shots 
Establishing 
Extreme Long Shot (ELS) 
Long Shot 
Medium-Long 
Medium 
Medium Close-up (MCU) 
Close-up 
Extreme Close-up 
Cut-in  
Over the Shoulder (OTS) 
Two shot 
 
techniques + angles  
Low angle 
Side angle 
Tracking 
Track - in 
Crane 
Crab Left/Right 
Pan 
Zoom  
Tilt  
Dutch Angle 

Plot 
BETHANY  and  JADE  are  best  friends.  A  is  away  at  boarding  school,  and  she  decides  to  look  back  on  the  photos 
they took together. Every time she sees a significant photo, it flashes back to the moment it happened.  
 
 
Potential music  
Starting pieces 
Kiki’s delivery service theme (might be too cheesy but it’s cute and it works with the dances parts) 
Life Underwater (opening song) 
 
Middle music 
SMyang 
Life is strange has really good music there’s like 200 minutes worth of music we can pick from 
 
Final music 
Probably something dramatic? 
^ ​Life is strange 
Track 10 ep.2  
 
 
Shot List Below    
  
#  Scene  Shot  Camera Directions (i.e ​Shots​, t​ echniques​, descriptions…) 
# 

1  INT. Room  1  Establishing Shot ​of Room. A is studying. Polaroid camera is sitting on her desk.  

    2  Medium Shot​ of A doing homework. ​Tilt up t​ o see photos on bulletin board.  

    3  Cut in​ to close up of album and open 

    4  Medium Shot​ of A taking the book. R

​ efer to #1-2 

    5  OTS ​of A flipping through Album 

    6  Medium Shot​ from the side view (refer to #1) of flipping through album  

    7  Close  shot  ​of  A’s  face  +  expression  ​Low  angle  +  depth  ​Album  is  blurry,  face  is 
behind  

    8  OTS ​of Stillwells picture in the polaroid book 

    9   

2  EXT. Stillwells  1  Long shot​ of A and B sitting on bench outside window 

    2  OTS ​of A​ of two ice creams and laughs 

    3  Close up o​ f feet swinging around the bench + ice cream splatter 

    4  OTS ​of B​ laughing after ice cream fell 

    5  Medium close up shot o​ f A ​ice cream mustaches  

    6  OTS ​of B​ reciprocating, laughing  

    7  Medium shot​ of C walking along the sidewalk 

    8  Medium Shot ​ from the side o​ f A asking C for picture 

    9  Close-up shot h
​ anding the camera 

    10  Medium-close up F
​ ish-eye lense ​taking the photo 

    11  Click to black 

3  INT. Dance Building  1  Medium shot d​ ance building mirrors ​ B is warming up 

    2  Medium shot c​ entered left a​ rm out, port de bra forward 

    3  Medium shot ​side angle f​ old head to calves 

    4  Close-up l​ ow angle, camera on the ground t​ endu front 

    5  Medium shot s​ ide angle ​port de bra back 

    6  Close-up​ Hand on barre 

    7  Cut-in M
​ atch cut​ leg-up (to match photo) 

4  INT.Room  1  OTS ​High angle /​ photo of dance in book (refer to previous shot)  

    2  Medium ​Side angle ​ flipping through book 

    3  OTS ​high 
angle ​flip to next photo, bracelet giving 

    4  Medium close-up P
​ an (from previous shot) to ​bracelet on wrist 

5  EXT. Outside  1  Long shot s​ till ​A and B are sitting on the grass together 

    2  Two Shot ​crab left ​ Laughing and having fun 

    3  Cut-in t​ o B’s pocket ​She pulls out bracelets 

    4  Close-up o​ f her hand with the two bracelets S​ he’s playing with them 

    5  Medium close-up s​ ide angle ​B’s giving bracelet to A 

    6  Close-up E
​ ye-level A
​ turning to B and laughing/smiling 

    7  Cut-in h
​ igh angle ​A is putting bracelet on.  

    8  Two shot ​still ​ B puts her head on A’s shoulder 

    9  Long Shot ​Panaway ​ ^^ 

6  INT. Dance Building  1  Long Shot ​Pan-in l​ eg on barre, facing window 

    2  Medium Shot d​ rop leg 

    3  Cut-in l​ ow angle ​pick up phone from ground 

    4  Close-up O
​ TS ​ scrolling/liking pictures on IG 

    5  Medium Shot s​ ide angle ​hand w/ phone drops + lock screen 

7  EXT. Woods  1  MCU ​POV c​ ompass on phone 

    2  Cut-in L
​ ow angle ​ two pairs of feet running  

    3  Medium Shot b​ ehind ​stop in front of large tree 

    4  OTS ​A polaroid taking pictures of B 

       

8  INT. Room  1  Medium Shot P

​ OV ​A look from window/trees to photo album 

    2  Cut-in s​ ide/low angle f​ lip page to ramen photo 

    3  Extreme Close-up ​slight lick lips and smile 

       

9  INT.  Somewhere  1  Close-up b​ irds eye? ​Ramen boiling 

(ramen) 

    2  Medium ​B stirring ramen 

    3  Medium Close up s​ ide angle​ giving ramen to A 

    4  Medium b​ ehind ​B pull out chair and sit 

    5  Medium Close-up L
​ ow angle ​A tries ramen and reacts to spicy 

    6  Medium Close-up B
​ laughing 

    7  Medium P
​ olaroid “viewfinder”​ ​B taking photo of A 

10  INT. Dance building  o  **INJURY SCENE** 

    1  Medium shot ​circling ​B pirouettes and chasses 

    2  Medium-long ​low angle/slow s​ aut de chat 

    3  Cut-in l​ ow angle ​ankle crumbling 

    4  Medium b​ ird eye view b​ ody fall 

11  INT.  1  Cut-in h

​ igh angle ​ B takes out her doctors note. It says she cannot dance anymore.  
Hallway/Bathroom 

    2  Close-up l​ ow angle (depth of note) B

​ is very sad. Starts to cry.  

    3  Medium  shot  ​Bird’s  eye  view  B’s  head  is  on  the  table,  she  is  crying.  The  doctor’s 
note lays crumpled in the corner of the table.  

    4  OTS  ​of  B.  Background  is  clear  ​her  dance  bag  swings.  (there  is  a  pill  bottle  on  the 
side).  

    5  ECU ​of eyes. ​ She looks at the bag 

    6  Medium-long shot ​from behind her S​ he stands up and walks towards the bag 

    7  Close-up B
​ is grabbing the bag from the hook. 

    8  Medium shot ​from behind ​ slings bag over her shoulder and walks out 

    9  Long shot l​ ow angle ​ She walks to the bathroom 

    10  Action shot L

​ ow angle ​ of door. She walks into bathroom 
12  INT. Room   1 

 
Extreme Close-up ​High angle​ ​A receives a call from B 

    2  Close-up A
​ holds up phone to ear and starts talking. Bracelet is visible.   

    3  Close-up ​ Camera front facing A, she’s listening to B talking  

    4  Close-up (shot #2) B

​ continues to talk “I ____” 

13  INT.  Room  in  Dance  1  Medium  shot  ​bird’s  eye  view  ​Phone  is  on  the  ground  along  with  spilt  pills  and  a 
Building  bracelet.  
A: What are you doing?? 
B: “I’m going to go. I’m sorry”  

    2  Extreme close-up ​of phone as B hangs up.  

14  INT. Room  1  Refer to #12-2. Same shot​ A is in shock as the hang-up tone rings.  

    5