shot list

Shot List Scene Shot Description Element 1 1 Medium shot. Dad’s

waist up with a little background showing to see the context of the setting.

Background: Leaning against brick building Character: Dad

1 2 Close up. Dad talks on the phone with his wife.

Character: Dad

2 1 Over the shoulder. Long Shot. As dad walks into the Alley.

Background: Dark Alley with lots of trash cans. Character: Dad

2 2 Close up on his face. Character: Dad

2 3 Medium shot. Follow dad further into Alley.

Character: Dad

2 4 2 shot. Long shot. See the two groups of gangsters.

Background: Dark Alley with the two groups of gangsters pointing guns at each other. Character: Head Gangster #1, Head Gangster #2

2 5 Medium shot. See one of the gangsters shoot the gun toward the camera where the dad is.

Character: Gangster

2 6 Extreme close up. With dad screaming from the pain.

Character: Dad

2 7 Long shot. All the gangsters scrambling away.

Character: Head Gangster 1, Head Gangster 2

3 1 Over the shoulder. Long shot. Tony walking into the Alley.

Background: Alley Character: Tony

3 2 Medium shot. Tony throwing his bag over his shoulder.

Character: Tony

3 3 Extreme close up. Tony wipes sweat off his forehead.

Character: Tony

3 4 Over shoulder. Medium shot. Continues walking into Alley.


3 5 Over shoulder. High Angle shot. Tony sees his dad lying on the ground.

Background: Alley Character: Tony, Dad

3 6 Over shoulder. Medium shot. Tony drops his bag and starts running.


3 7 Close up. Tony throws himself on top of his dad.

Character: Tony, Dad

3 8 Extreme close up. Tony lying on dad sobbing.

Character: Tony, Dad

4 1 Close up. Tony’s eyes open.

Character: Tony

4 2 Medium shot. Tony rolls over and looks at the clock and then pulls his covers back over his head.

Background: Messy desk where the clock is and covers all over the place. Character: Tony

4 3 Medium shot. Tony lying in bed listening to mom yelling.

Background: Messy room. Character: Tony, Natalie

4 4 Close up. Rolls out of bed.

Character: Tony

4 5 Medium shot. picks up a sweatshirt off the floor.

Character: Tony

4 6 Close up. Tony smells the sweatshirt.

Character: Tony

4 7 Medium shot. Low angle. Tony puts the sweatshirt on.

Character: Tony

4 8 Long shot. Tracks Tony as he walks over to the other side of the room.

Background: Messy room Character: Tony

4 9 High Angle. Over the shoulder shot. Throws some books in his backpack.

Character: Tony

4 10 Medium shot. Tony swings the backpack over his shoulder.

Character: Tony

4 11 Medium shot. Tracks Tony leaving his room.

Background: Messy room Character: Tony

4 12 High Angle. Over the shouler shot. Tony stomps downstairs.

Background: Steps Character: Tony

4 13 2 shot. Long shot. Background: Clean, modern, kitchen. Character: Tony, Natalie

4 14 Over the Shoulder. Behind Tony looking at mom.

Character: Mom

4 15 Over the shoulder. Behind the Mom looking at Tony.

Character: Tony

4 16 Over the shoulder. Behind Tony looking at mom.

Character: Mom

4 17 Medium. Low angel shot on Tony.

Character: Tony

4 18 Close up. Moms upset face.

Character: Mom

4 19 Close up. Walks out the front door and slams it in his moms face.

Character: Tony

4 20 Close up. Mom’s sad face.

Character: Natalie

5 1 Over shoulder shot. Long shot. Walking up stairs into school.

Background: Brick school building Character: Tony

5 2 Extreme close up. Looking at his hand opening the doors to the school.

Character: Tony

5 3 Medium shot. Walking to locker.

Background: Empty hallway Character: Tony

5 4 Close up. Tony reaching for locker.

Character: Tony

5 5 Close up. On his hands fidgeting with the lock.

Character: Tony

5 6 Low angle. Close up on tony opening the locker and pulling out some books.

