Shooting script:
Shot no: Shot type: Description: Shot
duration:
1 Establishing
shot, Tripod
Fade in. Itis early evening, and we
can see a few small shops and some
people shopping. TheYOUNG MAN
is stood still, thinking, lit by the
yellow glow of the street lamps.
6
seconds
2 Medium close
up, Tripod
The YOUNG MAN thinks some more,
before reaching for his wallet.
3
seconds
3 Close up We see the wallet opened- there is
hardly anything in it.
2
seconds
4 Medium close,
Tripod
A look of disappointment forms on
the YOUNG MAN’S face, before an
idea enters his head- he suddenly
looks more optimistic.
4
seconds
5 Wide shot,
Tripod
The YOUNG MAN looks around to
see if anyone looks like they’d lend
him money- no one is interested.
However he then turns around and
spots…
4
seconds
6 Medium shot,
Tripod
The MYSTERIOUS MAN, dressed in a
leather jacketand wearing aviator
sunglasses, leaning againsta wall,
looking generally mysterious.
3
seconds
7 Close-up The YOUNG MAN thinks again, then
decides to approach the
MYSTERIOUS MAN, walking out of
shot.
4
seconds
8 Over the
shoulder (from
the
MYSTERIOUS
MAN’S
perspective)
The YOUNG MAN asks the
MYSTERIOUS MAN if he has “any
sparemoney”.
6
seconds
9 Close-up The MYSTERIOUS MAN cocks his
head, then replies with “I just
cracked a slip n slide on a 405”, his
4
seconds
quirky tone of voice at once
amusing and unsettling.
10 Close up The confused young man stops for
a second, then asks; “Whatdid you
justsay”.
4
seconds
11 Medium close-
up
The Mysterious Man shoots the
Young Man a condensing glance
before saying, with a hint of
aggression, “whatdid you justsay?
You want to borrow money from
me? How much?
6
seconds
12 Over the
shoulder (from
the Mysterious
Man’s
perspective)
Slightly flustered, the young man
responds (“Er about£20...)
5
seconds
13 Medium close-
up
The Mysterious Man interrupts him
with “Oh but I do…”
6
seconds
14 Close up The young man thanks him and
offers to give him “my number”.
6
seconds
15 Medium shot The Young man and the Mysterious
man face each other, the young
man waiting for a reply, the
Mysterious man pausing while he
thinks. He then says “Take the
money” and casually holds his
wallet out. The young carefully takes
£20 out.
8
seconds
16 Close up The young man thanks him, and tells
him “You’re a lifesaver”, blissfully
unawarethat he is anything but.
3
seconds
17 Medium close-
up
The Mysterious man looks at the
young man for a moment, his
expression that of someone
analysing something, before saying
to himself “We’ll see about that”.
He then turns and strolls off- the
camera follows him.
5
seconds
18 Wide shot The Young Man looks as the
Mysterious man walks off, then
3
seconds
shouts “Okay, I guess I’llseeyou
around then?”.
19 Wide shot The Mysterious Man, spins round
with alarming comic effect.
2
seconds
20 Close up The Mysterious Man says “I suspect
you might” as a knowing smile
forms on his face. He takes one
more excruciatingly long look at the
Young Man beforespinning back
around and strolling off.
6
seconds
21 Medium close-
up
Shot of the young man, holding the
money in his hand before getting his
wallet out and putting it in there. A
brief look of worry can be seen on
his face, before a little smile to
himself. He turns and walks towards
the shop. The camera is still, and the
shotfades to black.
5
seconds
22 Establishing
shot
Fade in from Black. Itis mid-
morning on a cold grey backstreet.
We see the Young Man walking
towards the camera from the
distance. He stops very near the
lens, obviously having seen
something out of the cameras view.
6
seconds
23 Wide shot We see what the Young Man is
looking at via a wide shotof The
Mysterious Man, shirtless in a
leather jacket, wearing aviator
sunglasses, leaning againsta classic
car from the 1970s (or if not, then
leaning against a wall).
3
seconds
24 Close-up Shot of the Young Man’s face, which
is etched with surprise.
2
seconds
25 Medium long-
shot
Shot of the Mysterious Man leaning
against his car, radiating confidence.
He looks at the young man for a few
seconds, beforesaying, almost
comically, “We meet again”. Camera
could potentially movecloser to his
4
seconds
face and stop when he delivers the
line.
26 Medium-close
up
Shot of the Young Man, who is
surprised to see him and looks
bemused. He replies, telling the
Mysterious Man he’ll haveto “pop
to the bank”.
