Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Initial Shot List

This is a very rough first idea of the ordering of shots. Many of our shots were spontaneous as we came up with a lot of ideas for shots when we were on location, therefore, this list states types of shots and when they will be used. 

The names Dan and Helen represent the male and female characters in the film.
L shot - Long shot
M shot - Medium shot
ECU - Extreme Close Up
CU - Close Up
OSS - Over Shoulder Shot

The shots of the couple together will be colourful and possibly slowed down to show passage of time. The colours represent a happy time, and good, positive memories. 

Shots in Dan's bedroom will have slightly muted colouring to show his depression and gloomy mood.  

We will complete a more detailed shot list once we have all of the filming uploaded and we know exactly which shots are useful and which do not make sense to the plot and theme.


1 L shot Helen walking down a path, into darkness provided by trees, slightly slowed down to create a memory like effect
2 Cuts to a M shot of Dan's bedroom, him asleep, slight pan
3 ECU of Dan's eyes opening, and him waking up
4 Several shots of Dan moving around his bedroom, moping, sad, looking to see if beer cans are empty, green screen photo frame in background, slightly slowed down,
5 CU of can being thrown, lands next to photo frame, image moving inside the frame 
6 M shot of Dan sat on a chair, rubs eyes and sees the moving image in frame, double takes and leans over to frame
7 L shot of Dan picking up frame
8 OSS of frame in Dan's hand, slow zoom into frame and moving image within it
9 Cross fade into the moving image as full screen
10 Shot changes several times to show many different comforting moments of the couple, very much in love
11 Cuts back to OSS of the photo frame, frozen image, not moving
12 Dan puts the frame back on the side and lies down, looking nostalgic and hurt

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