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Capture the rough idea
Save the thought, reference or location before it disappears.
For content creators and small teams making video
Turn video ideas into shoot-ready projects.
Shotara is the production workspace for creators making videos for themselves or for brands: develop the angle, build the hooks, write the script, plan the shots and hand off the edit.
Task managers track the job. Docs hold pieces of it. Shotara keeps the production thread together.
No card required. Start with one real video you are already planning to make.
CAPTUREDEVELOPSCRIPTSHOOT
The idea that almost disappeared
Used on real production work
We built Shotara around videos that actually had to be scripted, filmed, edited and delivered.
Built for content creators and small teams making videos for themselves or for brands.
The job Shotara does
From rough idea to ready to shoot.
The bit between “we should make this” and pressing record usually gets split across notes, docs, boards and messages. Shotara keeps it as one production.
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Develop the angle
Work out the premise, viewer promise and hooks before you start writing around a weak idea.
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Make it shoot-ready
Turn the script into practical shots, props and a filming plan without rebuilding it somewhere else.
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Hand it off with context
Give the editor the job, the thinking behind it and the files they actually need.
Why Shotara exists
A task board can track the job. Shotara makes the video shootable.
Use a project manager for generic tasks if you need one. Shotara keeps the creative production thread for the video itself — the decisions that turn “we should make this” into something ready for camera.
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DEVELOP
Work out the idea.
Keep the brief, angle, hooks and script together instead of spreading the thinking across notes and docs.
Idea → hook → script
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SHOOT
Make it practical.
Turn the script into shots, props and a filming checklist without rebuilding the plan.
Script → shots → filmed
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HANDOFF
Give the editor context.
Assign the job with the creative decisions, production files and delivery links attached.
Footage → edit → final
Capture anywhere
Save the thought on mobile, then develop it properly when you are back at a desk.
Use AI without surrendering the idea
Generate draft hooks, structured scripts and shot lists from your own brief, then choose what gets applied.
Plan what gets filmed
Structured script blocks become a working shot list and a clean filming view you can tick off on set.
Send a proper handoff
Export a Production Pack with hooks, script, shots, brand rules, raw-footage links and delivery links.
Collaborate without oversharing
Editors see only assigned jobs. Producers can work across the full workspace when you actually want them to.
Share your process
Show the hooks, script and shot plan behind your finished video on one public page.
Made for the messy bit between idea and upload
Shotara goes where the work happens.
Capture the idea at your desk, take the plan onto the shoot, and keep the finished video with the creative work behind it.
Write and read scripts properly on mobile instead of fighting a desktop editor squeezed onto a phone.
Create Google Drive production folders and carry the raw footage and edit links through the handoff.
Give collaborators the access their job needs, not the keys to every unfinished idea in your brain.
PHONE → PUBLISHED
Capture an idea on the same phone you use to film it, then keep the script and shot list beside the camera.
PRODUCTION → HANDOFF
Shotara works just as well when the setup gets serious: crew, camera, editor, footage and final delivery.
Who it is for
For creators who actually have to make the video.
Whether the video is for your own audience or a brand client, Shotara is built for the people taking the idea from rough thought to something ready to shoot.
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Solo creator
Your own channels
Capture rough thoughts, develop the angle, script them and film from the same plan without maintaining your own stack of notes and docs.
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Brand creator
Client and sponsored work
Keep the brief, hooks, script, shot list and delivery context attached to the same video from pitch through production.
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Small team
Creator → producer → editor
Work from one production thread, with producers across the workspace and editors seeing only the jobs assigned to them.
If the idea is worth making, the production plan should still make sense when someone else opens it.
Start free
Use it before you pay for it.
Upgrade for AI, Production Packs and collaboration. Studio is where the full team workflow kicks in.
Free
$0forever
For catching ideas and trying the full workflow.
- 1 workspace
- 25 active ideas at a time
- Structured script + shot-list workflow
- Mobile filming view
- Custom workflow stages
Creator
$9per month
For creators who publish consistently and want AI and proper editor handoff.
- Unlimited ideas + workspaces
- 20 AI production drafts / month
- Production Pack PDF exports
- 1 collaborator per workspace
- Editor handoff + Drive sharing
Studio
$19per month
For small teams where producers and editors share the same production pipeline.
- Everything in Creator
- 100 AI production drafts / month
- Up to 5 collaborators
- Editor + Producer roles
- Brand kits inside production handoffs
Take one real video from idea to shoot-ready.
Try Shotara on the next thing you are actually making.
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