Watch
Review the original media instead of relying on memory or a filename.
Free local-first tool
Log the shot while you watch it.
Open a local video, mark browser playback positions, describe the shot, quote, person, or topic, and export a log tied to the original filename.
No uploadNo accountCSV · Markdown · JSON
Local browser workspaceSaved locally
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Open footage from this computer
Choose or drop one video. The browser plays it directly; Focus does not receive the file.
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Shortcuts: I sets in · O sets out
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Shot log
Click a timecode to jump back when the matching clip is open.
Your first logged range will appear here.
Open footage, set in and out points, then describe the shot, quote, reaction, or sound you may need later.
A workable first pass
Keep the workflow source-backed
Use the blank template, verification guide, and NLE handoff notes alongside this browser logger.
A workable first pass
What is a video shot log?
A video shot log is a searchable record of useful ranges in source footage. Each entry should preserve the clip name, in and out timecodes, a literal description, review status, and any person, topic, or intended-use notes another editor needs.
Mark
Set an exact in and out point for a shot, quote, reaction, or natural-sound moment.
Describe
Write literal, searchable notes: who, what, topic, intended use, and source status.
Hand off
Export a readable log that another editor, producer, or researcher can verify.
Why this exists
Editors keep rebuilding this workflow by hand.
Public editor discussions repeatedly converge on the same work: watch the footage, create selects, preserve clip names and timecodes, group material by story point, and hand the result to someone else.
Documentary organization
Editors recommend selects sequences, transcripts, markers, and notes before the creative cut.
Source-backed handoff
Long-form editors describe receiving raw footage with logs, timecoded scripts, transcripts, and stringouts.
Metadata uncertainty
Editors still ask how granular descriptions, keywords, shot types, locations, and good-take flags should be.
Focus
When the log becomes a library, use Focus.
This browser tool is for a deliberate review pass. Focus indexes local footage so you can search speech, visuals, people, and scenes across a larger archive.