Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Shot types (written).

1 Approval Screen Fade to black

2 Logo’s for 3 companies, they will appear one after another: Little and LargeRed Onions
13 Films Fade to black after each other

3 – Close up, tracking right Close up of a moving car tyre, the car comes to a halt and the character steps out the car only revelling a foot. Track towards the characters feet. Screeching of the car tires and crunching of stones under the character feet.

4 – Close up The camera stops at the characters feet and fades away. Fades to black

5 – Long shot Long shot of a female singer on stage performing in a 50’s club. fade50’s jazz music playing while she sings.

6 – Over the Shoulder The camera will follow our detectives as they chase down a suspect through an ally. The camera will slow down as they run past a male citizen in the ally. Pan towards the male citizen.
Pitter patter of the feet as they run along the floor


7 – Medium shot The slowed down shot will emphasise the male and will tell the audience that he may be important. Fades to black

8 – Close up The camera will come back to the man standing outside the car and move slowly up from his feet towards his knee. Fade to black

9 – Three shot This shot will show a conversation between the chief commissioner and the two detectives. Pans towards the door.
Shouting at the detective ‘catch this psycho he has killed two people already how many more?’


10 – Medium shot Another detective burst into the door and tells of a third victim. Cut
‘A third victim has been found with a very similar symbol and code’


11 – Close up Once again the camera returns to the characters outside the car and continuous to reveal more. This time the camera stops at a bloody knife in his right hand. Fades away
The beginning of the letter starts to be read aloud, the voice finished on shot 15.


12 – Shot reverse shot The camera shows the detectives and the coroner talking about the lacerations sustained on the victims and who they are. Crane shot

13 – Birds eye view Showing a deceased body with the two detectives around it inspecting the bodies’ right hand. On the hand there is a number four carved out in roman numerals. The deceased body will be the person focused on earlier on in the trailer. Zoom to the numeral

14 – Extreme close up The camera will focus directly on the right hand and make that the focus point of the shot. Cut
‘Four murders with four roman numerals all on the right hand. Copycat or one serial killer’


15 – Long shot The camera will focus on a model having a photo shoot similar to Marilyn Monroe Dissolve

16 – High angle close up The camera will focus on the female model being stabbed to death by the serial killer. Flash

17 – High angle two shot The two detective look over a letter that was addressed to them with the envelope on the table beside them. Zoom

18 – Extreme close up The camera pans down the letter and as the detectives finish the letter they meet with the voice over to finish the letter. Fades to black
Voice over from the letter.


19 – Close up For the final time the camera will go back to the person outside the car. The camera will stop at the characters lips that are shaded by the low key lighting. Fades to black

20 – Birds eye view The detectives lay out 9 files; 9 photos and 9 newspapers across a table. Each file will come out quickly like a montage. Cut

21 Title of the film

22 – Extreme close up The lips whisper at the screen. ‘Let’s make it 10’

1 comment:

  1. Detailed and evocative.
    There is a major debate about the depiction of violence against women in film. Consequently, shot 16 should use inference, rather than graphic violence, as we discussed.

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