Shot list

Number	Cut	Type	Visual Content	Sound	Colour	Time	Characters
1	-	-	White on Black title – ‘Retribution’	SoundBridge – Fridge door opening.	Black	4	-
2		Mid-long shot.	Dad opening Fridge realising no milk. Actors’ names come up in contrast to colours on walls – small writing.	Diegetic	High key – inside.	6	Dad
3	Pan to the right	Mid-long shot.	Follows Dad until he talks to daughter playing with dolls.	Dialogue – ‘Sweetie I’m just popping out alright. I’ll be back soon.’	High key	6	Dad and Sophie (Youngest daughter)
4	Pans back to the left	Mid-long shot	Follows Dad as he walks through door.	Diegetic – footsteps, Dialogue – calls to Jess	High key	4	Dad
5	Straight Cut/Continuity Editing	Mid shot.	Shot down the corridor, with Dad central. Stairs going up on the right.	Diegetic - footsteps	High Key – Light coloured walls.	3	Dad
6	Pan upwards	Mid-long shot	Jess appears at bottom of stairs with headphones in. Dad looking up to her.	Diegetic	High Key	2	Dad and Jess (Eldest daughter)
7	Straight Cut	Close up on Jess’ face	Jess’ face – reveals identity and type of character. Teenage angst looks.	Dialogue – ‘Yeah, what’s up?’ Diegetic sounds coming out of Jess’ headphones	High Key	4	Jess
8	Shot/Reverse shot	Close up on Dad’s face	Dad’s face – reveals his identity and type of character. Middle aged. Smart Casual clothing	Dialogue – ‘I’m just quickly going to the shops. Keep an eye on your sister, ok?’	High Key	5	Dad
9	Shot/Reverse shot	Close up on Jess’ face.	Jess’ face	Dialogue – ‘Yes Dad.’	High Key	3	Jess
10	Shot/Reverse shot	Over the shoulder shot	Jess’ shoulder and Dad’s face as he turns away to leave house.	Diegetic – footsteps	High Key	3	Jess and Dad
11	Straight Cut/Continuity Editing	Mid-Long shot down corridor	Dad walks down corridor to front door and opens and leaves.	Diegetic	High Key	4	Dad
12	Straight Cut	ECU	Outside house showing Dad clearly shuts door.	Door slams shut, diegetic sounds outside.	Dusk, eerie.	3	Dad
13	Straight Cut	Mid shot	Sophie playing with dolls, she gets up and walks over to something.	Very quiet	High Key	4	Sophie
14	Straight Cut/Continuity editing	Close Up	Sophie winds up music box	Sound of her winding box	High Key	5	Sophie
15	Continuity editing	Extreme Close up	Music box opens, ballerina spins around	Music box begins to play – ‘Love Story’	High Key	3	-
16	Cross cut	POV shot out of bush. Zooms in as Dad walks away.	Dad walks down street away from camera	Diegetic – sounds of dusk – cars, birds etc ‘Love Story’ continues to play	Dusk, dark lighting.	4	Dad
17	Straight cut	Long shot	‘Cosy Corner’ shop, Dad comes into shot and walks up to door of shop	Diegetic – outside atmosphere. ‘Love Story’	Dusk	5	Dad
18	Cross cut	Mid shot	Sophie playing with dolls, looking cheerful.	‘Love Story’ continues.	High Key	5	Sophie
19	Cross Cut	Mid-long shot inside shop	Dad walks up to fridge picks up milk and goes to the counter.	‘Love Story’ continues	High Key inside shop	5	Dad and cashier
20	Straight Cut	Close up	Cashiers face	Dialogue – ‘ That’s £2.50’	High Key	4	Cashier
21	Shot/Reverse shot	Close up	Dad’s face, looking down at money. Looks up at the end as he leaves.	Dialogue – ‘There you go, thanks’	High Key	5	Dad
22	Cross Cut	Mid shot	Sophie still playing with dolls	‘Love Story’ continues.	High Key	4	Sophie
23	Cross Cut	Mid-long shot	Dad at the door of Cosy Corner leaving, with two shopping bags	Love Story suddenly cuts out and the silence returns.	Low key - Dusk	5	Dad
24	Cross Cut	Mid shot. Zooms in on	Room where Sophie was, the dolls are still there and the music box is open, but the music isn’t playing and Sophie isn’t there.	Silence	High Key	6	-
25	Cross Cut	Mid Shot	Dad walking down street as he walks up to his door with shopping bags	Diegetic	Dusk	5	Dad
26	Straight Cut/continuity editing	Long shot	Front Door is ajar. Dad walks into shot carrying shopping	Diegetic	Dusk	3	Dad
27	Straight Cut	Close up	Dad’s face looking shocked and worried	Diegetic	Dusk	2	Dad
28	Straight Cut	Close up	Dad dropping his shopping bags	Diegetic	Dusk	2	Dad
29	Straight Cut	Mid shot	Dad puts his hand into his jacket, pulls out a gun and walks up to the door	Diegetic	Dusk	3	Dad
30	Straight Cut	Close Up	Dad opens the ajar door with the gun	Diegetic	Dusk	3	Dad

This shotlist came in handy when we went out to shoot our reccee and our final piece. We used it as reference on what shots we planned to take and also how long we aimed for them to last. This enabled us to keep well within our time targets and also meant that we weren't holding our actors up.  Without it, it would have been extremely difficult to complete the final product that we had planned for.

JK