Friday, 14 February 2014

Shot List For Thriller Opening 'Sweet Caroline'


  1. First shot is a high angled shot from behind a girl of her running. She’s holding her heels in her hand and her dress seems scruffy and ripped
  2. Cut to a close-up of her face (mascara running down etc.), looking left and right with heavy panting to show she’s scared 
  3. We cut to her legs running from the side as there’s a tracking shot 
  4. Cut back to the behind of her, this time a panning shot for a few seconds but she will be getting further away
  5. Close-up shot of the girls face gasping and looking left
  6.  Here there’s a long shot (she’s still looking left) but she stops completely
  7. She drops her shoes and we cut to a close up tracking shot of them falling to the floor (slow motion)
  8.  Point of view shot of the girl (as she’s just looked sideways)
  9. The point of view shows the green bushes and they’re rustling – diegetic sounds of her crying and gasping heavier and heavier
  10.  Zoom into the bushes as it rustles more and more
  11. Extreme close-up of her eyes as they shut
  12.  Cut to flashback of what she saw before
  13.  Black and white scene
  14.  Long shot of two people sat at the bar
  15. Close-up on girls face, this time she has no make-up running down it etc.
  16.  Tracking shot of girl drinking
  17. Extreme close up on drink as she puts it back on the counter
  18. Cut back to longshot
  19.  Over the shoulder shot of the guy standing up
  20.  *Start montage of Jump cuts* Close up of guy ‘accidentally’ knocking the girls bag off the counter
  21. *Closeup of the bag on the floor as the contents spill
  22. *Cut to close-up of the guys hand taking something out his pocket
  23. *Jump cuts of his hand going to put it in the drink of the girl
  24. *Close up of the drink with the pill fizzing in it
  25. *Close-up of girl drinking the drink
  26. Cut back to the prior scene – non-diegetic uncomfortable/disturbing music
  27. Dissolve edit to the barn door opening
  28. Cut to medium closeup of feet as he's walking through the door, towards the camera
  29. Cut to close up of the axe swinging
  30. Jump cut to medium close up of feet walking away from camera
  31. Cut medium, tracking shot of him walking through the gate and over to the girl lay down
  32. Medium shot of the axe in the air
  33. Cut to medium shot of the shadow of the axe above his head and quickly moving down to hit the female character.
  34. Fade to black to suggest the end of our piece.
-FIN-

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