Shot List

 I colour-coded my shot list according to scene. Each scene is a different colour. 

 

Shot type

Location

Description

1      1.

Wide shot

Woods entrance (location 1)

Emma and Caroline stand, leaning against the fence.

Caroline voiceover

2    2.

Mid shot

Woods entrance

Dale: you guys are here for the outdoor bonding session?

3       3.

Mid shot

Woods entrance

Caroline: it’s detention

4       4.

Mid shot

Woods entrance

Dale: I was told outdoor bonding session…

5       5.

Wide shot

Woods entrance

Caroline steps forward and says “here” (prison line-up style)

6       6.

Mid shot

Woods entrance

Dale: emma?

7       7.

Wide shot

Woods entrance

Emma steps forward and says “here” (prison line-up style)

8       8.

Mid shot

Woods entrance

Dale: just the two of you then? Let’s get going!

9      1.

Mid tracking shot

Woods (location 2)

Emma: I can’t believe we have to do this

1    2.

Mid tracking shot

woods

Caroline: maybe if you hadn’t copied my exam…

1    3.

Mid tracking shot

Woods

Emma: I didn’t copy your exam

1    4. 

Mid tracking shot

woods

Caroline: well our answers were the same…

1   5. 

Mid tracking shot

Woods

Emma mimics Caroline and they walk in tense silence

1    1.

Wide shot

Clearing in woods (location 3)

Dale: alright guys are we having fun, feeling good?

1   2.

Wide shot

Clearing in woods

Emma and Caroline look miserable

1    3.

Wide shot

Clearing in woods

Dale: right, I can tell you guys are raring to go…

1   4.

Wide shot

Clearing in woods

Emma and caroline look miserable

1   5.

Wide shot

Clearing in woods

Dale: good!  

Dale throws compasses and maps on the ground

1   6.

Wide shot

Clearing in woods

Emma and caroline look miserable

2   7.

Wide shot

Clearing in woods

Dale: now shoo! Go on, go!

2   1.

Tracking shot (montage)

Woods (location 2)

Emma and caroline walk through the woods. Emma tries to eat berries off a bush but Caroline pulls her away.

Lighthearted/ quirky soundtrack

2   2.

Wide shot (montage)

Woods

Emma gets stuck in some mud and Caroline has to help her out.

Same soundtrack

2   3.

Wide shot (montage)

Woods

Emma and Caroline argue over directions. Dialogue is inaudible, same soundtrack

2   4.

Wide shot (montage)

Woods

Emma puts on a comical amount of blister plasters.

 Same soundtrack

2   5.

Wide shot (montage)

Woods

Emma and Caroline bicker over directions again.

They hear a scream, both the music and the arguing stops

2   1.

Wide shot

Folly (location 4)

Emma and caroline stand in the clearing. Caroline dialogue: oh my god

2   2.

Close up

Forest floor

We see: Dale’s bloodied Hawaiian shirt, a smashed compass, tufts of fur and pools of blood

2   3.

Wide shot

Folly

Caroline and Emma dialogue up to end of scene.

Emma takes off her coat, lays it on the ground and makes herself at home

2   1.

Wide shot

Folly (night)

Emma and Caroline sit side by side in silence

3   2.

Close up

Folly (night)

Emma: Caroline?

      3.

Close up

Folly (night)

Caroline: what?

3   4.

Close up

Folly (night)

Emma: wasabi pea?

      5.

Mid shot

Folly (night)

Caroline takes a handful of wasabi peas and eats them

3   6.

Close up

Folly (night)

Emma: Caroline?

3   7.

Close up

Folly (night)

Caroline: what?

3   8.

Close up

Folly (night)

Emma: you were right…

3   9.

Close up

Folly (night)

Caroline: I knew it!

3   10.

Close uo

Folly (night)

Emma: I’m sorry

3   11.

Close up

Folly (night)

Caroline: it’s okay

4   12.

Close up

Folly (night)

Emma: I think you should be in charge from now on…

4   13.

Close up

Folly (night)

Caroline: don’t be stupid, of course we’ll make it through the night

4   14.

Birds eye view

Folly (night)

An owl hoots, Caroline and Emma wrap their coats tighter around them

4   1.

Birds eye view

Folly (morning)

Emma and Caroline wake up, spooning. Once they realise, they move out of the position and stand up

4   1.

Tracking shot (montage)

Woods (location 2)

Emma and Caroline walk through the woods

4   1.

Wide shot with slight low angle

Exterior lodge (location 5)

Shot of the lodge looking imposing

4   2.

Wide shot

Exterior lodge

Emma and Caroline stand outside the lodge.

Emma: we were this close the whole time? Caroline glares.

Emma: sorry  

4   3.

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Caroline: thanks for letting me be in charge in the end

      4.

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Emma: that’s okay…

4    5.

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Caroline: can we just call it a day and move on?

5    6.

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Emma: yes please

5   7.

Wide shot

Exterior lodge

Emma and Caroline hug.

Dale: well don’t you guys made it!

The girls scream and break apart

5   8.

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Dale stands

5   9.

Wide shot

Exterior lodge

Caroline: what the hell?

5   10.

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Dale: you guys completed the orienteering challenge, congrats!

5   11.

Wide shot

Exterior lodge

Emma: what? You died! You were killed by an animal!

5   12,

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Dale: do I look like I was killed by an animal?

5    13.

Wide shot

Exterior lodge

Emma: the blood and fur in the forest! We thought you were dead!

Caroline: why would you make us think that you died?

5   14.

mid shot

Exterior lodge

Dale: all part of the experience…

5    15.

Wide shot

Exterior lodge

Caroline: so you faked your own death all in the name of teambuilding?

6   16.

Mid shot

Exterior lodge

Dale: absolutely…

6   17.

Wide shot

Exterior lodge

Caroline and Emma stand, looking stunned

     1. 

Pan

Office (location 6)

We see: a clothes rack of eccentric shirts, bottles of ketchup and large bags of fake fur. Dale sits behind a desk eating monster munch, watching a computer screen with a video of the two girls panicking in the forest, laughing hysterically.

 

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