A potter films a short video about her work on a phone mounted on a small tripod in her sunlit workshop, checking her shot list on a second phone.

Shoot Plan

Know what to film, with the time and kit you actually have.

A practical filming plan for your own shoot: the essential shots, a sensible order and clear instructions, on your phone even without signal.

Plans from £15, paid once. No subscription.

Shoot Plan is on sale to buyers in the UK, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland and South Africa. We can't sell to buyers elsewhere yet. You can check your shoot for free first.

See it in 30 seconds

From an idea to a plan you can film.

A real Shoot Plan: the essential shots in order, what to do at each one, and ticking shots off on a phone with no signal. Captions are on the video.

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You've got the idea. You've got a phone. What you need is a plan. Shoot Plan turns your idea into a practical filming plan: the essential shots, the right order, and exactly what to do at each one. On location, it's on your phone, even without signal. Tick each shot as you go. Know what to film, with the time and kit you actually have. Check your shoot for free at theamateur.co.uk.

Independent minds. Carefully made.

Curious by name.
Serious about
the finish.

An independent UK technology company working across software, media and entertainment.
We make products and experiences — and the technology that helps create them.

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IN PLAY / CLEARWAYComing soon
Clearway’s luminous puzzle board with coloured signals and connected junctions.A little more thought. A new way through.

01 / In the details

The idea is only
the beginning.

Room to think.

Clearway’s Plan mode pauses the action. Undo makes another approach possible.

Care in the everyday.

Saved app choices in Family Handoff. Local progress in Marble Bloom. Small details with a purpose.

02 / Selected work

Different ideas. The same care.

All work, with status

Puzzle game · iPhone & iPad · Coming soon

Clearway

Save a signal. Change a junction. Bring every light home. A luminous route-planning puzzle built around looking beyond the next move.

03 / Video production

Give your agent the material.
Ask for the film.

An agent-first film workflow is in owner-only development. New customer access and production intake are closed; rendering and billing are off. See the current status.

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04 / Guide & Documentation

A good place
to get started.

First steps, thoughtful explanations and help when you need it. Make yourself at home.

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05 / Research & field notes

Useful findings.
Made public.

Evidence from real engineering work: tool evaluations, architecture lessons, benchmarks, failure analysis and reusable methods, published when the result is genuinely useful beyond our own systems. A separate weekly desk, AI Journalism, briefs five checked events from the week.

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06 / Start here

What brings you here?

07 / Get in touch

Good things start
with a conversation.

support@theamateur.co.uk

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