Making the Shot List

Definition of shot list 

A list of shots to help in the planning and filming of a movie. A shot list is an itemized breakdown of all the shots necessary to tell the story.  The list is given to the film crew of all the shots to be filmed during that workday.

Template EXAMPLE

Shot 1:	Long Shot establishing the view of a bank that is not too well known.
Shot 2:	Medium Shot of Ben and Tom walk across the view of the camera. You get a view of their head and the side of their body. This shot is to only to show they have arrived at the bank.
Shot 3:	Big Close Up Shot of Ben and Tom. They look at each other and then they separate.
Shot 4:	Medium Long Shot of Ben walking to the writing desk.
Shot 5:	Medium Shot of Ben at the writing desk.
Shot 6:	Extreme close-up shot of Ben hand picking up a deposit slip and writing on the deposit slip “This is a stickup. Put all your money in this bag”.

what is purpose of shot list?

• Organizing the project (shot list) before the shoot can save time during the editing stage.
• To help communicate their vision to everyone from the cinematographer to the set designer.
• Listing each shot needed for a particular scene, in the order in which you plan to shoot them.
• Insure wither there is enough coverage to meet the needs before you ever start rolling tape.

Main task

creative process

Developing the shot list from the storyboard needs to include more details of what is happening in each shot. Being creative by putting each shot in logical order.

challenges

• How to transfer one shot to another. This includes to think about match on action.
• If there is enough coverage to meet our needs.

The opening scene shot list we created for the book 'Running On The Cracks' pre-production.