1. Step outline for film opening of: ‘The Woman In Black’ (2012)
Genre: Horror: (Certificate 12)
Description of action
Timings Mise-en-scene
Fades from black to the
00:00:00 Momentum Pictures
ident for the company
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ident
Momentum Pictures
00:00:04
Fades from black to
00:00:05 Old Horror pictures
Hammer ident then
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transform into Hammer
disappears
00:00:15 ident
Fades to plain black
00:00:16
screen
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00:00:18
UK Film Council ident,
00:00:19 UK Film Council and
funded by the National
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National Lottery ident
Lottery
00:00:27
Fades to plain black
screen
Straight cut to close up of
children’s tea set on a
table, girl pouring from
tea pot
Straight cut to close up of
girl giving a fabric doll tea
from a cup
Straight cut to medium
shot of another girl giving
a china doll tea from a
cup
Straight cut to medium
shot of three girls sitting
on floor playing with their
dolls
Straight cut to close up of
girl brushing china dolls
hair
00:00:28
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00:00:38
00:00:39
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00:00:50
Sound
Chimes
Camerawork
Editing
Fades to and from
black
Fades to and from
black
Blue shapes turn to
ident then white
screen flashes and
fades out
Old vintage tea set and
wooden table
Music box
playing quietly
Close up
Straight cut
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00:00:54
00:00:55
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00:00:58
Fabric doll and old
vintage tea set
Music box
gets louder
Close up
Straight cut
China doll and old
vintage tea set
Music box
Medium shot
Straight cut
00:00:59
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00:01:04
Old- fashioned
bedroom and dolls
Music box
Medium shot
Straight cut and
scene slowed down
00:01:05
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00:01:08
Brush and china doll
Music box
gets louder
Close up
Straight cut
Typography

2. Straight cut to close up of
another girl tucking the
china doll into its bed
Straight cut to close up of
two girls smiling
Straight cut to close up of
the other girl smiling back
Straight cut to medium
shot of all the girls
playing
Straight cut to long shot
of the girls playing
Straight cut to long shot
of the girls staring directly
at the camera with blank
expressions
Panning to medium shot
of the girls turning to
stare at the window
Straight cut to medium
shot of window but
gradually the camera
zooms in
Straight cut to close up of
all the girls beginning to
stand up to walk to the
window
Straight cut to extreme
close up of a girl dropping
the tea cup and it
smashes on the floor
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00:01:11
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00:01:13
00:01:14
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00:01:16
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00:01:20
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00:01:23
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00:01:29
China doll and dolls
bed
Music box
Close up
Straight cut
Music box
Close up
Straight cut
Music box
Close up
Straight cut
Bedroom and dolls
Music box
Medium shot
Straight cut
Bedroom
Music box
Long shot
Straight cut
Bedroom
Music box
playing whilst
bells begin to
play
Music box
gets louder
Long shot
Straight cut
00:01:30
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00:01:33
Bedroom and window
Medium shot
Panning
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00:01:38
Window
Music box
Medium shot
and zooms in
Straight cut
00:01:39
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00:01:40
Bedroom
Music box
Close up
Straight cut
00:01:41
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00:01:43
Tea cup
Music box
Extreme close
up
Straight cut

3. Straight cut to close up of
the dolls laying on the
floor, whilst the girls are
walking past
Panning to extreme close
up of a girl stepping on
the tea pot and it
smashes
Straight cut to close up of
a girl stepping on the doll
and the dolls face
smashes
Straight cut to medium
shot of the girls walking
towards the window
00:01:44
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00:01:45
Dolls and girls shoes
Music box
Close up
Straight cut
00:01:46
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00:01:49
Girls shoes and tea pot
Music box
gets louder
Extreme close
up
Panning
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00:01:55
Girls shoes and dolls
Close up
Straight cup
00:01:56
00:01:59
Window
Music box
playing whilst
bells are
ringing
Music box
Medium shot
Straight cut