Shot List For Psychological Horror

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Titles (Quiet, eerie music, sounds of birds flying away (wings flapping)) Establishing shots, ECU of leaves and trees, Sky shots (birds) Gap underneath the house (track) Swing shot FILM ELLIE’S POV FALLING OFF

Scene one Tracking – Ellie’s hand hanging off the bed (No backing track), ECU – phone alarm, CU– Ellie grabbing phone and turning the alarm off, Mid shot – Ellie sitting up, CU – rubbing her eyes, CU – objects in the room, e.g. picture on the wall and window, LS – Ellie getting out her bed, Action match – Ellie knocking a medicine bottle off the table, Dutch angle – bottle hitting the floor with tablets spilling out (loud sound), High angle, rear shot – Ellie walking down the stairs, shuts door, Sound Bridge – kettle whistle ECU – kettle steaming (whistling), Ellie picks up kettle, CU – Tipping water into cup, Birds eye view, CU – swirling the teaspoon, ECU – Placing spoon on counter, POV – Ellie looking out the window, CU –Ellie’s face, expressionless, ECU – Ellie’s lip slipping the tea, OSS – putting tea back on the counter, CU- Ellie placing her feet on a chair and doing up her laces, LS – Ellie leaving house.

Scene Two Diegetic sound LS – Ellie coming around the chemist, ELS – Ellie crossing the road, Mid shot – Ellie about to turn the corner, POV – Ellie walking around the corner and finds Imogen, Bronte and Ben, Mid shot – Ben, Imogen and Bronte great Ellie, she smiles, High angle – Ben and Bronte go off in front, Ellie and Imogen hang back, Dolly shot, in front – Ben and Bronte are talking, Ben tells Bronte he has a surprise for her, Ellie and Imogen are in the background and out of focus, Push focus – Ben and Bronte are out of focus, Ellie and Imogen are in focus, Imogen is asking Ellie if she is ok, Rear shot – All of them walking and talking (dolly) Mid shot – Bronte hangs back and tells Ellie to cheer up (dolly) LS - walking High angle – All four of them walking Track – Of their feet walking towards the camera CU – of leaves, grass Dutch angle – They approach a building


Scene Three POV – Ellie entering into the building Pan – Of the building Mid shot – Everyone in the building, looking around BEV – (their heads) Everyone talking Low angle – Ben sits down on and floor Action match – unzipping his bag and taking out a bottle of alcohol. OSS – Ben places his bag in front of him CU – His hand begins to unzip the bag ECU – of the zip being undone ECU – Pulling a bottle out of his bag and unscrews the lid Mid shot – Ben offers the other some CU – Bronte face, she smiles, drinks some CU – Bronte screwing the lip back on Mid shot – Bronte offers it to Imogen and Ellie CU – Imogen faces shaking her head Tilt up from the bottle to Bronte’s face – Bronte shakes the bottle slightly ECU – Ellie’s eye looking around the room at the three characters (blinking) Two shot of Ellie and Bronte – Ellie accepts the bottle ECU – Ellie undoing the lid (slow motion) CU – Ellie bring the bottle to her lips (slow motion) ECU – Ellie closes her eyes (slow motion) ECU – Ellie’s throat, swallowing (slow motion) (swallowing sound) Mid shot – Ellie taking the bottle away from her mouth (slow motion) CU – Imogen placing her hand on Ellie’s shoulder (slow motion) Reaction shot – Ellie opens her eyes and jumps Shot reverse shot – Imogen asked her if she ok Shot reverse shot – Ellie begins to lose her temper with Imogen and tells her that she is fine Two shot – Bronte and Ben look worried and tell Ellie to calm down High angle – Ellie loses her temper further telling them that she is fine POV (Imogen) – Ellie shouts at her, telling her that she is fine and hands her the bottle, she then begins to walk out Rear angle – Ellie walks to the door ECU – Ellie throwing the lid on the floor (loud sound) Rear angle – Ellie continues walking out the door CU – Imogen turns to look at Bronte and Ben POV (Imogen) – Looking at Ben and Bronte (Ben sitting, Bronte Standing). They both look down at the floor Mid shot – Imogen follows after Ellie through the door LS – Ellie staring into the distance, Imogen appears and asks Ellie if she’s ok Mid shot – Ellie continues to stare out CU – Imogen’s face, saying Ellie’s name Steadi-cam – Ellie’s face then follows her gaze ECU – Ellie’s eye staring out High rear angle – Imogen begins to places her arm around Ellie ECU – Ellie’s eye looking in Imogen’s direction High rear angle – Imogen is about to place her arm on Ellie Mid shot – Ellie pushes her arm away, becomes extremely anger and tells Imogen never to touch her CU reaction shot – Imogen looks shocked OSS (Imogen) – Ellie putting her hands around Imogen’s neck CU – Ellie’s hands tightening CU – Imogen’s legs kicking the floor


