Shot List

Shot List

Shot number	Shot type	Reasoning
1	N/A	For the first three shots there will be no shots at all as the screen will be black and only audio will be playing, we have done it like this to add tension and mystery straight from the start of the opening sequence, the audio is between the detective and an unknown man in which the unknown man tells the detective that they have new information on a case 3 years ago in which his old partner died, this automatically gives the audience some of the narrative and immediately creates mystery as it gets the audiences mind running straight off the bat. (For more info on this scene look at the story boards where it is explained fully)
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4	Jump cut from black to an Ariel shot	Straight after the black shots and the audio is finished there is a sudden jump cut to an Ariel shot in which the main prop file is slammed onto the table and then opened up. The use of the jump cut and the file being slammed onto the table has been used to add action into the scene to compliment the mystery, keeping the audience more on the edge of their seats.
5	Ariel shot/pan to close up	After the folder is opened the Ariel shot pans across the pages to show what looks like old case notes giving the prop a sense of authenticity and realism to the scene as it actually looks like an old detective case file. After panning across the pages the camera will then zoom in for a close shot of the first title of director, once stayed on the title for a little while it will then zoom back out to the original Ariel shot.
6	Ariel shot to close up and then pans to more close ups	Once the pages have turned a little more it will come to a double spread in which the camera will then zoom in for a close up for the second title, after this it will pan down to the third title, a pan diagonally upwards will go to the fourth title and then pan down to the fifth title. And back out to the Ariel shot.
7	Exactly the same as shot 6	And again exactly the same for shot 6 but for the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth titles.
8	Ariel shot	After zooming out from the ninth titles and again more pages have been turned it will then come to the main double spread of the detective and the victim, this shot more prominent than the others to emphasise them being the main characters.
9	Zoom to close shot	After the Ariel shot of the main titles of the characters it will zoom to a close up of the picture of the detective and his titles what will be the graphic match to a flashback of the investigation 3 years ago.
10	Medium shot	After the graphic match to go into the flashback has occurred it will then be a medium shot of the detective at the scene of the investigation in which he will be walking towards the murder scene.
11	Long shot	As the detective walks towards the murder scene the shot will turn into a long shot.
12	Zoom out to Ariel shot and then close up of victim title and picture	After zooming out of the moving scene to the Ariel shot of the folder, after this the camera will then zoom to a close up of the victims title and a picture of him and again this will be used as a graphic match to the next flashback of the victim
13	High angle medium shot to long shot	After the graphic match, there will be a high angle medium shot of the victim (dead detective partner) laying on the ground or sitting against the wall or something like that what will then zoom out or cut to a long shot of the detective walking to the victim, crouching and inspecting the body with a small notebook and may cover the body with his coat.
14	Zoom out to Ariel shot	After the flashback has finished it will again zoom out of the flashback and again back to the Ariel shot of the double page spread of the main titles.
15	Again another repeat of shot sequence 6	Again another repeat of shot sequence 6
16	Ariel shot of ident	After the final set of titles are shown the file is then picked up and slammed onto the table again but this time the other way round what will then show our ident of ‘INQUISITIVE PRODUCTIONS’ presents..... And then a transition will roll into the main title of the film to be revealed.
17	Jump cut to black screen	A black screen will then suddenly appear and the main title of our film ‘ENIGMA’ will then be shown but in a more effective way , the tile will be spelled out letter by letter in a typewriter font and as each letter appears the sound of the typewriter keys will be heard.

 

If more information is needed there is more details on how the shots and the mise-en-scene fit the genre and the meaning we want to create this info will be found on the analysed storyboards seen earlier on my blog in the planning section.