Shotlist for own opening

Shot	Time	Why
Establishing shot of the room	4 seconds	Using an establishing shot at the start lets the audience know what location you are at.
Match on action of main character coming through the door	4 seconds	Using a match on action creates a sense of continuity and draws the audience away from any cutting issues.
Tilt of main character	3 Seconds	Showing the characters full body introduces him for the main part and what he is wearing but we don’t see his face so it keeps his identity secret.
Tracking shot of man walking to his desk	3 seconds	A tracking shot is used commonly to explore a room and therefore this shot gives the viewers an idea of where the character has walked into.
Over the shoulder shot of man sitting at desk	2 seconds	This shot is used to see what the characters perspective is, of the files.
Shot of the files close up	2 seconds	This shot can be used to show what he is looking at. (criminals files)
Panning shot of around desk	3 seconds	Helps to establish the scene and location of him at the desk concentrating on the files.
Bird’s eye view shot of desk	3 seconds	Shows the main character flicking through the files
Point of view shot of desk, focuses on medicine.	3 seconds	Focuses on the medicine because it is an important part of the characters lifestyle.
Shot from desk looks at wall	2 seconds	This looks at the wall when it is blank, before he starts collecting information on the case
Shot of him pinning faces up	2 seconds	Start of his investigation
Time lapse of him walking up and down in front of the wall adding information to it.	5 seconds	Shows him getting stressed out and progressing with the case.
Shot of him sitting on floor taking his glasses off and throwing them. High angle	2 seconds	Backs up the idea he is getting stressed out.
Close up of a phone ringing	2 seconds	We see a close up of a phone ringing from an unknown caller, helps to create tension.
Close up of him answering the phone	3 seconds	Shows his facial expressions as he answers.
Medium shot of him up against the wall showing him talking to the man he is after with the background of all his work.	4 seconds	This shot shows all of his work he has been doing but it shows him talking to the man he needs. This is used for the majority of the conversation
Pan around the character	2-3 seconds	Shows the character as he puts the phone down and his body language.
Close up answering the phone	4 seconds	Gets a phone call and this time it is from an associate saying he needs to speak to the press. Shot shows his distress after just speaking to the criminal.
Close up shot of his feet walking up stairs	3 seconds	Shows him walking up the stairs to the podium where he does his speech to the press
Low angle shot of man talking	3-4 seconds	Shot goes up to the chin as we are still keeping his identity quite private.

 

Rhys Williams And Sam du Berry