Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Reshooting Detailed Description - Shannen

Coming through the door scene:
  • Better lighting - but need shadow
  • Open door, put down bags and keys in broken bowl.
  • Script : *close door* "Laura, Emily, I'm back" - Cheerfully. *put down bags and keys and notice broken things* *confusion in voice, calling up the stairs* "Hello? Oh, are you upstairs?"
  • Start to walk towards/up the stairs
Top of the stairs, walk towards bedroom scene:
  • More frantic
  • Quite dark and mysterious, yet still needs lighting
  • Rush towards door and pull open
  • Need shot from the front statically and an over the shoulder tracking shot from behind her
  • "Hello..?" as she opens the door
Child's bedroom scene:
  • Dark and mysterious but needs lighting
  • Tracking shot over the shoulder
  • Frantic searching
  • Script: *whilst searching, muttering/whispering nervously to herself* "Where is she? Oh my god" *Shout* "LAURA?!?!?! WHERE IS EMILY???"
  • Run out.
Hallway connection shot to mothers' room:
  • Run frantically
  • Dark hallway, but light bedroom (door is open to reveal the light)
Stairway shots:
  • Frantic/worried throughout
  • Shots from both the top and bottom of the steps, as well as from the side
  • Shots of her going both up and down stairs (from both views)
Phone shot:
  • Shot of her dialling back the number at the bottom of the stairs.
  • Over the shoulder close up of her finding the number and ringing it
  • Close up of her face doing the same action, but looking frightened/scared
Lounge shots:
  • Both front and back static long shots of her holding the phone to her ear whilst frantically fast walking into the lounge
  • Another close up of her scared face
Answering the phone:
  • Close up from both sides as she frantically notices that the phone on the table - Laura's phone - is ringing.
  • Spinning shot of her turning around and looking scared/worried/frantic - can be done by her holding the camera and running round in circles

1 comment:

  1. You might also want to think about lighting the kitchen scene, particularly the tracking shot along the worktop. Get some good close up shots of the bedroom door opening hand on the handle etc this could help inject some pace into the film

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