Shot List

Film: Sarah

Shot (description of sound & action)	Shot size	Angle	Movement
Sarah wakes up	Medium	High angle	Dolly/Pan
Sarah walking out the room	Medium long	Eye level	-
Sarah walking downstairs	Medium long	Eye level	Tracking
Sarah walking towards the kitchen	Medium	High angle	Tracking
Sarah entering kitchen	Close up	Eye level	-
Sarah noticing picture frame	Close up	High angle	Tracking
Sarah picks up picture frame	Medium close up	Eye level	-
Sarah places frame on counter and notices picture	Close up	High angle	Focus pull
Sarah looks at picture	Close up/BCU	Eye level	-
Sarah picks up picture	Medium CU	High angle	-
Sarah’s reaction	Close up	Eye level	Handheld
Sarah hears a noise	Close up	Eye level	Focus pull
Sarah walks towards the noise	Medium Long	Eye level	Tracking
Sarah continues walking	Big close up	Eye level	Handheld
Sarah hears another noise behind her	Close up	Eye level	Focus pull
She reaches for the door handle and the door slams shut	Close up	Eye level/Low	-
Sarah jumps in fear	Medium	Eye level	-
Sarah starts to hear whispers	Medium close up	Eye level	Handheld
She runs to the front door in an attempt to escape	Medium long shot	Eye level	Handheld/Tracking
Sarah struggles to open the door	Extreme CU	High angle	-
Door won’t open/Sarah frustrated	Medium	Eye level	-
Sarah run into living room and grabs phone	Medium close up	Eye level	Handheld
Sarah dials number	Extreme CU	High angle	-
Sarah places phone on ear	Medium shot	Canted	Steadicam
Sarah’s face as flashback triggers	Close up	Eye level	-
Friend bleeding whilst Sarah is screaming	Long shot	Eye level	Focus pull
Sarah drops phone (Flashback ended)	Close up	Eye level	-
Lights turn off	Medium	Eye level	-
TV turns on	Medium CU	Eye level/High angle	-
Figure walks behind Sarah	Medium	High angle/ Eye level	-
Sarah’s facial expression	Close up	Eye level	-
Sarah slowly turns her head	Medium and Close up	Eye level	-
Lights switch on and off (shot of light bulb)	Close up	Low angle	-
Sarah’s face as lights switch on and off	Medium CU	Eye level	Handheld
Sarah’s face (other side)	Medium CU	High angle	Handheld
Sarah is shaking (She’s on the floor)	Medium Long	High angle	-
Sarah runs towards light	Medium CU	Eye level	Handheld
Sarah reaches light switch	Medium	Eye level	-
Sarah switches button	Extreme CU	Eye Level	-
Wide shot of Sarah continuing to switch button	Longshot/Medium Long	Eye level	-
Sarah runs towards TV remote	Medium	Low angle	-
She bends down to get it + Dead girl behind her	Medium Long	Low angle	-
Sarah pressing the Off button on remote	Extreme CU	High angle	-
Sarah moves closer to TV	Medium CU	High angle	Dolly
Sarah watching TV	Over the shoulder	High angle	Tracking
Sarah jumps back from TV	Medium CU	High angle	-
Wider shot of Sarah away from TV	Medium Long	Eye level	-
Sarah’s face as lights flicker	Close up	Eye level	-
Shadow zooms past Sarah as she looks the other way	Medium shot	Eye level	-
Second shadow zooms past as Sarah faces the other way	Medium shot	Eye level	-
Sarah’s face	Close up	Eye level	-
Sarah starts crawling backwards	Medium	High angle	-
Sarah is looking around (focus on her eyes)	Extreme CU	Eye level	-
Whispers start to get violent (Sarah’s head turning)	Close ups	High angle	Handheld
Object gets knocked over	Medium CU	High angle	Handheld
Sarah turns towards object	Medium CU/Close up	High angle	Handheld
Blood dripping down from painting	Close up	Eye level	-
Blood continues to drip from painting	Medium CU	Eye level	-
Sarah backs up against a wall	Medium shot	High angle/Eye level	-
Sarah’s breathing becomes heavier (Facial expression)	Close up	Eye level	-
Whispers get louder as Sarah is looking (Focus on Eye – Side view)	Extreme CU	Eye level	-
Dead girl pops up as lights switch off and on	Medium shot	Low angle	-
Sarah shaking	Close up	High angle	Handheld
Sarah shouting “Stop” several times	Big close up	Eye level/High angle	Handheld
Sarah tries to stand up	Medium Long	High angle	Steadicam
Dead girl screams as Sarah fall back down	Medium CU	Eye level	-
Sarah shouts “What do you want?”	Medium close up	Eye level	-
Objects get thrown towards her	Medium shot	Eye level	-
Sarah screams “Stop”	Medium Long	High angle	-
Sarah raises her head as everything goes silent	Close up	Eye level	-
TV turns on	Over the shoulder – Long shot	Eye level	-
Sarah’s face	Medium CU	Low angle	-
Dead girl standing and watching	Medium shot	Eye level	-
Dead girl jumps from TV to the living room as lights turn off and then on	Long shot	Low angle	-
Sarah becomes extremely scared and screams	Vertigo shot (Close up)	Eye level	-
Sarah tries to run	Medium Long	Eye level	-
Sarah trips + Lights turn off	Medium CU	High angle	-
Sarah uses a lighter/torch to see	Medium Long	Eye level	-
Sarah shines light towards herself	Medium CU	Eye level	Handheld
She hears nothing and takes a deep breath	Close up	Eye level	Handheld
Dead girl pops out of the dark and screams as camera pans around Sarah	Medium shot	Eye level	Steadicam
Lights turn back on and there is complete silence	Long shot	High angle	-
Blood still dripping from picture	Medium CU	Eye level	-
Blood drop	Extreme CU	Eye level	-
Blood dripping as Dead girl walks into room under the stairs	Long shot	Eye level	Focus pull