short film shot list and location plans

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Shot number  

Shot description  

1  

Mid shot - girl running through field, from man’s POV 

2 

Screen goes black  

3 

Mid shot – girl running through field, from man’s POV 

4 

Screen goes black 

5 

Closeup – man's eyes, sense of distress 

6 

Wide shot – of ‘couple’s’ room, he is getting out of bed 

7 

Mid shot – man gets up out of bed, steps on earring  

8 

Mid shot – man picks up earing and looks intently at it  

9 

Wide shot/mid shot - flashback, woman and man getting ready to go out, they are talking  

10 

Wide shot – present day, man setting table for two  

11 

Mid shot – flashback, the couple are having dinner together in their kitchen, mood is happy and content, his POV 

12 

Camera moves into wide shot – out of his POV, smoothly, done in one take, they are both in frame, change in mood, sparked an argument  

13 

Mid shot – distorted angles, disagreement happens, he throws glass in anger, this knocks a picture off its straightened positioning  

14 

Close up – glass on floor – broken, dramatic score drowning out dialogue  

15 

Screen goes black 

16 

Wide shot - Flashforward to present day, man continues to lay the table, clearly setting up for a guest visit 

17 

Wide shot – he goes over to the cupboard to get two wine glasses out, as he closes the cupboard door we catch a glimpse of a picture that are hanging on the far wall, they are out of focus at first but then the camera focuses on it – picture of him and other woman - he sees the picture knocked slightly off angle – collecting dust, he begins to realise it is time to pack away his old memories. 

18  

Close-up to wide-shot – he stares at pictures, lost in thought, and then pulls himself together and goes over to them, the camera slowly dollies/zooms out of his back – as he begins to take the picture of him and the other woman off the wall, he is packing away his memories  

19 

Midshot – he opens a cardboard box and places pictures in – this box contains other loose household objects, as if he was moving out  

20 

Mid-shot - The man goes over to the table to place the wine glass down as the doorbell rings  

21 

Midshot – the man goes over to open the door 

22 

Midshot – camera is outside door, over shoulder shot of the new woman 

23 

Midshot – he welcomes her into the house, the camera is inside, welcoming her in – we see her face  

24 

Mid-shot – new woman looks around his place, notices cardboard boxes scattered around the room 

25 

Midshot – the new woman smiles and takes a seat, where the previous woman would have, the man follows suit, the new woman begins to talk about her journey to his house, commentary is mundane and ordinary  

26  

Midshot – she helps herself to food and drinks on the table, man is lost in thought, he is listening and nodding along, pours them both glass of wine 

27 

Midshot to wide shot – camera dolly zooms out of the couple sitting at the table 

28 

Wide-shot – man glances over to the wall where the picture used to hang, and then to the box, camera lingers on this 

29 

Wide shot – shallow depth of field, camera focuses on the box, the word ‘her’ appears 

30 

Wide shot – shallow depth of field – in the background we hear clink of glasses and happy chatter – healthy and healed  

31 

Fade into black – with the word her remaining on screen – sound bridge of ambient sound merged with score  

 

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