Court Reporter

Day 1 Shot List

Time
9.20

Scene
4

Shot Type
61
LS

9.45
10.00
10.15
10.30

62
63
64
65

XCU
MS
LS
LS

10.45
11.00
11.15

66
67
68

MS
OSS
XLS

11.30
11.45

69
70

CU

12noon

71

CU

Description
Ethan sitting. Moonlight shining
through the window. Blue should be
the prominent colour.
Have I really lost my mind?
David stands up, slowly moving
toward Ethan
I cant live like this.
Birds eye view coming down as
Ethan stops David from running
Ethan low angle CU Try to calm
down
Upside down camera shot of David
pressed against the floor

Done?

1.15

CU

1.30

CU

1.45

2.5

2.30
2.45

43
44

XCU

Blown out bright background. Ethan

comes into focus. He recovers from
being punched
Pull focus from A recovering. Ethan to
B open door in background. He then
picks up phone
Ethan picks up the phone

Transition into XCU of Newtonian

Balls moving in front of Davids face

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3.15

45

LS

3.45

46

LS

4.15
4.45

47
48

5.00
5.05

49
50

CU

Wide Angle showing David in

Foreground and Ethan in background.
David turns around and talks to Ethan
David walks over to Ethan. His mind is
almost lost. TRACK DOLLY
1/3 of Ethan is seen on a dirty shot
from behind David. Handheld. He
looks down to his sketchpad and
writes Hallucinations
High Angle of writing on paper

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51

CU

52

XLS

53
54
55
56
57

CU
MS
CU

Its happening right now David then

looks at the security camera angle, he
covers his side face and looks away
to the opposite side
High angle shot coming from the
corner of the room. Ethan then looks
to the top corner and sees nothing
Corner of the room slow punch in to
reveal where Ethan was looking
Well, I dont see anything
Yes. Thank you
Writing Possible Case Audio
transition to Courtroom

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Shot Type Glossary
EST

Establishing Shot
Usually extremely wide, and sets the location/setting for the scene.
ELS Extreme Long-Shot
Subject is visible, placing them in their setting. Between EST and LS.
LS
Long-Shot
Subject takes up all or nearly all of the full height of the frame.
MS
Mid-Shot
Shows some part of the subject in detail whilst giving an impression of
the rest of the subject.
MCU Medium Close-Up
Halfway between the MS and CU.
CU
Close-Up
A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the entire frame.
ECU Extreme Close-Up
Shot getting much closer to a subject to show more detail.
HA
High Angle
Camera in a high location, looking down.
LA
Low Angle
Camera in a low location, looking up.
CA
Cutaway
A shot of something other than the current action.
CI
Cut-In
Shows some part of the subject in detail. Interview.
2S
Two-Shot
Shot of two people at once, comfortably framed in a mid-shot.
OSS Over-the-Shoulder Shot
Looking from behind one person to the subject.
POV Point-of-View Shot
Shot from the subjects perspective.
NOD Noddy Shot
Usually refers to a reverse shot on an interviewing nodding or
otherwise responding to a subject.
WTR Weather Shot
The subject is the weather.

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