Saturday, 12 February 2011

Shot List


Diegetic sound of footsteps (black screen)
Low angle shot of 3 pairs of feet on a pathway
Camera pans up to Matthews face
Matthew: (quizzically, looking up to the right) Where are we going?
Camera zooms out to see all 3 characters walking
Chrissy: (smiling down) We’re going to the park today
Fades down.
*Creepy non-diegetic soundtrack (kids music/laughter?)
*POV low angle shot from trees of family walking into park and walking toward bench.
MS of Dylan or Matthew
Kid: (Holding his arms) it’s cold here
Close up of Chrissy smiling
Blurred shot of an arm throwing
Something unidentified flying through the air
Chrissy: (Smiling) Don’t worry it’ll be fu-Close up of Chrissy’s head as a ball/snowball hits her
Chrissy looks around and sees no one who could have thrown it.
Chrissy: Don’t go too far, stay out the trees…
MLS of Chrissy on bench, studying
Camera pans to the right and zooms into small feet, for about 3 footsteps
MS of Matthew walking through the hole into the tree’s
Post recorded speech/VO Chrissy: …There could be anything lurking in there.
CU of Chrissy looking up
Camera jerks back to MS
Jerks again to LS/ELS establishing Matthew is not there.
Chrissy: (Shouting) Matthew?!
MS of Chrissys face level with Dylan, Dylan’s arm raises and her head starts to turn
POV of Chrissy turning to where Dylan pointed Matthew emerges from the hole in the wall
POV low angle shot from wall, distorted. Chrissy bent down Chrissy: (sternly) I told you not to go in there
Matthew: but someone called me
Chrissy: just go play and Stay where I can see you this time!

Matthew glances back to where the POV is coming from and walks away.
*VO/post recorded speech from Parent: They’re perfectly well behaved, you’ll get on fine, though Matthew can get lost in his own world, his imagination gets carried away…”
MLS of Chrissy casually packing her studies away, she glances at Dylan almost asleep by her and smiles then looks around.
LS Chrissy gets up and looks around
POv from Chrissy of a shadowed figure in the hole in the wall.
POV from the doll up to Chrissy walking towards her
Chrissy: (stern) I told you not to go in there! What’s that in your hand?
Matthew doesn’t move or answer her, Chrissy starts walking forward quickly.
POV of Chrissy Matthew smiles at her weirdly, she then looks at Dylan
Chrissy: Put that down it’s dirty. (to Dylan) Get your things we’re leaving.
Continued POV back to hole in the wall Matthew either walking away or gone completely.
MS Chrissy get’s Dylan, camera pans as she runs into the hole and runs through trees
Fade to black
Fade up from black, low angle, Chrissy heavy breathing looking around
fade down
Fade up, from different angle/location Chrissy’s breathing
(repeat a few times)
Chain of Events
Quick Low angle shot of feet walking
Cut to high angle looking down on C+D from behind (vulnerable shot)
Match on action of Chrissy taking her phone out
ECU of ‘no service/signal bar’
CU of Chrissy's scared face, eyes glancing around
ELS, High angle lookig down on her
Sound track non Diagetic, Child laughter.

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