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01 / MAC

Mac, the studio.

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
  1. 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
  2. 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
    Lake Agnes shoot
    Banff · Sat 12 Oct · 71 clips

    Not screened

    T7
    A clip in the Banff shootA clip in the Banff shootA clip in the Banff shootA clip in the Banff shoot

    ▱ T7 Originals stay on your drive.

  3. 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
    A hiker by Lake Agnes, selected for screening27 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

    3 moments kept for your idea.
  4. 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

  5. 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.
    arrangerProjectsSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space

    Pretending to study

    from 1 idea · 3 moments
    Script
    Lines 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.

    Cold open clip at the right edge of line 01
    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
    The reveal clip at the right edge of line 03
    04
    Callback

    Monday. Library. Again.

    Callback clip at the right edge of line 04
    Pool drawer
    Draggable lake reveal from PoolLake opens up · 0:08
  6. 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
    Fit the format preview

    Pretending to study

    Same idea · same clips
    Made for
    9:160:26 / 1:00

    HOOK IN THE FIRST 2 S

    Cold openHOOK / 0–2 s

    This is us in the middle of the semester.

    On screen: I SAID I’D STUDY
    TALK / 0:04
    Desk at night
    0:02

    I said I’d spend the night studying.

    On screen: Then the forecast.
    The reveal0:08

    Lake Agnes is where we stopped pretending to study.

    On screen: Every semester.
    Callback0:20

    Monday. Library. Again.

    On screen: See you next exam.
  7. 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
    Send to edit preview

    Pretending to study

    Send / Page A · 0:26

    Where does it go next?

    Check before send

    ✓ Runtime · 0:26 of 1:00

    ✓ Beats with no clip · desk shot in recording slot

    ✓ Clips with no line · 0

    ✓ Slots still to record · V2 / 0:04

    Offline drives ·

    STORY STRING-OUT
    Markers⚑ Hook⚑ The promise⚑ Lake Agnes⚑ Callback
    V2TALK · 0:04VO · 0:08
    V1Cold open clip in story orderRecording slot aboveThe reveal clip in story orderCallback clip in story order
    A1
    A2Music is your editor’s call.
    Bins per beat · 2 s handles · brief · SRT
  8. 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.
    arrangerProjectsSearch or ask ⌘K+ Keep ⌥Space
    Post preview

    Pretending to study

    Finished
    Pretending to study video cover

    Drop the link on the project.

    Finished → Posted

    YOUR NUMBERS / MANUAL OR YOUTUBE CSV

    day 112,480views · average watch 0:19
    day 748,210views · average watch 0:21
    Sample day 1 and day 7 numbers. Add yours after posting.
  9. 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
    Learn from it preview

    Pretending to study

    Posted / Results · day 7

    Where people stayed, on your own lines

    Retention falls from 100 percent at the contrast opener to 72 percent at the callback, with 89 percent staying for the lake reveal.
    01

    This is us in the middle of the semester.

    100%
    02

    I said I’d spend the night studying.

    91%
    03

    Lake Agnes is where we stopped pretending to study.

    89%
    04

    Monday. Library. Again.

    72%

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.

The next cut starts here.

Start with an idea.
Hand off the story.

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