Shot List - Component 1

This is a chronological list of the shots I plan to shoot for my film. I included some reasons as to why I used those shots specifically to create meaning (film theory).

Shot Number	Type of Shot (speed, angle, framing, movement)	Action	Light
INSERT	OBJECTS	IN PAIRS	SHOTS HERE
1	Stationary Low Angle Medium shot Man	Man is washing himself in the shower with romantic music	Lowkey; cold;
2	Stationary High Angle Wide Shot of speaker	Speaker discreetly glitches	Lowkey; cold
3	Stationary Eyeline Negative Space Medium Long shot of Man Showering at the left side of the frame	The Man is showering	Lowkey; cold
4	Slow Low Angle Close Up Pedestal shot of the back of the Man’s neck and head (directly parallel to those body parts), sustaining a stationary tilt up to face the Man’s neck and head, then shooting the Man’s face	Man stops moving as much in the shower and starts to think about the first false flashback after turning around, showing his relaxed thinking face (not too serious)	Lowkey; cold
5	Close Up Eyeline Tracking Shot	Man walks and hears a girl's laugh, so he turns his head toward the sound	Lowkey
6	Slow Motion Arc Eyeline Close Up shot	Girl talking to her friend	Lowkey
7	Stationary Eyeline Negative Space Close Up shot of Girl that rack focuses from the Girl in the foreground to the Man in the background; Shot is black and white except for Girl	Girl talks and the Man is stalking her   Music then gradually gets louder	Lowkey
8	Close Up shot of friend's face with slight low angle	Friend says 'See you soon!'	Lowkey
9	Slow Eyeline Dolly Zoom Close Up shot; shot continues turning black and white, and becomes black and white fully	Man is lovestruck; in awe	Lowkey
10	Slow Push In shot, to Medium Two shot quickly moving from Eyeline to Birds-Eye-View; Shot is black and white except for Girl, up until when the Girl grabs his hand, then the shot turns back to full colour	Man says something inaudible (Hey, nice to meet you) and then reaches his hand out to Girl, and she grabs it.	Lowkey
11	Low angle stationary shot of shower lever in the center of the frame	Man pushes on shower lever to turn off shower; his hand slightly flinches afterwards	Lowkey; cold
12	Stationary Negative Space slight High Angle Close Up shot of speaker	Man enters living room, places speaker - which now makes a sound to indicate it turning on - on the table, next to the door and walks past it towards something else in the room as the lights gradually turn off	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
13	Slow Low Angle Pedestal Close Up shot of Man's hand around Girl's waist up to his face, shown through an Over The Shoulder shot	Man starts to slow dance with Girl, smiling with his eyes closed	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
14	Slight SLOW MOTION (increase Slow Close Up Tracking shot of Girl's arms around Man's neck	Man slow dances with Girl	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
15	Slow Close Up Tracking shot of Man's smile and Girl's neck	Man gently moves his face towards the Girl's neck	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
16	Slow Close Up Tracking shot of waistline of Man and Girl	Man slow dances with Girl	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
17	Eyeline Slow Close Up Tracking Two shot of Man's and Girl's faces	Man slow dances with Girl	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
18	High Angle Slow Close Up Tracking shot of faces of Man and Girl, with the camera tracking the Girl's face, ending to a Close Up Two Shot, but the angle lowers as the shot progresses to end on a low angle (see pre vis on ipad);	Man turns around with Girl, revealing blood	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
19	Stationary Close Up of speaker	Speaker malfunctions and the music therefore distorts	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
20	Slow High Angle Trucking shot from Close Up of Girl's face to the Man's nape (BREAK THE 180 DEGREE 'RULE' TO INDUCE CHAOS, SCARING THE AUDIENCE)	Man continues dancing with Girl's corpse, showing the blood on the Girl and her hands tied up behind the Man's neck	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
21	Stationary Eyeline Negative Space Close Up shot of Girl - same shot as 7 except the camera does not rack focus to the Man	Girl says 'Bye!'  and the Man is stalking her	Lowkey
22	Stationary Close Up Two shot of both Man and Girl	Man continues dancing with Girl's corpse	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
23	Rapid Push In Shaky Cam Eyeline Close Up to Extreme Close Up shot of Girl, whilst tilting camera parallel to where Man's arm will be	The Man restrains the Girl	Lowkey
24	Slow High Angle Push In Close Up shot of Man's face, tracking his face	Man continues dancing with Girl's corpse and continues to move his head up, inhaling, and then keeps his head still	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
25	Stationary Worms Eye View shot of Man and Girl on floor in Alley, framed just between the alley walls and below the point where the walls end in height (makes them seem enclosed in the alley, therefore making the Girl seem trapped)	The Girl struggles against the Man's resistance	Lowkey
26	Dutch Tilt Shaky Cam Low Angle Medium shot of Man, but once the Girl's neck is sliced, the camera stops shaking and instead tracks the Man's movements	The Man, annoyed, slices the Girls neck to stop her muffled screaming, and wipes her blood on his shirt and back to clean his hands	Lowkey
27	Slow High Angle Push In Close Up shot of Man's face, tracking his face	Man continues dancing with Girl's corpse and, with his head up, exhales, and widens his smile	Chiaroscuro; red and blue lights
28	Stationary Low angle Dutch Tilt shot	Man drags body bag into his house and slams door	Lowkey
29	Low Angle Tracking shot of Extreme Close Up of blood patch	Man walks to the bathroom	Lowkey; warm
30	Stationary High Angle Wide Shot of speaker	Man turns on speaker sitting on toilet	Lowkey; warm
31	Low angle Stationary shot	Man looks at the shower lever	Lowkey; warm; spotlight
32	Stationary High Angle Close Up of shower level	Camera records reflection of Man, on lever, and then Man grabs the lever	Lowkey; warm; spotlight
33	Stationary Low Angle Medium shot Man (SAME COMPOSITION AS SHOT 1 - CYCLICAL ENDING TO SUGGEST THAT THE MAN DOES THIS AS A ROUTINE)	Man is about to turn the lever	Lowkey; cold;

 

I may deviate from this shot list during principal photography and post-production, if I change my mind about the structure and story of the film or if I realise that some shots make no sense, are not necessary.

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