Step outline for film opening of _______SAW____________

Genre: ________Horror_______
Description of action
Timings
Mise-en-scene
Fades from black to
00:00:00 Dark greens,
the ident for the
00:00:12
rusty colours.
company Lionsgate.
Fades out to black.
Fades from back to
ident for the company
Twisted Pictures and
then fades back to
black.

00:00:14
00:00:24

Fades from black from

centre to show
TWISTED PICTURES
presents in a blue
font in the centre of
the screen with the
company name in
capital letters. Text
shakes slightly. Fades
to black.
Fades from black to
show A
BURG/KOULES/HOFFM
AN Production in the
centre of the screen.
The producers names
are in capital letters

00:00:28 00:00:31

00:00:32
00:00:36

Copper
barbed wire
and a nail.

Sound
Sound of
thunder and
lighting, low
droning noise
underneath.
Sound of
barbed wire
being
stretched,
sound of
thunder.

Camera Work

Editing
Fades in and
out from and
to black

Typography
The Lionsgate
Ident appears

Fades in and
out from and
to black

The Twisted
Pictures Ident
is shown,
barbed wire
tightening
over a nail.

Fades in and
out from and
to black

Fades in and
out from and
to black

and the text shakes

slightly. Fades to
black.
Fades from black to
show A Film by JAMES
WAN written in the
same blue font in the
centre of the screen,
fades to black.

00:003800:0041

Fades in from black a

00:00:44shot of a blue light
00:00:50
slowly floating down
through water,
showing slightly a face
in the light at a close
up. Fades to black as
light disappears.

Fades in and
out from and
to black

Blue light
moves down
the screen,
showing a
mans face in
the dark. The
blue light is a
similar colour
to the blue
text shown on
screen before.
The blue
carries
connotations
that the water
is cold, the
man is
unconscious
or appears to
be so.

Diegetic
sound of
water
bubbling
slightly and
moving
around.

The man is in
the centre of
the frame,
shown at a
close up. We
do not see a
lot of him
because it is
dark. Low key
lighting, only
light coming
from the small
blue light
floating down
the screen.
Creates a
sense of
unknown,
other than the
fact that the
person is
unconscious.

Fades in from black to

the title of the movie
SAW written in the
same font as before in
capital letters, the text
moving slightly like
water more so than
the previous texts. Its
in the same blue
colour as the light and
previous typeface.
Fades to black
Cutting into the black,
we see the blue light
float in from the right
hand side of the
screen. It floats down
to reveal the bottom
of a bathtub and a
foot.

00:00:51
00:00:56

Straight cut to the

close up of mans face
waking up, gargling in
the water

00:01:0400:01:05

00:01:00
00:01:04

The sound of
the water
continues still.

Low key
lighting is
used, creating
an air of
suspense with
the added
quiet. The
faint dark blue
light is seen
lighting the
bathtub as it
floats across,
revealing the
foot and the
bathplug.

The sound of
the water
continues.

A loud nondiegetic sound

is heard to
create a scare
in comparison

to the
previous quiet
heard.
Straight cut to a close
up of the light again
which moves faster to
the left.
Straight cut to a closer
close up of the man in
the bath struggling
under the water.
Straight cut to a close
up of the mans foot
near the light, the
light disappearing and
the screen going black
with some ripples of
water seen.
Straight cut to a mid
shot of the man in the
bath coming out of the
water.

1 second
00:01:05
00:01:06
00:01:08

The diegetic
sound of the
splashing
water is loud

00:01:08
00:01:10

00:01:10
00:01:13

The room is
dark and the
walls appeae
grungy and
unclean
despite him
beung in a
bathtub. He is
soaked as he
comes out of
the water,
looking cold
and shocked.

The diegetic
sound of the
man coughing
and
spluttering
can be heard
with the loud
splashes of
water.

A straight cut to a
close up of the baths
drain.

00:01:1300:01:15

A straight cut to a
high angle shot
medium shot, closer
than before of the
man coming out of the
bath in the lower
centre of the screen.
He holds onto the
grungy wall to begin
to get out.

00:01:15
00:01:16

A straight cut back to

the close up of the
drain with the blue
light being sucked
down the drain.

00:01:1600:01:19

The diegetic
and ambient
sound of
draining water
can be heard
as well as the
sound of the
water.
The nondiegetic sound
of a
soundtrack
with low
ambient
music being
played can be
heard, as well
as the
diegetic sound
of the man
struggling to
get out of the
water.
A louder
diegetic sound
of the drain
sucking water
is heard,
louder and
with a lower
tone than
before.

A straight cut to a
00:01:19medium shot of the
00:02:10
man clambering out of
the bath and falling to
the floor. He is seen at
an eyelevel angle until
he falls out of the bath
where he is seen t a
high angle. The shot is
a long take where the
character moves
around in the dark,
calling out for help. He
is seen at a slightly
lower angle in the
centre of the screen.
The camera tracks the
character as he moves
about slightly,
focussing on him on
the centre of the
frame.

The room is
dark and low
key lighting is
used to create
tension as we
cant see
whats going
on, creating
suspense for
something to
happen. The
man appears
to be soaking
wet after
climbing out
fo the bath
and seems to
be darkl
dressed,
carrying
negative
connotations.
His body
language
shows that
hes scared as
he is hunched
over in the
dark, trying to
find some
light.

Diegetic low
ambient
music is used
in the scene,
the sound of
splashing
stopping as he
exits the bath,
instead
hearing
sounds of him
coughing,
suggesting he
was drowning.
We hear the
diegetic sound
of him calling
out for help,
Is someone
there?
Someone
help me!
Sh*t Im
probably
dead. We
hear he
diegetic sound
of another
man who
appears to be
off screen who
has a lower

and more
sinister voice,
creating
tension as we
are unsure of
who this
character is.
We hear the
possibly
diegetic sound
of a raw
sqeaking
noise like
machinery in
the distance,
creating a
scary and
suspenseful
atmosphere.