Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Shotlist for my film's opening sequence

Shot number
Shot description
           
             1
·         Studio logo of Warner Bros Pictures
·         Theme music of Warner Bros Pictures

            
             2
·         On-screen text of ‘Warner Bros Pictures presents...”
·         Black background
·         Magenta text
            
             3
·         Graphic of ‘The Flower of Immortality’
·         Magenta text on black background
·         Mystical sound FX
            
             4
·         Establishing shot of the school building
·         School bell sound FX at the end of a school day
           
             5
·         Mid shot of geography teacher at desk
·         Classroom setting
·         Dialogue – Teacher: “Don’t be late at the airport tomorrow.”
            
             6
·         Long shot of students packing their things up at the end of the day
·         Voice over: “I’ll be glad to leave this hell hole, even if it only for a few
days
            
             7
·         Dolly out shot as Emily walks towards the camera through the corridor
·         Voice over: “See that girl over there? That’s me, Emily Banks. I’m not
what you would call a popular girl. I’m more into my books than looks.
            
             8
·         Medium long shot of Chris walking towards the camera through the
corridor
·         Voice over: “But not him.”

             9
·         Freeze frame and close up of Chris
·         On-screen black text of ‘Chris’
·         Voice over: “That’s Chris, they guy I’ve been in love with since forever.”

            10
·         Long shot of Emily and Chris walking past each other in the corridor
·         Slow motion

            11
·         Back to normal speed
·         Long shot of Emily stacking and falling to the ground
·         Sound of the bang on the floor as she falls over

            12
·         Point of view shot and close up of students peering over Emily and
laughing at her

            13
·         Close up of Emily lying on the floor
·         Dialogue – Emily: “Oh great.”

            14
·         Mid shot of Emily walking home from school by herself
·         Dolly out shot as Emily walks towards the camera

            15
·         Long shot of Karen and her two friends, Stacey and Georgia, driving
down the same road that Emily’s walking on

           
             16
·         Freeze frame and close up of Karen
·         On-screen black text of ‘Karen’
·         Voice over: “That’s Karen, the girl every guy wants. But all she wants
is Chris
            
             17
·         Mid shot of Karen slowing down towards Emily as she carries on
walking down the road, towards the camera
            
             18
·         Mid shot of Karen, Stacey and Georgia in the car
·         Dialogue – Karen: “Where did you get your clothes?” Stacey: “A
charity shop?” All three girls laugh
            
             19
·         Mid shot of Emily rolling her eyes
           
             20
·         Long shot of the three girls driving off down the road
            
             21
·         Establishing shot of Emily’s house
·         Emily enters her hosue
·         Sound FX of door opening and closing
            
             22
·         Long shot of Emily walking up the stairs and her mum walking
towards the bottom of the stairs
·         Low angle shot
·         Dialogue – Emily: “I’m home.”
            
             23
·         Long shot of Emily’s mum at the bottom of the stairs
·         High angle shot
·         Dialogue – Emily’s mum: “How was school?”

             24
·         Long shot of Emily reaching the top of the stairs
·         High angle shot
·         Dialogue – Emily: “Fine.”

            25
·         Long shot of Emily entering her room and closing the door behind her
·         Sound FX of door closing

            26
·         Long shot of Emily’s backpack being thrown in the corner of her room

            27
·         Mid shot of Emily packing her suitcase
·         Dialogue – Emily: “I can’t wait to go on the geography trip tomorrow.
It’ll be a good escape from normal school life and I really need a break. It’ll be a good experience. But I guess the real reason why I’m looking
forward to it so much is because Chris is going to be there as well.
Maybe this will be the perfect chance for me to talk to him.”

            28
·         Long shot of a plane flying overhead in the sky
·         Sound FX of plane

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