Character: Tony

5 7 Medium shot. Tony slamming the locker shut.

Character: Tony

5 8 Over shoulder. Medium shot. Walks across the hall, opens the door and walks into class. He walks to his seat and sits down.

Background: Kids in class room sitting quietly in desks Character: Tony

5 9 2 shot. Long shot. Shows boy and teacher.

Background: Classroom with kids staring at Tony Character: Teacher, Tony

5 10 Over the shoulder shot from teachers point of view. Looking at Tony.

Character: Tony

5 11 Close up. Tony answering the teacher.

Character: Tony

5 12 Close up. Teacher talking to Tony.

Character: Teacher

5 13 Close up. Low angle. Looking up at Tony.

Character: Tony

Medium shot. Focusing on Matt leaning over to whisper to Tony.

Character: Tony, Matt

5 12 Close up. Tony answering Matt.

Character: Tony

5 13 Close up: Matt whispering back.

Character: Matt

5 14 Close up. Tony answering back rudely.

Character: Tony

5 15 Over the shoulder. Looking at Matt.

Character: Matt

5 16 Close up. Tony answering with anger.

Character: Tony

5 17 2 shot. Both finishing the conversation.

Character: Tony, Matt

5 18 Long shot. The bell rings and you see all the kids rush out of class and Tony stay still.

Background: Classroom Character: Tony, Teacher, Matt

5 19 2 shot. Medium shot. Matt nods his head at Tony and Tony doesn’t seem to acknowledge it.

Background: Classroom Character: Tony, Matt

5 20 Medium shot. Tracking towards Tony. The teacher shuts the door and walks over to Tony.

Character: Teacher

5 21 Close up. Teacher talking to Tony.

Character: Teacher

5 22 Close up. Tony answering the teacher.

Character: Tony

5 23 Close up. Teacher talking back to Tony.

Character: Teacher

5 24 Close up. Tony talking back to teacher.

Character: Tony

5 25 Behind shoulder of teacher. Point of view of Teacher.

Character: Tony

5 26 Close up. Tony getting defensive.

Character: Tony

5 27 Close up. Teacher sympathetic look.

Character: Teacher

5 28 Close up. Tony still defensive

Character: Tony

5 29 2 shot. Teacher talking.

Character: Tony, Teacher

5 30 Close up. Tony gets up from his desk aggressively.

Character: Tony

5 31 Medium shot. Tracking shot follows him until he walks out the door.

Character: Tony

5 32 Close up. Tony slaming the door shut in his teachers face.

Character: Tony

6 1 Medium shot. Tilting up to follow Tony’s mom walking upstairs into Tonys room.

Background: White walls with family pictures on them Character: Natalie

6 2 Long shot. Tracking shot. Following mom cleaning Tony’s room.

Background: Tony’s messy room Character: Natalie

6 3 Close up. Natalie picks Tony’s sheets up from the floor.

Character: Natalie

6 4 High Angle. Medium shot. Natalie making Tony’s bed

Character: Natalie

6 5 Close up. Tracking Natalie picking up clothes off the floor and throwing them in the basket.

Character: Natalie

6 6 Close up. Natalies hand picking a pair of jeans up.

Character: Natalie

6 7 Over the shouler shot. Mom walking out of the room

Character: Natalie

6 8 Medium shot. Tilt following the mom back downstairs.

Background: White walls with family pictures on them Character: Natalie

6 9 Close up. Low angel. Looking up at mom walking down the stairs.

Character: Natalie

6 10 Medium shot. Mom walking through door to laundry room.

Character: Natalie

6 11 Extreme close up. Looking through Point of View of the mom. Can see her hands throwing laundry in the washing machine. Pulls out things from Tony’s pocket. Finds a wad of 20 dollar bills.

Character: Natalie

6 12 Close up. Zoom out to see Tony’s moms worried face.

Character: Natalie

6 13 Medium shot. Tracking left watching her walk to the kitchen. Grabs all the things she found in his pockets and brings it to the kitchen with her.

Character: Natalie

6 14 Extreme close up. Natalie’s hand setting all the things down on the kitchen counter.

