Shot List Template

Shot Number Shot Type What’s in the shot

1.)

Establishing shot The teenagers will be leaving the house and loading the car with all of their camping gear, including bags, coats, sleeping bags and a tent etc. ready for their trip.

2.)

Pan and zoom The camera will focus on the teenagers putting their luggage into the car. The camera will zoom to the boot of the car.

3.)

Close up The teenagers will be smiling and laughing; looking happy and excited as they begin their first ever adventure without any parents.

4.)

Long shot The car will drive away from the house, into the distance. The car will obviously be driving to the camp (although the whole drive will not be shown).

5.) Wide shot The teenagers will set up the camp.

6.) Wide shot The teenagers will be having fun through playing team games.

7.) Close up The teenagers will show that they are having fun through their facial expressions; smiling and laughing.

8.) Wide shot The teenagers are sitting around where they have set up camp. The antagonist character will be in the background of the shot.

9.) Long shot Over the shoulder shot/point of view shot

The trailer will flash back to the antagonist’s past showing the antagonist’s Mother being killed. This will show the reason why she has psychological issues.

10.) Mid-Long shot The antagonist will be sitting in the corner of her room alone (as a young child) with all her toys scattered around.

11.) Close up The antagonist will be extremely sad after the death of her Mother. She will have her knees up with her head in her hands whilst she is crying.

12.) Close up There will be a newspaper article showing that there was a girl left alone in the woods after her Mother was murdered. There will also be a picture of the young girl. This will obviously relate to the antagonist character who is alone in the woods.

13.) Wide Shot Whilst the teenagers are sitting around one of the characters will hear strange noises and become very scared.

14.) Long Shot After the character hears the noises the camera will flick back to where the antagonist was standing and she will not be there; the space will be clear.

15.) Wide Shot Protagonist character will be standing there and there will be a clear space around them in the woods.

16.) Wide Shot The antagonist character will be in the same framing as the protagonist character. The antagonist character will become closer and closer by walking towards them.

17.) Long Shot There will be cutting of the antagonist character becoming closer and closer.

18.) Close up There will be a close up of the protagonist character looking at the space to see the antagonist coming closer and closer. The antagonist will scream.

19.) Mid Shot The antagonist character will become closer.

20.) Close Up The antagonist character will be right next to the protagonist character.

21.) Close Up Protagonist character will look into the space again.

22.) Wide Shot The space at the end of the woods will be completely clear as nothing will be there.

23.) Close Up The protagonist character will scream of fear.

24.) Wide Shot The protagonist character will run to tell their friends what they have just seen. This will urge the characters to leave the camp as one of the other characters is already scared.

25.) Mid Shot turns to Long shot

Characters grab all the baggage and make a run for it. You see them run down the track away from the camera.

Wide Shot All of the teenagers in the car are screaming and banging on the windows through panic because the car won’t start.

26.) Mid-Close up Driver cannot start the car- panic/screaming

27.) Long Shot/Point of view shot

From the point of view of all of the characters you see the antagonist character standing in front of the car with the car headlights shining onto them.

28.) Long/Wide Shot- Tracking shot if possible

Teenagers are running and screaming- adds panic.

29.) Close up – two shot Two of the teenagers screaming with fear because they have just seen the antagonist.

30.) Wide Shot Teenagers running and screaming- adds panic.

31.) Mid shot One of the teenagers is lying on the floor dead.

32.) Wide Shot Teenagers have been tied up whilst the antagonist character is hovering over them with the axe. But does it mean it is the end for them?