This shot list contains 52 shots organized into 10 scenes for the film "Forbidden Productions". The shots include a variety of angles and close-ups showing characters like Grace and The Widower. Many shots focus on Grace playing with her doll, drawing pictures, and interacting with The Widower. Other shots follow The Widower delivering a letter and walking through the woods. The variety of shots will be used to tell the story across the 10 scenes.
1. Shot List
SHOT LIST
“Forbidden Productions”
By Daniella Di Paolo and Bethany Saunders
Draft “1”
Date: “10/2/2013”
Scene 1 – INT. THE WOODEN HUT - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
1 High angle of Grace inside the hut playing
with her doll
2 Mid shot of Grace
3 Close up of Grace‟s doll – Grace brushing its
hair
4 Extreme close up of Grace‟s lips as she
whispers the lullaby
5 Low angle of Grace playing with the doll
6 Close up of Grace‟s face while still
whispering „Rockabye Baby‟
Scene 2 – INT. THE WOODEN HUT - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
7 Close Up of The Widower‟s hand writing a
letter
8 Extreme Close Up of the pen The Widower is
using
9 Dutch tilt, Extreme Close Up of the word “The
conditions are…”
10 Dutch tilt, Extreme Close Up of different
words “You have 24 hours”
Scene 3 – INT. THE WOODEN HUT - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
11 Close up of Grace‟s doll –brushing her hair,
getting rougher in her actions
12 Low angle of Grace beginning the lullaby
again, getting louder
Forbidden Productions
2. Shot List
13 Mid Shot, Dutch tilt of Grace brushing her
dolls hair
14 Extreme Close Up of Grace‟s lips as she
whispers the lullaby
Scene 4 – INT. THE WOODEN HUT - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
15 Close Up of The Widower‟s hand signing the
letter with the initial “W”
16 Mid Shot from behind of The Widower as she
closes the envelope
17 Mid Shot (tracking over the shoulder of The
Widower) seeing “Grace‟s Mother” labelled on
the front of the envelope
18 Extreme close up of Grace‟s lips as she
whispers the lullaby
Scene 5 – INT. THE WOODEN HUT - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
19 Close Up of Grace finishing a line of the
lullaby
20 Mid Shot when Grace begins to stand up
21 Long Shot when Grace finishes standing up
22 Close Up of the doll dropping to the ground
from Grace‟s hand
23 Close Up of Grace‟s face – expressionless,
then see her walk out of the frame
24 Close Up of the smashed doll on the floor
25 Mid – Long shot of Grace walking into a
corner, picking up a piece of paper and a pen
26 High Angle shot of Grace sitting back down in
her original position, and beginning to draw a
picture
Scene 6 – EXT. WOODLAND AREA - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
27 Mid – Long Shot of The Widower walking along a
pathway
28 Tracking shot/ Close Up of her feet as she
walks along
29 Close Up of her clutching onto the letter
30 Long Shot of The Widower walking down a
pathway, getting into the distance
Forbidden Productions
3. Shot List
Scene 7 – INT. THE WOODEN HUT - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
31 High Angle shot of Grace drawing a picture
quickly
32 Mid shot of her concentrating on the picture
33 Low Angle of Grace‟s face
34 Over the shoulder shot of Grace holding up the
picture to her face, and then standing up and
holding the picture up
35 Close up of Grace with a sinister smile
36 Long shot as Grace walks over to one of the
four walls
37 Mid Shot of Grace placing the picture onto the
wall
38 Mid shot of Grace, when she walks out of the
frame, camera tracks backwards revealing many
other pictures similar to the one Grace had
previously drawn
Scene 8 – EXT. PATH WALK - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
39 Mid shot of The Widower walking along a path,
and reaching a house
40 Close Up of The Widower placing the letter at
the front of the door
41 Mid Shot of the back of The Widower and
knocking on the door and walking away
Scene 9 – INT. MRS MCDONLAD’S HOUSE - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
42 Mid Shot of Mrs McDonald hastily walking
towards the door and opening it and looks
around and spots the letter
43 High Angle of her picking up the letter
44 Mid shot of her opening the letter and reading
it
45 Close Up of her having an anxious look upon
her face, and then gasps
46 Extreme Close Up of her scrunching up the
paper
47 Long shot of her looking around out her door
and then slamming her door shut
Forbidden Productions
4. Shot List
Scene 10 – INT. THE WOODEN HUT - DAY
Shot Number Shot Description
48 Long shot of The Widower walking into the hut
and pans down to an over the shoulder shot of
Grace and The Widower
49 Mid shot of The Widower gesturing to Grace
50 Close Up of Grace losing her smile
51 Low angle of Grace as she holds The Widowers
hand
52 Long shot of both characters walking out of
the hut
Forbidden Productions