Character: Natalie

7 1 Medium shot. Over the shoulder. See Natalie making dinner and Tony’s back as he walks in the kitchen.

Background: Clean Kitchen Character: Natalie, Tony

7 2 Close up. Natalie asks Tony a question.

Character: Natalie

7 3 Close up. Mom chopping vegetables.

Character: Natalie

7 4 Close up. Looking at Tony answering his mom.

Character: Tony

7 5 Medium shot. Low angel looking up at the mom and Tony’s conversation.

Character: Natalie, Tony

7 6 Close up. Money sitting on kitchen counter.

7 7 Close up. Tony’s face trying to come up with a good lie.

Character: Tony

7 8 Close up. Low angel. Looking at mom

Character: Natalie

7 9 Behind shoulder. Looking at Tony

Character: Tony

7 10 2 shot. Medium shot. Mom finishes conversationg.

Character: Tony, Natalie

8 1 Long shot. Classroom when bell rings.

Character: Tony

8 2 Medium shot. Tracking left. Tony walking past his locker out of school.

Character: Tony

8 3 High Angle. Medium shot. Tony walking fast to the football stadium and under the bleachers.

Character: Tony

8 1 Medium shot. 2 shot. The boy walking up to Tony.

Background: Bleachers Character: Tony, Boy

8 2 Close up. Tony talking.

Character: Tony

8 3 Close up: Boy talking Character: Boy

8 4 Low angel. Close up. Looking at Tony.

Character: Tony

8 5 Close up. Looking at boy.

Character: Boy

8 6 Extreme close up. Tony’s upset face.

Character: Tony

8 7 2 shot. Medium shot. Them arguing back and forth.

Character: Tony, Boy

8 9 Extreme close up. Boy pulling more money out of his pocket.

Character: Boy

8 10 Medium shot. Tony walks away

Background: The boy walking the opposite direction and the bleachers Character: Tony, Boy

8 11 High angle. Tony walking away and getting further and further away from bleachers.

Background: Bleachers Character: Tony

9 1 Close up. Point of view of Tony. Sitting in class writing in his notepad. Hear the announcement of the principal.

Character: Tony, Principal

9 2 Extreme close up. Looking at the loud speaker.

9 3 Close up. Tony gathering his things.

Character: Tony

9 4 Medium shot. Tracking right. Tony walking out the door.

Charchter: Tony

10 5 Close up. Low angle. Point of view of Tony. See his hand opening the office door.

Character: Tony, Cops

10 6 Point of view of Tony. See three cops standing there.

Character: Cops, Tony

10 7 Extreme close up. Tony sees a dog, weed, and bottles of pills.

Character: Tony

10 8 Medium shot. Showing cops. One telling him to sit down.

Charchter: Tony, Cops

10 9 Close up. Tony sitting down with his head faced to the floor.

Character: Tony

10 10 Medium shot. Cop walking around tony.

Background: Office furniture Character: Cop

10 11 Close up. Cop looking down at drugs.

Character: Cop

10 12 Close up. Tony whineing.

Character: Tony

10 13 Close up. Cop talking Character: Tony

10 14 Long shot. Everyone in view.

Character: Tony, Cops, Principal

10 15 Medium shot. Cop patting down Tony.

Background: The other cops and principal Character: Tony, Cop

10 16 Close up. Cop pulling the wad of money out of Tonys pocket and holding it up.

Character: Cop

10 17 Medium shot. 2. Shot. Zoom out back on both the Cop and tony.

Character: Tony, Cop

10 18 Close up. Tony puts his head in his hands.

Character: Tony

10 19 Close up. Cop talking to Tony.

Character: Cop

10 20 Close up. Tony looks up with a worried look on his face and starts babbling about his mom.

Character: Tony

10 21 Medium shot. Tony stands up and turns toward the door.

Background: Office and other cops and Principal. Character: Tony

10 22 2 shot. Medium shot. The cop grabs his wrist and slaps handcuffs on him.

Background: Office Character: Tony, Cop

10 23 Medium shot. Tracking left. Cop walks Tony out the door down the hall to the front of the school.

