Abby was drowning. She had three camera bodies, a gimbal, six memory cards, a shot list, and a dozen interviews to capture. Her old method—sticky notes and mental reminders—had failed her twice already that morning. She’d missed the “costume reveal” (Jax in a gold sequin cape) and nearly forgot to charge the lav mics.
Abby froze. She’d filmed it. But which card? Which folder? Her laptop desktop was a graveyard of “final2.mov” and “newfinal_REAL.mov.”
At 3:45 PM, Abby sat in a corner of the warehouse set. She opened the “Jax choreography BTS” card, tapped the attachment, edited the vertical clip in two minutes using the app’s simple trim tool, and exported it. At 3:59 PM, she dropped the file into the shared folder and tagged Mira: @Mira - teaser ready. Caption: “Gold cape, zero gravity. ⚡️”
Next time you’re on a chaotic project (music video, event, group assignment), don’t just “take notes.” Build a board. One card per task. Attach everything. Tag people. Move cards from “To Do” to “Done.” That tiny act of moving a card will give you more peace than any sticky note ever could. LetsPostIt - Abby McCoy - The Music Video Shoot...
Inside, she made five columns: To Film , Filmed (Unedited) , To Edit , Ready for Client , Archived .
LetsPostIt didn’t make Abby a better filmmaker. It made her a . In creative chaos—where memory fails, files get lost, and clients change their minds—a simple board with cards, checklists, and comments becomes your external brain.
Mira watched it. She smiled. “This is perfect. Send it.” Abby was drowning
Here’s what she did—and you can too:
That night, Abby added one more column to her board: Wins . She moved the completed teaser card there.
By lunch on Day 1, Mira pulled her aside. “Abby, the band’s label needs a teaser by 6 PM. I don’t have time to chase you. Where’s the BTS clip of Jax learning the choreography?” She’d missed the “costume reveal” (Jax in a
Sweating under a lighting rig, Abby opened on her phone. She’d used it before for grocery lists, but now she needed a system.
Abby finished Day 3 with zero missed shots. Jax asked for her number. Mira hired her for the next three videos. And the animatronic wolf? It malfunctioned during the final scene—but Abby captured the whole hilarious, unscripted moment on a card labeled Bloopers (Priority) .