6
seconds
27 Close- up The Mysterious Man suddenly
becomes very serious and says
“No”.
1 second
28 Over the
shoulder
The Young Man says “Excuseme”. 1 second
29 Close-up Mysterious Man replies with “I said
no”.
3
seconds
Mid-shot The Young man walks towards the
camera whilstsaying the line “Look,
I’vegotto get to work and then-”.
The camera moves back accordingly,
until the Mysterious Man steps in
fronthim, taking up mostof the
shotand signalling the end of this
camera movement.
7
seconds
30 Medium close-
up
The Mysterious Man walks closer to
the lens whilst saying “You’renot
going anywhere, sunshine”.
3
seconds
31 Over the
shoulder
Shot of the Young Man replying. 4
seconds
32 Close-up The Mysterious Man walks rightup
to the lens whilstsaying “You’ll pay
me back now”.
2
seconds
33 Close-up Shot of the Young Man replying,
backing up.
3
seconds
34 Over the
shoulder
Shot of Mysterious Man asking “You
got a wallet, sweetcheeks?”
2
seconds
35 Medium close-
up
Shot of Young man replying. 1 second
36 Over the
shoulder
Shot of Mysterious Man demanding
him to “get [his wallet] out”.
2
seconds
37 Close-up Shot of the Young Man giving the
Mysterious Man a look, as if to say
“No, I won’tdo it”.
1 second
38 Over the
shoulder
Shot of the Mysterious Man
ordering him to “get it out. Now”.
3
seconds
39 Mid-shot Shot of the Young Man as he
hesitates.
1 second
40 Close-up Shot of the Mysterious Man as he
shouts “NOW!”, lurching towards
the lens as he does so.
1 second
41 Over the
shoulder
Shot of the Young Man reacting,
before getting his wallet out and
holding it out in frontof him as if it
will save him.
3
seconds
42 Medium –long
shot
Shot of both the Mysterious Man
and the Young Man, as the
Mysterious Man challenges him to
“open it up”.
5
seconds
43 Close-up Shot of the Young Man replying and
explaining his intentions.
4
seconds
44 Medium close-
up
Shot of the Mysterious Man replying
and ordering him to “empty what’s
in there on the floor”.
3
seconds
45 Over the
shoulder
Shot of the Young Man defying
expectations and telling the
Mysterious Man it’s “out of order”
and asking him “who do you think
you are?”
3
seconds
46 Low angle shot Shot of the Mysterious Man, as he
revels his true identity and pulls out
a gun, pointing it at the lens.
4
seconds
47 High angel shot Shot of the Young Man, who gets his
wallet out and empties the contents
on the floor- as he does so, the
camera lowers to match him.
3
seconds
48 Low angle shot The Mysterious Man puts his gun
away and inspects the money,
lowering down to the lens as he
does so. He then rises, and the
camera rises with him, as he notes
that there “doesn’tseem to be
enough here”. The camera zooms in
a little on his face as he says “What
a shame”.
7
seconds
49 High angle shot Shot of the Young Man screaming
that the money’s in his bank.
4
seconds
50 Close-up Shot of the Mysterious Man
replying.
2
seconds
51 Extreme close-
up
Shot of the Young man, as he pleads
for mercy through his eyes.
1 second
52 Over the
shoulder
Shot of the Mysterious Man saying
“You’ll pay me right here, right
now”.
2
seconds
53 Over the
shoulder
Shot of the Young Man saying “I
can’t!”
2
seconds
54 Over the
shoulder
Shot of the Mysterious Man saying
“Oh but you can”. The camera
moves over the Young Man’s
shoulder as the Mysterious Man
says “ Yes, you can pay me”, then
gets very close to the Mysterious
Man’s face (Close-up) as he shouts
“With your life!” As he shouts this,
he goes to punch him beforethe
shotcuts to…
5
seconds
55 Medium long
shot, behind
Young Man
The Mysterious Man (now to be
referred to as MM) punches the
Young Man (YM) in the face.
1 second
56 Medium close-
up
Shot of YM reacting, readying
himself for more.
He walks towards the camera, the
camera moves back accordingly. He
goes to throw a punch, cut to…
1 second
57 Wide shot MM catches the punch in his fist,
they interlock and struggle. The
camera slowly zooms in to catch
their facial expressions as they
struggle.
6
seconds
58 Medium-long
shot, behind
Young Man
The MM uppercuts the YM. He
stumbles backwards- thecamera
moves back accordingly.
3
seconds
59 Medium Close-
up
Shot of the YM’s face, now with a
visible scratch on it. He is moving
across, thecamera pans to the left.
