Shot list for film horror

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Shot list Location – bathroom and bedroom, night time. 1) Black screen with ‘Day 46’ 2) ELS – of the house

3) CU – Door handle being opened 4) Low angle – Feet walking past 5) Rear angle – Imo walking towards the mirror 6) CU – Picking up a tooth brush 7) ECU –tooth paste on the tooth brush

8) LS – Showing Imo alone in the bathroom 9) Side on MS – Imo brushing her teeth 10)ECU – Imo brushing her teeth 11) CU – Imo brushing teeth (mirror POV). Imo taking her head out the shot,

spitting in the bowl. Shadowy figure appears behind her, places her head back up. Unaware. 12)

ECU – Washing her brush under the tap 13) CU – Imo wiping her face with cloth (mirror POV). Imo taking her head out

the shot, nothing behind her but light flashes. Unaware. 14)OSS – Placing the cloth down 15)MS – Imo walking out 16)CU – turning the light off 17)Action match LS – Light goes off, Imo walks out completely, shadowy figure in the corner of the room 18)CU – Door handle being closed 19)High angle – Imo walking to her bedroom 20) POV – Imo walking into bedroom. Tense. Pushes the door open but nothing

there. 21)LS – Imo walking in turning the light on 22)BCU – action match of the light 23)Cam in cupboard – looking at Imo in room 24) MS – putting on her glasses

25)High angle – Imo on bed reading 26) CU – on book

Props Location Time


27)LS – light outside the bedroom goes off 28)Reaction shot – Imo looking around 29)MS – Imo goes out the room and looks outside 30)POV – looking into the dark 31)MS – Imo still looking, shadow moving behind Imo, over her shoulder 32)BCU – Imo’s hand pushing the door closed 33)Low angle –Imo gets back on bed 34) CU – on the side table, book comes into focus 35) Side on BCU – Removing her glasses 36) Action match CU – Glasses being placed on the top of the book

37)LS – Imo going under the covers. Door behind slowly opens 38) MS – Imo getting into bed. Unaware.

39)CU – Head placed on the pillow 40)MS/CU – (steadi-cam) Begins with shot on Imo in bed, shot moves down, showing the underneath of the bed, showing feet standing here. Feet begins to move (noise off bare feet on floor) 41)High angle CU – Imo’s face as she hears the noise. 42)Rear shot – Gets up, turns light back on 43)Action match of light 44)POV – Imo looking around, nothing there 45)(Steadi-cam) Side on – Imo still looking and reaches for the light switch, she turns it off and she sees a shadowy figure. 46)OSS – Imo continues to turn the light on and off, every time the light is off, the shadow reappears 47)OSS – Imo turns light off on final light and the shadow appears next to her (jump scare). Light goes back on 48)Reaction shot (CU) – Imo’s face, panicking and scared. Heavy breathing 49)ECU – hand shaking, gripping the cover 50)LS – Imo still looking, doors opens slightly further 51)MS – laying back down 52)BEV – Imo’s face trying to calm down, heavy breathing 53) LS – Imo in bed, door openings completely 54) LS – hits against the wall, all lights go off


55) Heavy breathing 56) CU – Imo’s hand trying to find the switch 57) MS under the bed – IMO’s feet appear on floor, walking to bedside table, still

heavy breathing, gets slightly closer 58) BCU – turns light on 59) Rear angle to MS – spins around, no one in the room, eyes stop at door 60) LS – runs up and shuts the door 61) ECU action match of door closing 62) BCU – turns light off 63) LS – getting back into bed, still looking scared 64) CU side on – laying head down 65) High angle – heavy breathing but begins to calm down 66) CU - Closes her eyes 67) MS – laying there, cover starts getting gently pulled off IMO, (not in shot) 68) Low angle off bed, shadowy figure next to it 69) CU – IMO’s eyes open 70) Action match pulling cover back on, strange noises 71) LS – sits up and looks around 72) ECU – turns on light again but knocks off glasses 73) CU – action match of glasses hitting the floor 74) WEV – IMO looking down 75) MS to CU – under the bed, IMO’s arm is hanging down, camera gets closer. Music intensifies. 76) CU – IMO’s face struggling to reach 77) CU – camera getting closer to her hand 78) CU – IMO’s face struggling to reach 79) CU – camera getting closer to her hand 80) BCU – grabs glasses and pulls hand up. Tension release. 81) High angle – places glasses back on night stand 82) Side on – IMO relaxes slightly. Begins to slide down back in night, shadowy figure in bed next to her. Black screen.

Location – outside a shop window, day time


83) Black screen with ‘day 1’ 84) OSS – IMO looking in a ‘shop’ window at houses, spots one house in particular (house from first location) 85) CU – of house 86) Action match – taking her phone out 87) ECU – dialling number on the poster 88) BCU – mouth talking in phone, saying she would like to place an offer for the house 89) Push focus – from Imo’s mouth to the house 90) Blacks out


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