Follow one idea from a kept thought to a posted video.
The Keep panel saves an idea to Pool. Its Space sheet identifies a Short with a hook, needing a desk shot and a lake reveal.
arrangerPoolSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
Pool
kept or shot · newest first
THIS WEEK
✧
Pretending to study
Short about lying to myself about studying, then cut to the lake.
Idea
KEEP / ⌥SPACE
Short about lying to myself about studying, then cut to the lake.
SPACE / QUICK LOOK
What Arranger understood
Kind
Idea
Hook line
Yes
Format
Short
Needs
desk shot, lake reveal
01 / KEEP AN IDEA
Keep an idea
A thought caught with ⌥Space. A place for it in the Pool.
The Keep panel saves an idea to Pool. Its Space sheet identifies a Short with a hook, needing a desk shot and a lake reveal.
arrangerPoolSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
Pool
kept or shot · newest first
THIS WEEK
✧
Pretending to study
Short about lying to myself about studying, then cut to the lake.
Idea
KEEP / ⌥SPACE
Short about lying to myself about studying, then cut to the lake.
SPACE / QUICK LOOK
What Arranger understood
Kind
Idea
Hook line
Yes
Format
Short
Needs
desk shot, lake reveal
02 / COLLECT FOOTAGE
Collect footage
Bring the shoot in. Your originals stay on your drive.
A Finder folder becomes Banff · Sat 12 Oct · 71 clips in Pool, labelled Not screened. The originals remain on T7.
arrangerPoolSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
Pool
All · Ideas · To screen
✧
Pretending to study
Short about lying to myself about studying, then cut to the lake.
Idea
▰BanffFinder · T7 / MEDIA
↓ Keep in Pool
Banff · Sat 12 Oct · 71 clips
Not screened
T7
▱ T7 Originals stay on your drive.
03 / UNDERSTAND IT
Understand it
Screen the shoot. Keep the moments that tell your story.
Pool, filtered To screen, shows a large Lake Agnes clip, K keep, X skip, M mark, and Said, Shown and Heard lanes.
arrangerPoolSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
Pool
To screen
27 of 71 · Lake Agnes · 0:08
Said
“We have three exams this week.”
Shown
Lake opens up, no people
Heard
Water, wind, a laugh off camera
04 / CHOOSE WHAT TO MAKE
Choose what to make
The lake reveal arrives. The idea is ready to become a project.
Today shows Pretending to study as Ready to make with hook, story, footage and format. Enter opens Start project, built from 1 idea and 3 moments.
arrangerTodaySearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
Today
One idea ready for you
READY TO MAKE
Waiting on footage · 0
START PROJECT / PREVIEW
Pretending to study
Built from: 1 idea · 3 moments
05 / SHAPE THE STORY
Shape the story
Your words set the order. Drop a clip right onto the line it covers.
A four-line script has a hook, A/B versions, takes, Record and Listen. A lake clip moves from the Pool drawer onto line 03, labelled Show over these words, then settles at its right edge. Lines with clips 3 of 4; line 02 needs a desk shot at night.
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Pretending to study
from 1 idea · 3 moments
ScriptLines with clips 3 of 4
▷ Listen to ScriptTake 1 · version A
HookThis is us in the middle of the semester.
01
Cold open
This is us in the middle of the semester.
02
The promise
I said I’d spend the night studying.
+ shot
03
The reveal
Lake Agnes is where we stopped pretending to study.
Take 1
04
Callback
Monday. Library. Again.
Pool drawer
Lake opens up · 0:08
06 / FIT THE FORMAT
Fit the format
Same idea. Same clips. A Page shaped for where it will live.
Made for switches the same project between a 9:16 Short strip, 26 of 60 seconds with a hook in the first 2 seconds, and YouTube chapters with runtime.
arrangerProjectsSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
07 / SEND TO EDIT
Send to edit
Check the story, then carry your choices into your editor.
Where does it go next? Check before send flags T7 offline. Reconnect to see a story string-out with beat markers, V2 recording slots and V1 clips in Page order with handles.
arrangerProjectsSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
08 / POST
Post
Drop the finished link. Keep day 1 and day 7 beside the project.
Dropping the video link on Pretending to study changes Finished to Posted. Manual day 1 and day 7 views and average watch time sit beside the project.
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09 / LEARN FROM IT
Learn from it
See where people stayed, on your own lines. Keep what works for next time.
Retention follows the four script lines. A margin note says Contrast openers hold 4.1 s; your usual is 2.6 s · 5 of 6 posts. Keeping it creates a new idea in Pool.
arrangerProjectsSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
The rest stays close
Also on the Mac
01
Board
Pinch out. Set story order in the cut row.
02
Tray
Keep material at hand between places.
03
Space sheet
Preview a clip or see what an idea holds.
04
⌘K Search or ask
Find, keep or open from one field.
05
Watched folders & offline drives
New shoots arrive. Originals stay put.
06
Record a take
Read your lines. Compare takes on the Page.
02 / IPHONE
iPhone, the companion.
Catch the idea where it happens. Take the story back out with you.
Keep / shot list / Pool / margin
Keep the thought. Bring the next shot.
Keep by voice, Action button, widget or share sheet. See what it understood, including Short or YouTube. The shot list comes from your beats. Browse your Pool and keep or drop the margin’s notes while you’re away from your desk.
iPhone / the companionSAMPLE
9:41● ▰
Arranger
KEEP · VOICE
“Short about lying to myself about studying, then cut to the lake.”
Voice · Action button · widget · share sheet
Clips go Mac ↔ iPhone directly.
Your Page, on set
Film what the story needs.
The Mac Page holds your story. Its film beats become the shot list on iPhone, with the line each shot belongs to. Tick off a shot on set, then return to the Page with the missing picture in hand.
Page / pinch out for the BoardSAMPLE
CUT ROW / LEFT TO RIGHT SETS THE ORDER
01
Before the world wakes
02
The climb
03
This is why we came
04
Worth the alarm
FREE TABLE / POSITION MEANS NOTHING
Alternative reveal
Monday. Library. Again.
say · still to record
Lines with clips 4 of 5
Mac ↔ iPhone
Clips travel directly between your devices. Text, decisions and moments sync through your account; media and embeddings never do.
03 / WEB
Web, your front door.
Sign in. See Your week. Keep one thought for later.
Sign up + sign in
Make a place for your story.
Use Apple, Google or email. Your account keeps billing and consent choices in one place.
Keep a thought on your phone. Find it in Pool on Mac, shape it on the Page and send the assembly to your editor. Drop the finished video’s link on the project, then carry what you learn in the margin.
KeepSAMPLE
MAC / ⌥SPACE
“Short about lying to myself about studying, then cut to the lake.”