He swings…
1 second
60 Medium-long
shot, behind
Mysterious Man
… And right hooks the MM in the
face. MM reacts but then springs
back up, choking the YM.
3
seconds
61 Over the
shoulder of MM
MM continues to choke YM 2
seconds
63 Mid Shot Shot encompassing both of them.
YM gets out the choke, and swings…
2
seconds
64 Medium long
shot, behind YM
…. But the MM ducks under his
punch, driving his knee into the
YM’S stomach, causing him to
stumble backwards- thecamera
moves back accordingly.
4
seconds
65 Close-up Shot of YM’s increasingly bloodied
face, shocked, scared, confused.
1
second.
66 Medium-long
shot
Shot of MM walking towards the
lens, then swinging…
2
seconds
67 Medium-long
shot, behind YM
… YM ducks under his punch,
however MM then catches him with
an upper cut, sending him spillaring
backwards.
3
seconds
68 Medium shot,
behind YM
Shot of MM right hooking YM
before he can recover, sending him
to the ground.
2
seconds
69 Close-up Horizontalshotof YM’s face,
bloodied and battered, on the
pavement floor.
2
seconds
70 Low angle shot
(YM’s
perspective)
Shot of MM, standing over YM,
speaking about how “interesting” an
opponent he was.
As he says his last line, he pulls out a
gun and points it down the lens .
24
seconds
71 High angle shot
(fromMM’S
perspective)
Shot of YM as he is shot in the head,
jolting then dying. The camera then
lowers and pans to the left as MM
puts the gun away and strolls- off.
The camera follows him for a few
seconds.
8
seconds
72 Wide shot Shot of MM, walking off down the
backstreet. His phone rings, he picks
it up.
4
seconds
73 Over the
shoulder (of
Boss)
Cut to a darkened room, wherewe
see the back of the Boss’s head as
he speaks on the phone.
2
seconds
74 Medium close-
up
Cut back to MM as he replies. 2
seconds
75 Over the
shoulder (of
Boss)
Cut to boss as he says “Caraazy” 1 second
76 Close-up Cut back to MM, as he smiles to
himself and replies.
2
seconds
78 Over the
shoulder (of
boss)
Final cut to the boss as he orders
the MM to “gnome” somemore
people.
4
seconds
79 Medium-long
shot
The MM hangs up, then starts
walking off.
3
seconds
80 Wide shot,
Tripod
MM walking off down the
backstreet.
3
seconds
81 Very Wide-shot,
Tripod
MM walks off into the distance.
Fade to black- end credits.
4
seconds

Shooting script table done properly finito

  • 1.
    Shooting script: Shot no:Shot type: Description: Shot duration: 1 Establishing shot, Tripod Fade in. Itis early evening, and we can see a few small shops and some people shopping. TheYOUNG MAN is stood still, thinking, lit by the yellow glow of the street lamps. 6 seconds 2 Medium close up, Tripod The YOUNG MAN thinks some more, before reaching for his wallet. 3 seconds 3 Close up We see the wallet opened- there is hardly anything in it. 2 seconds 4 Medium close, Tripod A look of disappointment forms on the YOUNG MAN’S face, before an idea enters his head- he suddenly looks more optimistic. 4 seconds 5 Wide shot, Tripod The YOUNG MAN looks around to see if anyone looks like they’d lend him money- no one is interested. However he then turns around and spots… 4 seconds 6 Medium shot, Tripod The MYSTERIOUS MAN, dressed in a leather jacketand wearing aviator sunglasses, leaning againsta wall, looking generally mysterious. 3 seconds 7 Close-up The YOUNG MAN thinks again, then decides to approach the MYSTERIOUS MAN, walking out of shot. 4 seconds 8 Over the shoulder (from the MYSTERIOUS MAN’S perspective) The YOUNG MAN asks the MYSTERIOUS MAN if he has “any sparemoney”. 6 seconds 9 Close-up The MYSTERIOUS MAN cocks his head, then replies with “I just cracked a slip n slide on a 405”, his 4 seconds
  • 2.
