Shot planning for directors & cinematographers

Plan it from above.
See it through the lens.

Block your scene on a floor plan and watch the same scene in 3D and through the viewfinder — live, side by side. Real camera formats and focal lengths, in your browser.

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Setpiece is in beta. Access and pricing are still being finalized.

01 One scene, three views

Move it in the plan. The set and the shot follow.

Drag Camera A or an actor on the plan, turn the camera with its blue handle, and change the lens. The 3D set and the viewfinder update from the same scene.

Plan · 2DCamera A

Set · 3DDrag to orbit

Viewfinder · Camera AALEXA 35 · 35 mm

Loading the cast…

Focal length

Drag to place
ShiftL Quick Add
Double-click to edit walls
⌘Z undoes any gesture

Shortcuts listed are from the Setpiece app. This page is a lightweight preview of the planning workflow, not the editor.

02 What you can plan

Dialogue coverage

Place two actors, draw the axis between them and line up Master, Medium and Close Up cameras with coverage colors.

Try it in the scene

03 Ground & city

Paint the street. Raise the block.

Brush grass, asphalt and sidewalk onto the platform, then drop buildings — the same procedural architecture as the app. Switch between plan and 3D at any time.

Set · 3DGrass

Preparing the platform…

04 Script to set

Your cast lands on the set.

In Setpiece, importing a screenplay PDF builds scenes, locations and cast. This sample replays the app’s import animation with the Baires character collection.

INT. NIGHT TRAIN — DINING CAR — NIGHT

Rain streaks the windows. MARE sits alone with a cold coffee.

RIO

You kept my seat.

MARE

Nobody else wanted it.

GEM, the steward, sets down two cups. ALEX watches from the bar.

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Cast · 4 charactersReady

Loading the cast…

05 Real locations

Start from the room you’ll shoot in.

Setpiece imports RoomPlan and Openplan room scans (JSON exported from an iPhone scanning app) as measured walls, openings and furniture volumes. The scan below is a synthetic sample, read by the same importer as the app.

Scan · 3DSample scan

Reading sample scan…

This preview does not upload files or convert LiDAR. Scanning happens in the phone app; Setpiece imports the exported room JSON.

06 The whole crew

One plan for everyone on the call sheet.

Share a project with your team, or send a view-only link: crew can explore scenes in 2D and 3D without an account, and sign in with Google to comment.

Shared canvas · Scene 12Simulated

07 Film schools

Learning to block? Teaching it?

We’d like Setpiece to grow with students and film programs. Education terms are not set yet — if you teach or study film, tell us what you’d need when you join the beta.

Find the frame before the shoot day.

Open the Setpiece beta

Beta software by Woco. Access and pricing are still being finalized. Desktop browser recommended.