Usefulness Ruined by Subscriptions and Accounts
And at the end of the day, even if I were okay with all that, what am I greeted with when I first open the app? Another account, another privacy policy, another Terms-of-Service. More chances to get exposed in a data breach or get sold to advertisers when the company gets bought out or decides it’s not making enough money.
You know what the advantages of pen and paper shot lists are? They don’t charge me monthly to own nothing.
Response from developer
We understand your frustration with the subscription model and would love to offer the options you suggest. Unfortunately it has not proved sustainable - app development and maintenance require a fairly reliable source of income - as a small company of dedicated filmmakers we rely on the subscriptions to maintain the app. To help independent filmmakers we do offer free versions of both the Mac and iOS. These are pretty robust and capable of handling smaller productions and if full access to all our features is required, a one month subscription along with the two weeks free trial can provide 6 weeks of prep and production. To ease your mind on data security, we do meet the stringent security requirements of the large studios and do not share or sell our users' information. Like you we don't enjoy be overwhelmed by advertising and we'd love to see you give us a try.
Could be so good, but so clunky in setting up each project
But the headaches with using it are endless. There’s no way to import spreadsheets or csv files, (even though it’s basically a spreadsheet itself.) There’s no way to do bulk actions. Moving multiple shots around in your shooting day is sooooo tedious. And there’s NO UNDO BUTTON!?
Overall it’s an A- for the idea and a big D- for User experience
Buggy
A must have for any DP!
I have used Shot Lister on features, full scale TV shows, large commercials, shorts, music videos, documentaries - the list goes on. Even trying it out as a scheduling platform for my own personal life which is working really well for me! It can be a struggle sometimes to convince crew members, such as AD's and production as well as other departments, to jump on board with it - but the moment they accept it as a workflow they totally fall in love with it.
I couldn't have done all the insanely complex and on the go / last minute shot listing I've done without this phenomenal app. I owe it a lot of gratitude and to the people behind it.
If there's one thing you can do to improve your filmmaking, it would be to implement Shot Lister in your workflow right now. It would be silly not to, in my opinion.
Allow Final Draft to merge.
Response from developer
Hi and thanks for the support! If you are a Shot Lister Pro subscriber you can import a Final Draft script you just aren't able to import later versions into the same project. This process is quite complicated and is the kernel of Scriptation's coding and is what they do so well. We understand it's expensive to have two Pro subscriptions but we are able to take advantage of a new system by Apple where if you already subscribe to one of our Apps, like Shot Lister, then the second subscription is 20% off. The App Store will recognise you have a Shot Lister subscription so long as you log into the App Store with the same Apple ID you used to purchase it.