Eye line actions – Ellie’s eye (anger), Imogen’s eye (scared) then closing, back to Ellie (shock/worried) Mid shot- Ellie dropping Imogen CU – Ellie’s face, heavy breathing, pushes hair out of face POV – Ellie looking around Low angle – Ellie staring at Imogen’s body High angle – Imogen body LS – Ellie slowly turns around and goes back to building

Scene four LS – ben and bronte still laughing and drinking Mid shot – Ellie appears at the door CU – (ben and bronte stop laughing) ben’s eye looking up at Ellie Low angle – Ellie looks at them ‘what?’ Two shot – bronte ‘where’s Imogen?’ Rear shot – Ellie shrugs her shoulders ‘don’t know’ Mid shot - Ellie sits down Pull focus – bottle to ben, offering Ellie drink CU – shakes her head CU – hands to bronte Mid shot- Bronte drinks some, takes bottle away, breaths in, looks at ben laughs, looks at Ellie ‘god why are you so boring?’ LS - Ben laughs CU of bottle tilts up to bronte – ‘do you ever get bored of being so boring. Everything about you is so average. Live a little, jesus christ’ laughs Side on shot – ben places his hand on his mouth ‘I’m gonna be sick’ Mid shot of bronte – ‘light weight’ CU – Ellie looks worried LS (out the door) – ben runs out and goes off shot High angle of building – silence CU – bronte looks down at the floor CU – Ellie looks down on the floor CU – bronte places her hand on neck, ‘well I’m going somewhere else but you know, your boring’ LS of door – bronte leaves then Ellie comes in shot, whispers ‘oh god’ and rubs her eyes Tracking – bronte feet CU – hand dragging against something CU – bronte (drunk) humming stumbling. POV – someone behind Ellie OSS – someone behind bronte Rear angle of bronte – twig snaps CU – bronte turns around, nothing there Bronte continues walking and comes to dead end, whispers something Mid shot – bronte turns around and bumps into Ellie 2 shot – bronte tells Ellie to move She doesn’t CU – bronte hand pushing Ellie, Ellie grabs her hand OSS – ellie twisting her hand, CU – Bronte looking worried ‘get off’ POV – ellie pushes bronte back CU – brontes foot POV – Ellie pushes her again Bird eye view - bronte falling back Mid shot – bronte pleading with Imogen POV Imogen – looks at bronte, looks along the floor sees and brick


ECU – picks up the brick CU - bronte ‘please no’ CU – Ellie tilt up, breathes in, tilts back down, opens her eye (lenses), holds brick and hits bronte Side on CU – Ellie face enjoying it Long rear shot – Ellie on her own CU – Ellie drops brick CU – hits the floor Mid shot – Ellie looks at brontes body, tilts her head Flashes CU – brontes body

Scene five Mid shot – swing swinging on its own LS – Ellie goes back into building, smirking High angle – her walking in and spots ben CU – ben head in his hand whispering about not feeling well Low angle – Ellie looks at him POV – Ellie walking over to him CU – Ellie picks up bottle Two shot – ‘are you okay?’ ECU – grip tightens CU – Ellie looking down at bottle, looks up (lenses) and smirks POV – ben removes his hand, looks up at Ellie, she hits him with bottle ECU – glass on the floor CU – ben opens his eyes POV looks down at his hands and feet tied ‘what the..’ LS – facing the camera, ben behind her, whisper then gets loud ‘please leave me alone’ Eye line match – ben looking at petrol can and matches Mid shot – ‘Ellie, ellie’ Low angle – Ellie laughing ‘you wouldn’t leave me alone’ LS – she walks over and picks up can and matches (shard of glass on floor) as she bends over, her eyes in the reflection (lenses) CU – unscrewing lid Mid shot – Ellie’s face smirks ‘this is your fault’ POV – ben looking at Ellie as she pours petrol over him ECU – drips of his neck Rear angle – throws can ECU – tries to lit the match, doesn’t work CU – bens face laughing ‘idiot, can’t even light a match’ LS – throws matches CU – Ellie face scratching her neck laughs POV – Ellie walks towards (lenses) snaps neck, falls to floor Same shot – Ellies feet High angle – Ellie kneeling down CU – touching bens cheek, ‘I told you to leave me alone’ Birds eye view – no one there Steadi cam- follows Ellie out the door

Scene six ELS – Ellie begins walking (fightclub) as she walks super imposition of deaths with no one there, blood begins to disappear. By the end no blood is on her. CU – Ellie screaming (up town funk).



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