Shot from 'Psycho'

Shot from 'Psycho'
Use of chiaroscuro and silhouette of killer to hide the identity

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Shot list of Thriller sequence


Shot Description
Shot Type/ Angle
Location
Duration
Dialogue/ Sounds
Camera slowly moving towards house, focusing on window as victim pulls down blind
Point of View shot
Garden/ road of house
6 Seconds
None
(Heavy breathing)
Shot of victim getting into bed and  turning off TV
Medium Shot
Bedroom
5 seconds
None
Shot of victim going to sleep in bed
Medium close-up
Bedroom
3 Secs.
None
 Shot of phone ringing coming into focus , shows  ‘Unknown Caller’
Close-up of phone
Bedroom
4 Secs.
None
(Vibration of phone)
Shot of victim waking up and turning on lamp and answering call

Medium Shot
Bedroom
2 Secs.
None
Victim answers phone then cancels call (Worried/ confused)
Close up of face with key lighting on side of face (from lamp)
Bedroom
5 Secs.
Victim: ‘Hello, Hello?’
<Tuts angrily>
Victim puts phone down and hears a bang from downstairs
Over the Shoulder of victim looking at text
Bedroom
5 Secs.
None
(Hears muffled noise/ bang)
Walks to bedroom door and exits
Pan of victim
Bedroom
4 Secs.
None
Victim looks over banister and begins to follow the landing to the stairs
Long shot and medium shot (Victim walks towards camera
Stairs
6 Secs.
None
Victim slowly, step by step moves down the stairs
Medium shot Pan and low angle shot
 through banister guards at bottom of the stairs
Stairs
3 Secs.
None
Victim slowly, step by step moves down the stairs, halfway down she leans over the stair railing. There is a sudden knock on the front door and she begins down the stairs again.
Long shot and medium shot (Victim walks downstairs towards camera)
Stairs
6 Secs.
None
(Knock on the front door)
Victim reaches bottom of the stairs and then turns on lights. Then moves to front door
Medium long shot
Bottom of the stairs
4 Secs.
None
Click from light switch on wall
Victim slowly opens door then suddenly grabbed and pounced from the darkness. (Sudden cut)
Medium long shot
Porch/ front garden
4 Secs.
None
Muffled screaming and moaning
Pause
Pause
Pause
Pause
Pause
Camera follows footsteps of killer towards a table. (Fade In)
Pan shot following foot steps of killer
Unknown room
4 Secs.
None
Killer begins scribbling over face of the victim using a pen. Fade
Over the shoulder then Zoom
Unknown room
3 Secs.
None
Scribbling of pen


Here is the complete table of my groups shots that will be taken at the filming location (house). As you can see the by the timings and activities our thriller sequence will be quite  slow paced with little build ups until the very end where there is a sudden tense and exciting part which we hope the audience will not be expecting at all.From the above I can see that most of our shots and scenes were in the bedroom,, stair and front doorway, what we basically wanted was for her to start at the top of the house which she does in her bedroom and slowly make her way down to the front door where she is then kidnapped/ murdered, the victims disappearance is not known to the audience  she has either been murdered or kidnapped.

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