I have decided that in order to help the execution of filming be more concrete and incisive (so that I can go and film as soon as my ancillary texts are completed and I have all my other required materials such as storyboard, animatic etc.) I should produce a provisional shot list to give me a good idea of how the video will be shot and to take a more pragmatic approach to making the film.
It is important to note that this is merely a provisional shot list and that these shots/timings are at the moment a guideline and are subject to change in the future, whilst my animatic may also differ should I choose to change the narrative structure of my product.
Below is a synopsis of the scene/shot and the duration of time it will feature for.
My shot list will be as follows:
ECU of eyes moving laterally in conjunction with slow opening guitar riff 00:10 - 00:15
Shot of title screen featuring band name and title of the song along with "directed, edited and produced by Joe Grogan" 00:15 - 00:20
ECU revert back to original ECU of girls eyes moving laterally 00:20 - 00:25
Mid Shot/Possibly Establishing Shot of house girl is in kitchen reading note containing abuse 00:25 - 00:34
Close Up to focus more clearly on the girls face to reflect her emotions and how she is feeling 00:34 - 00:39
ECU of girl's eyes moving laterally to denote she is reading the letter 00:39 - 00:45
Mid Shot of girl in lobby putting her coat on 00:45 - 00:52
Intercut to mid shot of girl crying and clutching teddybear whilst sitting on bed 00:52 - 00:54
Back to mid shot (high angle shot to connote inferiority) of girl putting her coat on (from behind to emphasise her insignificance) 00:54 - 00:58
Mid shot of girl reaching for door handle 00:58 - 01:01
Match on Action to maintain continuity
Cut to ECU of girl's hand on the door handle, her opening the door and proceeding to leave the house and shut the door 01:01 - 01:08
Long Shot of girl walking away from house and then a cut to her walking past (away from camera) 01:08 - 01:19
POV Shot of girls feet that denotes she is looking at the floor (emphasising that she is emotionally hurt - melancholy) 01:19 - 01:24
Close Up Tracking Shot of girls face whilst walking through cul de sac - capturing facial expression 01:24 - 01:28
Mid/Long Shot of girl walking past camera 01:28 - 01:32
Close Up/Canted Angle - girl unearths an alleyway she has not seen before - looks past the camera 01:32 - 01:35
POV Shot of alleyway from the girls point of view - evokes empathy from the audience 01:35 - 01:39
High angle shot of girl walking past camera through the alleyway (slow motion for dramatic effect) 01:39 - 01:42
Cutaway to high angle close up of girl staring vacantly by a telephone post whilst music stops this creates a sudden change in tempo and allows the visuals to work in conjunction with the music 01:42 - 01:46
High Angle Mid Shot of girl looking curiously into what lays at the end of the alleyway (which she is already standing in) and edging closer into the alleyway past the camera 01:46 - 01:50
POV Shot of field 01:50 - 01:57
Cut to Mid Shot of girl who is mesmerised by the open field she finds herself encompassed in 01:57 - 02:01
Cutaway to girl crying clutching oversized teddybear in a mid shot and then cut back to Mid Shot of girl in the field smiling whilst removing her hood 02:01 - 02:08
Girl experiencing happy cathartic release by running in the field (whilst intercutting footage of close up of the girl sitting in her room ripping up the note angrily and bursting into tears). The shot of the girl running will be a mid shot that documents her incrementally moving further and further away from the camera until it eventually becomes a long shot with the omission of a tracking shot which connotes insignificance and neglect 02:08 - 02:15
Cut to black screen 2:08 - 02:12
Wide shot of field with time lapse effect on Premiere (adjusting speed/duration setting to speed up footage) 02:12 - 02:16
Cut to black screen 02:16 - 02:20 - these cuts to black are to connote a lapse in time in conjunction with the time lapse itself, if these fail to achieve the desired effect then I will make adjustments and may omit them altogether if they break the continuity of my production.
Long Shot of girl in very open field walking towards camera, staring vacantly but also looking melancholy, she will walk slowly towards the camera until it is more of a mid shot, intercuts of the girls hands in a mid shot/close up tearing up the note will be apparent but this must happen in time with the beat of the drum, this will create a sense of foreboding so that the visuals match the audio 02:20 - 02:30
Eventually this will culminate in the chorus where guitars are amplified and feature more distortion, which the vocalist screams "I've got to run away!!" which is why I will adhere to Goodwin's thesis and add a clip of the girl in a long/mid shot running from behind the camera (so that the visuals match the lyrics) with a slow motion effect, despite the fact this is where the song culminates a slow motion effect would actually work incredibly well to create dramatic effect.
I will then intercut this with footage of the girl throwing the ripped note around in a mid shot, probably tipping it out of a bin before tossing the bin (still using a mid shot to capture her body language) and retreating to her bed to hold the teddybear and cry - this is another binary opposition of her being happy/sad. I also intend to have cutaways of the girl on playground rides such as swings and possibly rocking horses looking pensive and upset in mid shots to establish that she is on a swing, before using close ups to capture facial expressions/emotions, creating another opposition between the rides which we usually associate with joy and innocence (children on rides are usually enjoying the best years of their life) and the girl who is clearly very depressed and carrying emotional baggage. 02:30 - 02:50
After this I intend to use footage of the note that has been sellotaped back together: with a close up of the girls face (intercut with the ECU of the eyes moving laterally) re-reading the note and then cutting back to the close up to capture her giving a brief smirk - she will then place the note on the table and run off - at this point I intend to blur the background (whilst she runs away) but keep the note on the table in focus. I will then cut to a close up of the note which can be read saying "YOUR NOT MY FRIEND I HATE YOU NA NA NA NA NA!!!!!" or something very similar - this will probably disturb the audience to see a girl so young psychologically tortured and will shock the audience. I then intend to use footage of the girl running away again whilst intercutting this with slow motion clips of her genuinely smiling and enjoying herself in either the playground or another location in which she was previously featured looking miserable. A mid shot will be used so that she does not look as insignificant and a close up will elaborate on her facial expression and capture her happy expression.
I am undecided as to whether I will feature a black screen with text saying "The End" or whether just to fade the video to black. 02:50 - 03:37
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