Shot List

shot list

Horse Scene

• Establishing shot of surrounding area 
• Medium Long shot of horses 
• Close up of horse
• variation of  Medium Close ups of Emily working with the horse
• tacking up the horse 
• Close up of Emily putting on costume (boots and jacket)
• Close up of the horse with tack on 
• Emily walking the horse into the school
• Close up of Emily getting on the mount block
• Close up of Emily getting onto the horse 
• Close up of stirrups
• close up of Emily Gathering the reins 
• low angle shot of the horse trotting
• Medium Shot of the horse trotting
• zooming out shot of the horse trotting away from the camera
• low angle shot of the horse cantering , picking up his pace
• medium shots of him cantering on different reins (different directions )
• medium shot of the horse going over the jump
• low angle shots of horse jumping different jumps as well as medium shots and close ups to mix together and to use for match on action
• dutch angle shot of horse jumping
• close up of horses feet trotting then cantering past the camera, emphasize the quickening spead
• long shot of the horse cantering toward the camera 

Ballet Scene

• Establishing shot of the dance hall
• Close up of Jazz putting on and tying up 
• Close up of Jazz walking up the steps onto the stage
• close up of ballet shoes while jazz is warming up (font, back and sides)
• medium shot of legs and feet warming up
• Close up of stretches 
• long shot of the start of the dance 
• Close up of feet doing specific moves
• Close up of the quickening speed
• Medium shot of the dance moves to show the quickening speed 
• low angle shot of jazz dancing toward the camera 
• Long shot of jazz jumping 
• Zoomed in shot of jumping 
• close up of Jazz's feet jumping  (matches horses movements)
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Cutting Rates

In class we have looked into cutting rates of scenes and how it can affect the audience.

cutting rate is a term for the amount of camera shots used in an amount of time or a scene.

This clip from Christopher Nolan's,' Batman The Dark Knight' we see The Joker chasing after Police cars and the black van that Harvey Dent is being protected in, after a few minutes into the scene we see that Batman joins this chase to stop The Joker. At approximately 3:13 minutes Batman arrives, and from this point the cutting rate of that scene speeds up significantly. This is when The Joker blows up the Bat mobile, so there are more camera shots added in a small amount of time so that the audience is aware of exactly what has happened, as well as the effect the event has had. A fast cutting rate contributes to building tension and the engagement of the audience.

However, a slow cutting rate can also increase tension for example in the context of a horror or jump scare film. It can create great anticipation for the audience making the viewers expect the worse of the situation and fear what is to come next. which is of course what you want from a jump scare horror film.

I can apply this knowledge of cutting rate effectively to my main task as a way of gripping and setting  a scene for my audience.