SHOT LIST (PLANNING)

 

Shots	Shot description	Audio and Dialogue descriptions
1	Person (later revealed as the main character) running from camera. ‘OPIA’ title appears.	Heartbeat SFX
2	Opens on a pharmacy symbol/sign. Shaky camera work. Pans- blurs to the side.	Heartbeat SFX
3	Low angle shot (and low level) of one of the protagonists running away on the railway tracks (implied it’s away from the pharmacy).	Heartbeat SFX  Footstep sounds
4	Protagonist runs behind a wall. Long shot. More of the railway/surroundings is shown.	Heartbeat SFX
5	Bank screen for a second.	Silence
6	Protagonist leaning over and catching her breath. She pulls down her mask and takes out her phone.	Heavy breathing
7	Long shot on the side, showing her briefly on her phone.	Silence
8	High-angle long shot (cutting closer and closer until it’s a close up) of a woman. The lighting is drastically low-key.	Silence
9	Close up on her hand holding some vague bottle (implied to be the drugs she uses/the government uses to control the citizens)	Silence
10	Side mid-shot of the woman lying down. She is still until she hears her phone ring and she fumbles to pick it up	Phone ringing
11	Close up of her picking it up from an inverted point of view (parallel)	Silence
12	Extreme close up of her mouth as she speaks	“Dani?”
13	Dani (the young girl) speaks while sitting down. Mid shot.	“Ma? I got the package. The storage unit was pretty hard to break into, but the ladies at the back were collaborative enough.”
14	Close up/cut closer to Dani.	“They’re like us- fucked by the government…”
15	Mid shot (back to shot 13). She flaunts the stolen medicine.	“Anyways, the medication should all be here.”  (Sound of aggressive static/emergency alert)  “Ma? Hello?”
16	Long shot of a train station/railway station.	(emergency audio: ) “Due to the current state of emergency, all phone lines will be temporarily disabled.”
17	Over the shoulder shot of Dani’s phone (which is blue with an eye on it- the symbol of the government- ‘OPIA’)	“Remain calm.”
18	Dani’s mother is lying on the bed like in shot 11. She looks at the phone while listening and puts it down with worried and annoyed mannerisms	“The experimental subject 112131.”
19	Camera pans at people running.	“Has escaped the sixth experimentation facility of”
20	People running, camera pans.	“ ‘Operation Opia Hospital’ “
21	People running inside a large door, slamming it (hand holding- showing emotion).	“It is necessary to stay inside and take cover.”
22	Over the shoulder shot/ close up behind Dani. She speaks in frustration.	“Damn it, what kind of situation is this?”
23	Dani’s shoe close up (on the side). She is running.	Eerie music starts.
24	Parallel running (unknown foot going the opposite direction to Dani). Without shoes and seems beat up/dirty/hurt.	Eerie music
25	Unknown person running away.	Eerie music
26	Extremely short long shot of the unknown individual hiding behind a rock.	Eerie music
27	High angle close up of their neck, showing an imprinted number (the same one that was mentioned by the emergency government broadcast)	Eerie music
28	High angle shot of Dani going over a wall and running behind another wall.	Eerie music
29	Mid shot of Alma (experimental subject 112131) breathing heavily and panicking with her hands on her mouth to keep her breathing quiet. Zoom in.	Eerie music
30	Slight pan on Dani as she takes out the medication she stole and looks at it with pride.	Eerie music
31	Close up, zoom in, side shot of Alma breathing heavily, then relalising someone is on the other side of the rock she’s hiding behind  and looking to the side with panic (almost like a flinch)	Eerie music  SFX of rocks moving, revealing Alma’s location to Dani.
32	Close up of Dani looking toward the rock Alma is hiding behind. Her expression is aggressive, confused and ready to fight.	Eerie music  SFX rocks moving
33	Over the shoulder shot of the rock. Alma is hiding behind it but you can see her poking out. Wide/long shot	Eerie music
34	Close up of Alma slowly emerging, hands first, from the hiding place. Face is hidden by her hair. Highlight her presence with some effect like a darkness around her.	Eerie music  Heartbeat continues normally
35	Black screen.	Heartbeat sound becomes more distorted, then halts.
36	Low angle wide shot of the sky with clouds. Zooming in-	Intro sequence music/custom music.
37	Mid shot of Alma looking at her surroundings form a balcony or something of the sort. She looks to the side after there is a close up/zoom in.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
38	Objects (specifically something with horns. Like a bull.)	Intro sequence music/custom music.
39	Statue of some sort. Low key lighting.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
40	Symbolic golden mask.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
41	Side shot of Alma’s foot, walking towards a chess board-like floor.	Intro sequence music/custom music. Crescendo.
42	Side shot of Dani’s face. Pan to the left- sky.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
43	Dani’s hand reaching out.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
44	Parallel to shot 42- side shot of Alma’s face then pan.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
45	Close up of Alma’s chest- showing off her necklace and ring. Her hand comes up to caress her necklace.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
46	High angle wide shot of Alma and Dani reaching out for each other.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
47	Extreme close up of Alma’s neck, illustrating her smudged/faded marking (112131)	Intro sequence music/custom music.
48	Fade into extreme close up of Alma’s previous mark symbolically altering to her new name. ALMA.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
49	High angle wide shot of Alma lying on the ground.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
50	Closer cut of Alma lying on the ground. She breathes out.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
51	Creepy/ominous looking object (like a tree for eg).	Intro sequence music/custom music.
52	An hourglass behind barred imagery.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
53	Hourglass being held by a hand.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
54	The hourglass turns into Alma. Long shot of her standing within an open building.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
55	Cut closer to Alma within the building.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
56	Cut closer to Alma. Mid shot.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
57	Cut closer to Alma, close up- she turns and looks at the camera. Direct mode of address. Tired, harsh expression.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
58	Extreme close up of Alma’s eyes. Direct mode of address.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
59	Dani’s mother leaning on a wall. Jail imagery. Light = bars.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
60	Cut closer to Dani’s mother. From close up to extreme close up. Basking in the light=basking in the entrapment.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
61	Zoom in to her necklace, fading into black.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
62	Mid shot of Alma sitting on some stairs.	Intro sequence music/custom music.
63	Steady zoom out of Alma sitting on the stairs (more striped imagery- entrapment). Zoom out until it’s a, establishing wide shot or a wide shot.	Intro sequence music/custom music.