Background: Empty hallway Character: Tony

10 24 Long shot. High Angle shot. See the cop walk Tony down the front steps into the cop car.

Background: The school Character: Tony

10 25 Medium shot. Cop pushing Tony’s head down into the car.

Background: The school Character: Tony, Cop

10 26 Extreme Close up. Tony’s sad look through the window.

Character: Tony

11 1 Close up. Mom sitting at kitchen table looking at prescription drugs.

Character: Natalie

11 2 Medium shot. Phone rings and mom gets up to answer the phone.

Character: Natalie

11 3 Extreme Close Up. On the phone gets a worried look on her face.

Character: Natalie, Cop(Out of Camera)

11 4 Extreme Close Up. High angel. Sets the phone down and starts to cry.

Character: Natalie

12 1 Extreme Close Up. Natalie crying.

Character: Natalie

12 2 Long shot. Zoom out. Natalie still crying.

Background: doctors office Character: Natalie

12 3 Medium shot. Over the shoulder. Seeing doctor talk to Natalie.

Background: doctors office Character: Natalie, Doctor

12 4 Close up. Natalie crying.

Character: Natalie

12 5 2 shot. Medium shot. Both of them talking

Background: Doctors office Character: Natalie, Doctor

12 6 Over the shoulder. Behind Natalie looking at doctor talking.

Character: doctor

12 7 Close up. Natalie talking.

Character: Natalie

12 8 Close up. Low angle. Doctor talking and shaking his head.

Character: Doctor

13 1 Establishing shot. Looking at house with car pulls in the driveway.

Background: Neighborhood, house

13 2 Medium shot. Natalie walking in door.

Character: Natalie


Character: Tony

13 4 Close up. Mom talking.

Character: Natalie

13 5 High Angle. Medium shot. Tony talking

Character: Tony

13 6 Low angle. Close up. Mom talking

Character: Natalie


Character: Tony

13 8 2 shot. Wide shot. Both arguing.

Background: Living Room Character: Tony, Natalie

13 9 Extreme Close up. Natalie sighing.

Character: Natalie

14 1 Behind the shoulder shot. Tracking shot following Natalie and Tony into the hospital.

Background: Hospital Character: Natalie, Tony

14 2 Medium shot. Natalie talking to clerk and Tony standing next to her.

Background: Waiting room Character: Tony, Natalie, Clerk

14 3 Close up. Tony talking to Natalie.

Character: Tony

14 4 Close up. Natalie talking to Tony

Character: Natalie


Character: Tony


Character: Natalie


Character: Tony


Character: Natalie

14 9 Long shot. See Tony and Natalie sitting in waiting room and Nurse walks in.

Character: Natalie, Tony, Nurse

14 10 Close up. Nurse calls their names.

Character: Nurse

14 11 Long shot. Tracking shot Tony and Natalie following the nurse into an operating room.

Background: Hospital Hallway Character: Natalie, Tony, Nurse

14 12 Medium shot. Tony and Natalie waiting in the room and doctor walks in.

Character: Natalie, Tony, Doctor

14 13 Close up. Doctor in doorway.

Character: Doctor

14 14 Medium shot. Natalie talking to doctor.

Character: Natalie

14 15 Medium shot. Natalie looking at Tony and smiles.

Character: Natalie, Tony

14 16 Close up. Doctor talking.

Character: Doctor

14 17 Close up. Tony walking out the door.

Character: Tony

15 1 Medium shot. Waiting room. Tony sitting anxiously.

Background: Waiting room Character: Tony

15 2 Extreme Close up. Tony with a nervous look.

Character: Tony

15 3 Medium shot. Waiting room doctor walks in.

Background: Wainting room Character: Doctor

15 4 Medium shot. Tony walking over to doctor.

Character: Tony

15 5 Close up. Doctor talking to Tony.

Character: Tony

15 6 Medium shot. High angle. Tony and doctor talking.

Character: Tony, Doctor

15 7 Long shot. Zoom out. Tony on his knees crying.

Character: Tony

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