Xav Sinden A2 Media: Shotlist

A2 Media short film shot list.

Opening sequence – Ecstasy of Gold – Train track

Black screen with the noise of a shovel being dragged across the train tracks.
We see the shovel from a wormhole view being dragged towards a line of people in the distance.
Side dolly shot ECU of the shovel
MCU of the man looking up and walking towards the fence.
Long shot from the group’s perspective of the man walk off of the rail way road.
Snap shots of each member of the groups face.
CU of his face walking
High angle panning around the group. Who start walking towards the man.
Mcu of the group stopping
Mcu of the man stopping
Side view establishing shot of all characters in a stand off at the end of the short, with the title between them.

SCENE 1- (Atmospheric joker music) – group are sitting around a table in a bar.

Close up of a member of the group putting a pint down.
Exposition establishing how the characters have gained the object with a slow pan around the table.
Exposition turns into irrelevant dialogue as we have traditional 180 degree close ups.
In the background we see a man walking up to the table. (Camera out of focus on the table leaning up.)
Close up of the individual faces of the characters reactions.
Shot with the killers back to the camera placing the shovel down and sitting down.
Pause.
Medium close up of killers face.
Introduces himself whilst grabbing a drink from one of the group.
Shots of confused characters
Prolonged shot of him telling the story, with a few shots of the characters reacting. When he mentions a precious thing that’s been stolen, close up of a group member pushing their bag under the table. As he gets more intense the camera dollies towards him further.
Pause.
One of the group chugs their drink down quickly and proclaims that they are leaving.
The camera follows a group member from behind whilst focusing on the killer saying fee fi fo fum.
Side shot of the bag as the group are leaving.
Shot of the waitress cleaning a glass.
POV shot of the killer walking up to the bar. And sitting down, putting the beer down.
Irrelevant dialogue with some meaning between the killer and the waiter.

SCENE 2 – stretch of road – 3 members of the group.

MCU of the group running towards a dollying camera, in a panic.
Close ups of three of the member’s faces running.
^ Intertwined with the psychopath getting into his car and driving away.
Shot of the group running over crossroads.
MCU dolly shot of the group running away from the camera.
High Angle Shot of the psycho driving down the road that the group was running down, and running out of petrol, on the crossroads.
ECU of the empty petrol sign.
Side shot of the psycho getting out of the car. Walking to the boot.
Wormhole shot of the man opening the boot. And grabs the shovel.
Back to the side shot of the man walking off with the shovel.
MCU of the man walking toward the camera away from the car
Long shot of the man walking away in the distance.

SCENE 3 - barn

Multiple side shots of the group’s legs running in different locations and then putting their bags down.
Long shot of the group sitting down from inside the barn.
As they start talking the camera slowly pans as they are asking themselves who the man is and why he starts chasing us.
Ali Leg starts to hurt as he screams out.
Cameron says “you know what, fuck this I’m done, we can’t just keep running away from this guy forever.”
Some one else says, “well what are we gonna do? He’s a psycho.”
Cameron, “I see a whole group of my friends, here in defiance of massacre. We have come to live as free men, and free men we are”
Someone Interrupts “and women”
He carries on… “ What will we do without freedom? Will you fight? Fight and you will die, run and you will live at least awhile. would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance, to come back here as young men and tell our enemies, that they may take our lives. “
Someone else says, “wait isn’t that brave heart?”
Cameron - “So? Shutup” “but they will NEVER”
Someone else again, “well its just not really relevant”
“Oh my god let me do this, Where was I? Urgh lets just go”
Montage of them kitting up. Last shot is Cameron clipping a helmet on.

Scene 4 – back to the stand off.

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