Preliminary Task: Shotlist

Shotlist
-In our Preliminary task we have used the following camera and editing techniques to create a short clip of a tense scene.

1. Handheld camera used to make you feel like you are running with the character and like you are involved in the scene. An example of this we have seen is the beginning of the thriller The Silence of the Lambs.
2. Camera stationary using the tripod performing a reaction shot.
3.High angle shot focusing on the stairs.
A matched cut is then used to speed up the scene and make the cut smoother.
4. Reaction shot of the character after the fall, he is looking worried and panting. The camera is stationary on a tripod.
5. The camera zooms out from a close up view of the character to see whether anyone or the antagonist is there.
6. The camera is stationary as the character runs towards the camera.
7. A cut is made to show the character running past the camera to give the sense to the audience as to where he is going.
8. Another matched cut is shown to emphasise the character walking/running through the door. It shows him putting his hand on the handle, ready to open the door.
9. A matched cut is made to show the character coming out through the other side of the door to speed up the scene and perform continuity.
10. The camera is tracking the character from behind when he walks over to the female sitting at the table.
11. The camera shows the male sit down from a side view shot and the shot also shows the female sitting, waiting for him.
12. The shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule are then used to show dialogue between the two characters. As the woman speaks first, an over the shoulder shot from behind the male is shown to emphasise the woman speaking.
13. Due to the 180 degree rule, the camera cuts to the woman's shoulder to show the man responding.
14. It is then repeated again.