Shot list
01:03
Unless stated, assume location is paintball course.
Shot 1
Action: Main character is running.
Shot/movement: Shot from behind main character (mid shot).
Sound: Diegetic sound of character running (crunch of leaves etc)
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Fade In
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Fade In
Timing: 3s
Shot 2
Action: As above
Shot/movement: Track and pan, going from behind centre to left adjacent, so we see left side of his face, and can see other player running next to him.
Sound: Diegetic sound of character running
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Shot 3
Action: As above
Shot/movement: Close up of boots running (Track)
Sound: Diegetic sound of character running
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 1.5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 1.5s
Shot 4
Action: Slows pace of running until we hear + see gunshots main character dives into cover.
Shot/movement: Long shot of the two characters (Track main character’s dive)
Sound: Gunfire, “get-down” , diegetic sound of characters diving for cover
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 4s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 4s
Shot 5
Action: Main character sitting and leaning against cover, hands on gun.
Shot/movement: Long shot of main character
Sound: Gun fire (possibility for non-diegetic soundtrack here)
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Shot 6
Action: Main character loads and cocks his gun.
Shot/movement: Extreme close up of main character cocking/loading his gun.
Sound: Cocking sounds (*click*)
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 1s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 1s
Shot 7
Action: Main character shooting at other people we can see in the distance.
Shot/movement: Over the (right) shoulder shot
Sound: Gunfire - any battle talk e.g. shouts, “im empty” etc…
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Shot 8
Action: two players shooting
Shot/movement: Long shot (facing towards characters)
Sound: Gunfire
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Shot 9
Action: Second player gets shot in the head and flies backwards
Shot/movement: Mid shot of second player, (left side view)
Sound: Whistle of sniper bullet, sound of bullet’s impact
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Shot 10
Action: As below
Shot/movement: Mid shot of dead player two
Action: As below
Shot/movement: Mid shot of dead player two
Sound: Faint gunshots
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Shot 11
Action: Player two dead, expressionless, eyes open + looking to the left (at camera or near it)
Shot/movement: Close up of player two
Sound: Faint gunshots (in a smaller quantity than above) (Could have faint halo respawn countdown tones)
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Shot 12
Action: main character looks up at the sky
Shot/movement: Drone shot, starting from above the course, down to the MC
Sound: Helicopter sounds
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Shot 13
Action: As above, eyes follow drone (so slowly move down) - Hair blows around due to wind from helicopter.
Shot/movement: Extreme Close up main character looking up at the sky
Sound: (helicopter landing sound effect)
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: < 5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: < 5s
Shot 14
Action: Respawned player runs to his body, and takes his gun.
Shot/movement: Long shot of dead players body
Sound: Sound of running, maybe some gunshots
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Shot 15
Action: Exact same action as above (will obviously cut where necessary)
Shot/movement: Long-er shot (with main character in the shot, left) of dead players body+ pan upwards when player 2 is reunited with his body.
Sound: As above
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Shot 16
Action: Two players and reunited, nod to one another and continue to push forward (jogging/running)
Shot/movement: Mid shot of two players running towards next cover- shooting occasionally. (Perspective is at the front of the players, and tracks the players.)
Action: Two players and reunited, nod to one another and continue to push forward (jogging/running)
Shot/movement: Mid shot of two players running towards next cover- shooting occasionally. (Perspective is at the front of the players, and tracks the players.)
Sound: Jogging sounds, gunfire (potentially continuation of non - diegetic soundtrack)
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Shot 17
Action: Main character pole vaults over cover
Shot/movement: Mid shot, low angle from behind cover,
Sound: Gunshots, jumping sounds
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Shot 18
Action: Main character lands into puddle of mud.
Shot/movement: Close up of boots landing into puddle of mud. Shot from side (left of the character)
Sound: Landing sounds, gunfires
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 1s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 1s
Shot 19
Action: Characters run forward
Shot/movement: Extreme long shot of the characters running
Sound: Running sounds
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s +
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s +
Shot 20
Action: Enemy takes aim and shoots and hits the main character
Action: Enemy takes aim and shoots and hits the main character
Shot/movement: zooms out and turns into an over the shoulder shot of the enemy, right hand side, rifle pointed and aimed at the characters
Sound: Isolated gunshots
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Shot 21
Action: Presses his hands against the wound, and then looks at his bloody hands.
Shot/movement: POV of main character
Sound: Screeching ear sound + muffled shouts
Lighting: Natural (Slightly more dim than the other shots)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Shot 22
Action: Main character gets shot several times more. Starts to fall back
Shot/movement: Mid shot from behind main character
Sound: Gunshots + same as above (potentially)
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Shot 23
Action: Enemy stops shooting main character and stares at him.
Shot/movement: Over the shoulder shot from the point of view of the enemy, his weapon no longer aimed at the main character.
Sound: Silence
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Shot 24
Action: Enemy stares (quizzically) at main character
Shot/movement: Pan around to enemy’s face, quizzical look on his face.
Sound: Silence
Lighting: Natural (Slightly dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2.5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2.5s
Shot 25
Action: Main character lays sprawled on the floor, blood oozing out
Shot/movement: Birds eye (but with camera) as high as it can go, with main character in the centre
Sound: Non-diegetic reveal music (like at the end of Saw I)
Lighting: Natural (but now even more dim)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: As long as it needs to be
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: As long as it needs to be
Shot 26
Action: As above, eyes flickering, and character coughing
Shot/movement: Close up of main character’s face, from above looking down.
Sound: As above
Lighting: As above
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 3s
Shot 27
Action: As above
Shot/movement: Mid shot (only of torso) showing blood oozing+ bullet holes
Sound: As above
Lighting: As above
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 2s
Shot 28
LOCATION CHANGE (SHOTS 28-30): Location is now gamer's living room
Action: Dimension switch: we go from video game world to real world, player is doing the exact same thing as when he was in shot 27.
Shot/movement: From the previous shot, move closer and zoom into the growing puddle of blood until only blood is framed
Sound: as above
Lighting: as above
Edit Transition: Suggested continuous shot
Timing: 5s
Edit Transition: Suggested continuous shot
Timing: 5s
Shot 29
Action: As above- we are in the real world now.
Shot/movement: Opposite movement from shot 28, and replicate shot, and pan into close up of face.
Sound: as above
Lighting: Grimy lighting, indoor (what you would see in a poorly lit living room)
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Edit Transition: Cut
Timing: 5s
Shot 30
Action: Television screen with “game over written on it”
Shot/movement: long shot, zoomed into a close up of the TV screen.
Sound: White noise + as above
Lighting: As above
Edit Transition: Blackout
Timing: Whatever’s left.
Edit Transition: Blackout
Timing: Whatever’s left.
~ Title screen and fin. ~
We shared this shot list with each other on a google docs meaning that we could all access and edit it together, we used the simple shot list which was on the google docs and then made it more advanced, making sure we covered every detail needed:
We shared this shot list with each other on a google docs meaning that we could all access and edit it together, we used the simple shot list which was on the google docs and then made it more advanced, making sure we covered every detail needed: