The Cask of Amontillado

Shot 1

Action description: Montresor & Fortunato walk down the stairs into the crypt. They stop and start to talk.

Framing: This is an establishing shot and a two shot since it shows a long shot of two people and shows the setting.

Angle: This from a high angle two show that they are at the bottom of the stairs.

Music/Sound: This would be non-diegetic sound and would be an ominous/eerie type of music.

Dialogue/Narration: There would not be any dialogue or narration in this scene.

Editing Techniques/Camera Movements: The camera would zoom in on the characters as they walk down the stairs.Lighting: This would have low key lighting coming from the torches on the walls and some moon light from behind them.

Shot 2Action description: Fortunato stops to talk to Montresor.

Framing: This is a close up of Fortunato.

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: Fortunato- “Where is the pipe?”

Editing Techniques/Camera Movements: The camera is stationary and this shot starts a shot-reverse-shot.Lighting: This is low key lighting from torches behind him and on his face.

Shot 3Action Description: Montresor turns and begins to respond to Fortunato.

Framing: This is a close up of Montresor.

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling. Dialogue/Narration: Montresor- “It is farther on, but observe the white webwork which gleams from these cavern walls.”

Editing Techniques/Camera Movements: The camera is stationary and continues the shot-reverse-shot and starts and eye-line-match.Lighting: This is low key lighting from torches behind him and on his face.

Shot 4Action description: The two characters look at the walls that have nitre on them.

Framing: This is an extreme close up on the nitre.

Angle: This is shot at eye level

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: There is no dialogue/narration in this shot.

Editing Techniques/Camera Movement: This is eye-line-match and the camera cuts from the previous shot to this shot. The camera is stationary.

Lighting: This is low key lighting from the side by torches.

Shot 5Action description: Fortunato looks back at Montresor and responds .

Framing: This is a close up of Fortunato.

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: “Nitre?”

Editing Techniques/Camera Movement: This continues the shot-reverse-shot and cuts from the last shot. The camera is stationary.

Lighting: This is low key lighting from the torches behind him and on his face.

Shot 6Action description: Montresor agrees and points at Fortunato as he starts to cough.

Framing: This is a close up of Montresor

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: Montresor- “Yes nitre. How long have you had that cough?”

Editing Techniques/Camera Movement: This continues the shot-reverse-shot. The camera is stationary.

Lighting: This is low key lighting from the torches behind him and on his face.

Shot 7

Action description: Fortunato is coughing for a while.

Framing: This is an extreme close up of Fortunato covering his mouth

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: Fortunato-coughing

Editing Techniques/Camera Movement: This continues the shot-reverse-shot. The camera is stationary.

Lighting: This is low key lighting from the torches behind him and on his face.

Shot 8Action description: Montresor points at the stairs and motions for Fortunato to follow him

Framing: This is a medium shot of Montresor pointing at the stairs

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: Montresor- “ Come, we will go back; your health is precious. You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy as once I was. You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter. We will go back; you will be ill and I cannot be responsible.” Fortunato- still coughing

Editing Techniques/Camera Movement: This continues the shot-reverse-shot. The camera is stationary.

Lighting: This is low key lighting from the torches behind him and on his face.

Shot 9Action description: Fortunato waves his arm as he finishes coughing to signal he does not want to go back.

Framing: This is a close up of Fortunato waving his arm.

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: Fortunato- “Enough; the cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough.”

Editing Techniques/Camera Movement: This continues the shot-reverse-shot. The camera is stationary.

Lighting: This is low key lighting from the torches behind him and on his face

Shot 10Action description: Montresor hands Fortunato a bottle of wine.

Framing: This is an extreme close up of Montresor giving Fortunato the wine.

Angle: This is shot at eye level.

Music/Sound: The sound would be a diegetic drop of water from the ceiling.

Dialogue/Narration: Montresor- “True – true, and, indeed, I had no intention of alarming you unnecessarily -- but you should use all proper caution. A draught of this Medoc will defend us from the damps, drink.”

Editing Techniques/Camera Movement: This continues the shot-reverse-shot. The camera is stationary.

Lighting: This is low key lighting from the torches behind the two.