a change flows through. Share a view-only link with the AD and producer, or export a clean PDF for the office.

HOW IT WORKS

Generate a shooting schedule in four steps.

The AI drafts the order and you refine it.

01

Open a free canvas

Sign up in seconds, no credit card, and your infinite canvas opens in the browser.

02

Add scenes or paste the breakdown

List scenes with location, cast, and day or night, or paste your breakdown.

03

Generate the order

The AI groups scenes by location and day into a first-pass schedule.

04

Refine and share

Drag cards to adjust, break into days, and share a view-only link.

Generated from the plan, not from scratch.

The AI drafts the order and the schedule sits with the breakdown.

AI-generated shooting schedule in Storyflow

AI drafts the order

A first pass in seconds

Paste your scenes and the AI groups them by location and day into a schedule to refine.

See shooting schedules
Reordering scenes in a Storyflow schedule

Reorder by dragging

Make the real calls

Drag scene cards to adjust for cast availability, light, and company moves.

See film scheduling software
Schedule drawn from the breakdown in Storyflow

Drawn from the breakdown

The order matches the plan

Because the breakdown is on the same board, each scene's location and cast travel with its card.

See script breakdown software
Schedule feeding call sheets in Storyflow

Into call sheets

The schedule feeds the day

Break the order into shoot days and draft a call sheet for each from the schedule.

See the AI call sheet generator

A free AI shooting schedule generator, no expiry.

Generate as many schedules as you want on an unlimited canvas, with no credit card.

Unlimited schedules and boards on an infinite canvas

Basic AI usage to draft schedules and breakdowns

3 starter frameworks built in

20 file uploads for scripts and breakdowns

See pricing
Free AI shooting schedule generator board in Storyflow

ASSEMBLED BY AI

A shooting schedule drafted from the whole plan.

Storyflow generates the order from your scenes and keeps it connected.

AI ordering a shoot in Storyflow

The AI does the first pass

Order the shoot for you

Group by location: Cluster scenes at a location so you shoot before you move.

Respect cast and light: Keep an actor's scenes together and separate day and night.

A real starting order: You refine a draft, not a blank stripboard.

Refining a generated schedule in Storyflow

You make the judgment calls

Refine by dragging

Adjust for availability: Move scenes to fit when cast and locations are free.

Add pickup days: Ask the AI to add a day or compress the schedule.

See the load: Lay page counts next to each day to catch an overloaded one.

Generated schedule connected to the plan in Storyflow

Connected to the plan

No re-typing, no drift

Draws from the breakdown: Locations and cast come from the breakdown on the board.

Feeds the call sheets: Break into days and draft call sheets from the schedule.

Regenerate on change: Ask the AI to update the order when scenes change.

Generated schedules for different productions in Storyflow

Any production

One generator, any shoot

Films and shorts: Generate a schedule for a feature or a weekend short.

Commercials and video: Order a tight one or two day shoot.

Documentary: Arrange interview and b-roll days around availability.

Explore templates for your project

Every template opens as a real, editable board on the infinite canvas. Pick the closest fit and make it your own.

Pre-Production

Pull the brief, script, shot list, and moodboard into one pre-production hub so the whole shoot is planned in one place.

Pre-Production template
Pre-Production template built in Storyflow
Browse all templates →

HOW WE COMPARE

Storyflow vs Movie Magic, StudioBinder, and Yamdu.

A fair look at where each fits. Storyflow drafts the schedule with AI, for free.

Storyflow

Recommended

Free plan with unlimited schedules

AI drafts the schedule from your scenes

Schedule next to breakdown and call sheets

Reorder scenes visually by dragging

View-only share link, no sign-up

Runs in the browser, any device

Movie Magic

Free plan with unlimited schedules

AI drafts the schedule from your scenes

Schedule next to breakdown and call sheets

Reorder scenes visually by dragging

View-only share link, no sign-up

Runs in the browser, any device

StudioBinder

Free plan with unlimited schedules

AI drafts the schedule from your scenes

Schedule next to breakdown and call sheets

Reorder scenes visually by dragging

View-only share link, no sign-up

Runs in the browser, any device

Yamdu

Free plan with unlimited schedules

AI drafts the schedule from your scenes

Schedule next to breakdown and call sheets

Reorder scenes visually by dragging

View-only share link, no sign-up

Runs in the browser, any device

What creators are saying

Join early creators getting structured workspaces and AI that remembers their projects

Storyflow has sped up my workflow by at least 3x, which means more flow state and more projects I can actually ship. It truly changed the way me and my team create.

Reilin Joey

Reilin Joey

Director & YouTuber

One prompt gets me a structured board. But the tactics are my favorite. I run my YouTube scripts through them and my intros and retention got better. It's amazing.

Justkay

Justkay

YouTuber & Freelance Filmmaker

I used to juggle five apps to plan a project. Now I describe what I am making and get boards, lists, and a schedule. All in one place.

George

George

@fernwehchronicles

AI shooting schedule generator, answered.

What ADs and producers ask about generating schedules in Storyflow.

It drafts the order scenes are filmed in for you, grouped by location and day, instead of making you arrange a stripboard by hand. Storyflow's AI reads your scene list or breakdown and lays out a first-pass schedule of shoot days that you refine by dragging cards.

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Generate the shoot order from your plan.

Open a free canvas, paste your scenes, and let the AI draft the schedule. Free plan, no credit card.

See pricing