Planning: Shot List

Shot Number	Shot Type	Actor	Description
1		N/A	Opening titles, “production by CLING FILM.” White colour, scratchy font.
2	XCU	N/A	An extreme close up of a chain, moving slightly back and forth.
3	LA - CU	N/A	Seat of a swing swaying slowly back and forth- gives clarification of the setting and tone.
4	LS/ES	A figure (John can be seen in the background of the shot)	Shows a pair of swings, swinging out of sync with each other. The swinging is slow and eerie.
5	LS	John – male walker	Tracking shot of a male walking across a bridge, looking glum.
6	MS	John	Mid shot of the same male, still walking across the bridge.
7	MS	John	Mid shot of the male walking across the bridge, the camera is however facing his front this time. He turns into a dip on the bridge.
8	LA – MS	John	The male steps into the dip on the bridge.
9	HA – XCU	John	He places his hands on either side of the dip of the bridge to rest.
10	CU	John	Male looks out over the river below him. When he breathes, his breath can be seen.
11	MS	John	The male places his elbows down onto the stone and slouches over.
12	CU	John	Another close up of him inhaling and exhaling slowly. He is relaxed. Once again his breath is visible. He digs in his pocket.
13	OTS	John	He produces his phone from the pocket and stares at it. He taps the screen.
14	XLS	John (seen in background)	An unknown person is standing behind the tree, watching the man on the bridge. They look out from behind the tree, and then retreat.
15	CU	John	He taps the phone, and he has no signal.
16	CU	John	The man looks angry and frustrated, his breathing becomes slightly heavier. He throws the phone off the bridge, eliminating his only mean of communication.
17	CU	N/A	The phone is in the river, sunk at the bottom.
18	CU	John Dialogue: "Who's there?"	The man is still annoyed but looks a little less frustrated. He hears a splash from the river down below. A look of terror spreads across his face.
19	XCU	John	He has begun heavy breathing. His breath can be seen in the air.
20	CU	John	He looks terrified, but still exits the dip in the bridge where he has been residing.
21	LS	John	He has walked down the slope to the river and is entering the water. He walks down to the arch and peers under it.
22	LS	John Agne (mysterious figure in background)	He is peering under the arch. A mysterious figure can be seen in the background.
23	MS	John	He wades backwards, more at ease, but still wary.
24	CU	John Agne (hands)	A pair of hands emerges with rope in their hands. The rope is thrown around the man’s neck.
25	XCU	John Agne	The hands tighten their grip on the rope.
26	XCU	John	The man’s eyes search around his surroundings, and then fix on the camera.
27			Screen fades to black and the film’s title ‘MAISIE’ appears. White colour and scratchy font.

Creating a shot list was beneficial as it gave me and my group a brief overview of the camera shots, angles and movements we intended to use in the opening two minutes of our horror film. We were able to break down each individual shot which will be used in the opening and look at them in more detail. 

I also included a brief description of the shots and what actors would feature in each part of the opening. As we only have one line of dialogue, I added that into the 'Actors' column. We decided to include only one line of speech as for most of the opening, it only involves one character. In addition, we do not have the equipment, e.g. a boom in order to record distinct dialogue.