Drama Shot List

With the role of cinematographer, I have produced a shot list. This list displays each shot I will shoot on the day(s) when we record.

Drama Shot list

“Pathways”

Drama - assignment April/May 2012

Connor Elliott

1. EXT. Central Sheffield. Early Morning.

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – Initial opening scene, where we meet Gary for the first time.
1	Establishing shots – Shots of location.. passing cars, groups of people walking by.
2	Focus pull - Gary upon location. Gary in foreground. Upper body. Busy street / park in background
3	Mid shot  - Gary sat down on bench / stood on location.  (entire scene)
4	Medium close up – On face for reactions and words of significance (entire scene)
5	Close up on – Hands / shuffling of feet Specifically when he holds his hat. Or when he holds a nervous laugh – fiddling etc (entire scene)
6	Mid shot – Gary in art museum.
7	Focus pull of football  being kicked around? – Gary notices young people playing football – triggers flashback.
8	Close up of football being kicked around

2. EXT. SCENIC LOCATION. BEHIND TRAIN STATION/NORFOLK PARK

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – Initial Walking scene upon scenic route
1	Tracking Shot  - (Whole scene) Using shoulder rig.
2	CU. Hands/pockets as he pulls wallet
3	CU. Face for expression and actions
4	CU. Reverse angle. Gary out of focus looking into the in focus wallet and objects.

3. EXT. CENTRAL SHEFFIELD. EARLY MORNING.

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – GARY remembers an old story from when he was a Kid
1	Mid shot  - Gary sat down on bench / stood on location.  (entire scene)
2	Medium close up – On face for reactions and words of significance (entire scene)
3	Close up on – Hands / shuffling of feet Or when he holds a nervous laugh – fiddling etc (entire scene)
4	POV – Gary staring at something to trigger audio flash back.

4. EXT. SCENIC LOCATION. BEHIND TRAIN STATION/NORFOLK PARK

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – The gambling problem comes into play.
1	CU – Hands /pockets – dropping scratch cards
2	CU reverse – Picking up old scratch cards off the floor.
3	CU Face – reaction to dropping etc
4	Mid shot picking up scratch cards and starts walking again (whole scene)
5	Tracking shot – rest of scene

5. EXT. CENTRAL SHEFFIELD. EARLY MORNING.

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – Gary briefly mentions family
1	Mid shot  - Gary sat down on bench / stood on location.  (entire scene)
2	CU on face (entire scene)

6. INT. CORRIDOR OF A HOUSE. FLASH BACK

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – Flashback Sequence, Gary -> Mother confrontation
1	Mid shot – Gary stood facing his mum
2	OTS – Woman’s facial expression – staring at Gary
3	OTS – Gary’s facial expression – looking down/ looking ashamed
4	CU – Money crossing hands
5	Mid shot – Gary walking out of shot

7. EXT. CENTRAL SHEFFIELD. EARLY MORNING.

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – Gary continues his story in the city location.
1	Mid shot  - Gary sat down on bench / stood on location.  (entire scene)
2	CU on face (entire scene)

8. EXT. HOUSE. DAY TIME. FLASH BACK

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – Gary has been kicked out of his house and walks from his house – hes now on the streets
1	Mid shot – Door Slamming in Gary’s face
2	Long shot – Stood in front of door walking towards path
3	Tracking shot – Gary walking down path and out of shot

9. EXT. SCENIC LOCATION. BEHIND TRAIN STATION/NORFOLK PARK

SHOT NUMBER	DESCRIPTION – Homeless realisation and final scene w/ Ben
1	Tracking shot – whole scene w/ shoulder rig.
2	Establishing shots location – he’s walking on. Graffiti etc
3	Shot in city location!!!! – Begging for money. Sat down looking sleepy mid shot w/ passers by.
4	Shot in city location!!!! – CU Gary interacting w/ passer by .
5	Wide shot in city location!!! – Looking rough in original position as before. But whole body is now visible
6	Tilt – Gary stops and patts beg on the head and continues to walk
7	CU Ben – as gary stops pat on the head
8	CU Gary – Gary’s face and reaciton.
9	Long shot – (reverse from behind) Gary, ben with trolley walking off into the distance.