Shot list

 Annotated script for shot list

In today’s lesson we started to come up with a shot list. Before writing out this shot list we all began annotating our scripts and writing in what shots we were going to use for each piece of action taking place. We did this so that we were all able to see what shots we wanted to use, and then could come up with the shots that we want to use as a group, and could then write up our final shot list. Below is a picture of my annotated script, including all the shots that I believe we should use. 

After we each individually completed this we then went on to complete out final shot list ready for the story boarding of the whole production. As most of our own shots lists were similar we put down the shots we all wanted for the piece of action that was taking place. On some parts some of us had different shots than others, and we then decided what shot would look best for that particular piece of action that will be taking place. During some parts of the shot list I had suggested a shot that we could use that I thought would fit that piece of action, for example when Lewis is getting pushed and kicked on the floor I suggested that we should use a point of view shot from both the ‘bullies’ point of view, and the victims point of view. This is so that the audience are able to understand what it is like from both sides and can understand how both characters are feeling. After writing these shots down roughly on a piece of paper I then typed it up onto a computer. In total we had 58 different shots for each piece of action that is taking place. We had decided to use a range of shots so that the audience are able to see the action happening from different points of view, and from different angles. After completing this we can now go on to begin our storyboards and write in what shots we are going to be using for each scene. The shot lists are essential to the pre-production planning stage because they allow the production crew to see which shots are going to be used for each scene, and allow us to see what shots would be best suited to each piece of action happening in each scene. 
Below is a picture of the completed shot list which we had come up with as a group.