    quirky tone ofvoice at once amusing and unsettling. 10 Close up The confused young man stops for a second, then asks; “Whatdid you justsay”. 4 seconds 11 Medium close- up The Mysterious Man shoots the Young Man a condensing glance before saying, with a hint of aggression, “whatdid you justsay? You want to borrow money from me? How much? 6 seconds 12 Over the shoulder (from the Mysterious Man’s perspective) Slightly flustered, the young man responds (“Er about£20...) 5 seconds 13 Medium close- up The Mysterious Man interrupts him with “Oh but I do…” 6 seconds 14 Close up The young man thanks him and offers to give him “my number”. 6 seconds 15 Medium shot The Young man and the Mysterious man face each other, the young man waiting for a reply, the Mysterious man pausing while he thinks. He then says “Take the money” and casually holds his wallet out. The young carefully takes £20 out. 8 seconds 16 Close up The young man thanks him, and tells him “You’re a lifesaver”, blissfully unawarethat he is anything but. 3 seconds 17 Medium close- up The Mysterious man looks at the young man for a moment, his expression that of someone analysing something, before saying to himself “We’ll see about that”. He then turns and strolls off- the camera follows him. 5 seconds 18 Wide shot The Young Man looks as the Mysterious man walks off, then 3 seconds
  • 3.
    shouts “Okay, Iguess I’llseeyou around then?”. 19 Wide shot The Mysterious Man, spins round with alarming comic effect. 2 seconds 20 Close up The Mysterious Man says “I suspect you might” as a knowing smile forms on his face. He takes one more excruciatingly long look at the Young Man beforespinning back around and strolling off. 6 seconds 21 Medium close- up Shot of the young man, holding the money in his hand before getting his wallet out and putting it in there. A brief look of worry can be seen on his face, before a little smile to himself. He turns and walks towards the shop. The camera is still, and the shotfades to black. 5 seconds 22 Establishing shot Fade in from Black. Itis mid- morning on a cold grey backstreet. We see the Young Man walking towards the camera from the distance. He stops very near the lens, obviously having seen something out of the cameras view. 6 seconds 23 Wide shot We see what the Young Man is looking at via a wide shotof The Mysterious Man, shirtless in a leather jacket, wearing aviator sunglasses, leaning againsta classic car from the 1970s (or if not, then leaning against a wall). 3 seconds 24 Close-up Shot of the Young Man’s face, which is etched with surprise. 2 seconds 25 Medium long- shot Shot of the Mysterious Man leaning against his car, radiating confidence. He looks at the young man for a few seconds, beforesaying, almost comically, “We meet again”. Camera could potentially movecloser to his 4 seconds
  • 4.
    face and stopwhen he delivers the line. 26 Medium-close up Shot of the Young Man, who is surprised to see him and looks bemused. He replies, telling the Mysterious Man he’ll haveto “pop to the bank”. 6 seconds 27 Close- up The Mysterious Man suddenly becomes very serious and says “No”. 1 second 28 Over the shoulder The Young Man says “Excuseme”. 1 second 29 Close-up Mysterious Man replies with “I said no”. 3 seconds Mid-shot The Young man walks towards the camera whilstsaying the line “Look, I’vegotto get to work and then-”. The camera moves back accordingly, until the Mysterious Man steps in fronthim, taking up mostof the shotand signalling the end of this camera movement. 7 seconds 30 Medium close- up The Mysterious Man walks closer to the lens whilst saying “You’renot going anywhere, sunshine”. 3 seconds 31 Over the shoulder Shot of the Young Man replying. 4 seconds 32 Close-up The Mysterious Man walks rightup to the lens whilstsaying “You’ll pay me back now”. 2 seconds 33 Close-up Shot of the Young Man replying, backing up. 3 seconds 34 Over the shoulder Shot of Mysterious Man asking “You got a wallet, sweetcheeks?” 2 seconds 35 Medium close- up Shot of Young man replying. 1 second 36 Over the shoulder Shot of Mysterious Man demanding him to “get [his wallet] out”. 2 seconds
  • 5.
    37 Close-up Shotof the Young Man giving the Mysterious Man a look, as if to say “No, I won’tdo it”. 1 second 38 Over the shoulder Shot of the Mysterious Man ordering him to “get it out. Now”. 3 seconds 39 Mid-shot Shot of the Young Man as he hesitates. 1 second 40 Close-up Shot of the Mysterious Man as he shouts “NOW!”, lurching towards the lens as he does so. 1 second 41 Over the shoulder Shot of the Young Man reacting, before getting his wallet out and holding it out in frontof him as if it will save him. 3 seconds 42 Medium –long shot Shot of both the Mysterious Man and the Young Man, as the Mysterious Man challenges him to “open it up”. 5 seconds 43 Close-up Shot of the Young Man replying and explaining his intentions. 4 seconds 44 Medium close- up Shot of the Mysterious Man replying and ordering him to “empty what’s in there on the floor”. 3 seconds
  • 6.
    45 Over the shoulder Shotof the Young Man defying expectations and telling the Mysterious Man it’s “out of order” and asking him “who do you think you are?” 3 seconds 46 Low angle shot Shot of the Mysterious Man, as he revels his true identity and pulls out a gun, pointing it at the lens. 4 seconds 47 High angel shot Shot of the Young Man, who gets his wallet out and empties the contents on the floor- as he does so, the camera lowers to match him. 3 seconds 48 Low angle shot The Mysterious Man puts his gun away and inspects the money, lowering down to the lens as he does so. He then rises, and the camera rises with him, as he notes that there “doesn’tseem to be enough here”. The camera zooms in a little on his face as he says “What a shame”. 7 seconds 49 High angle shot Shot of the Young Man screaming that the money’s in his bank. 4 seconds
  • 7.
    50 Close-up Shotof the Mysterious Man replying. 2 seconds 51 Extreme close- up Shot of the Young man, as he pleads for mercy through his eyes. 1 second 52 Over the shoulder Shot of the Mysterious Man saying “You’ll pay me right here, right now”. 2 seconds 53 Over the shoulder Shot of the Young Man saying “I can’t!” 2 seconds 54 Over the shoulder Shot of the Mysterious Man saying “Oh but you can”. The camera moves over the Young Man’s shoulder as the Mysterious Man says “ Yes, you can pay me”, then gets very close to the Mysterious Man’s face (Close-up) as he shouts “With your life!” As he shouts this, he goes to punch him beforethe shotcuts to… 5 seconds
  • 8.
    55 Medium long shot,behind Young Man The Mysterious Man (now to be referred to as MM) punches the Young Man (YM) in the face. 1 second 56 Medium close- up Shot of YM reacting, readying himself for more. He walks towards the camera, the camera moves back accordingly. He goes to throw a punch, cut to… 1 second 57 Wide shot MM catches the punch in his fist, they interlock and struggle. The camera slowly zooms in to catch their facial expressions as they struggle. 6 seconds 58 Medium-long shot, behind Young Man The MM uppercuts the YM. He stumbles backwards- thecamera moves back accordingly. 3 seconds 59 Medium Close- up Shot of the YM’s face, now with a visible scratch on it. He is moving across, thecamera pans to the left. He swings… 1 second 60 Medium-long shot, behind Mysterious Man … And right hooks the MM in the face. MM reacts but then springs back up, choking the YM. 3 seconds
  • 9.
    61 Over the shoulderof MM MM continues to choke YM 2 seconds 63 Mid Shot Shot encompassing both of them. YM gets out the choke, and swings… 2 seconds 64 Medium long shot, behind YM …. But the MM ducks under his punch, driving his knee into the YM’S stomach, causing him to stumble backwards- thecamera moves back accordingly. 4 seconds 65 Close-up Shot of YM’s increasingly bloodied face, shocked, scared, confused. 1 second. 66 Medium-long shot Shot of MM walking towards the lens, then swinging… 2 seconds 67 Medium-long shot, behind YM … YM ducks under his punch, however MM then catches him with an upper cut, sending him spillaring backwards. 3 seconds
  • 10.
    68 Medium shot, behindYM Shot of MM right hooking YM before he can recover, sending him to the ground. 2 seconds 69 Close-up Horizontalshotof YM’s face, bloodied and battered, on the pavement floor. 2 seconds 70 Low angle shot (YM’s perspective) Shot of MM, standing over YM, speaking about how “interesting” an opponent he was. As he says his last line, he pulls out a gun and points it down the lens . 24 seconds 71 High angle shot (fromMM’S perspective) Shot of YM as he is shot in the head, jolting then dying. The camera then lowers and pans to the left as MM puts the gun away and strolls- off. The camera follows him for a few seconds. 8 seconds 72 Wide shot Shot of MM, walking off down the backstreet. His phone rings, he picks it up. 4 seconds 73 Over the shoulder (of Boss) Cut to a darkened room, wherewe see the back of the Boss’s head as he speaks on the phone. 2 seconds
  • 11.
    74 Medium close- up Cutback to MM as he replies. 2 seconds 75 Over the shoulder (of Boss) Cut to boss as he says “Caraazy” 1 second 76 Close-up Cut back to MM, as he smiles to himself and replies. 2 seconds 78 Over the shoulder (of boss) Final cut to the boss as he orders the MM to “gnome” somemore people. 4 seconds 79 Medium-long shot The MM hangs up, then starts walking off. 3 seconds 80 Wide shot, Tripod MM walking off down the backstreet. 3 seconds
  • 12.
    81 Very Wide-shot, Tripod MMwalks off into the distance. Fade to black- end credits. 4 seconds