Dolls Domain - Shot List

Our Original Shot List:

1. Fade in double shot of dolls.
(chalkboard credit)
2. Jump shot to dolls house
3. zoom to a hand playing with toys.
(Chalkboard credit)
4. Jump shot to single shot- close up of doll 1.
(chalkboard credit)
5. Jump shot to hand playing with tea cups
(chalkboard credit)
6. Jump shot to single shot close up of doll 2.
(Chalkboard credit)
7. Jump shot to doll house
8. close up of dolls toys- dead.
(Chalkboard credit)
9. Quick jump shot to extreme close up of dolls eyes.
(Chalkboard title)
10. Fade in to Forrest shot.
11. Hand held shot of back of someone running.
12. Floor level shot of someones feet running.
13. Close up of quick head turn.
14. Pull zoom shot from tree to feet.
15. Fade to black.

- It is important for our cast and production to have a shot list at bay in order to keep the production running smoothly, if there were to be any confusions on set as to what to do next, the planning process of including a shot list helps to clear this up.
- Shot lists are crucial in making sure that the filming process runs smoothly and is well organised.
- When it does come to the filming process, the use of a shot list will make everything much more straightforward and insure that everything will go to plan - acting almost as a guide for us. This will be beneficial as it will save us time, everything will be pre planned and set out in order. Time is important for us as if shots need to be refilmed etc, the use of the shot list ensures that we will be able to do so, to make sure that we are getting every shot to its full potential.

Our Updated Shot List:

 However when we came to editing the media product, it became too repetitive, therefore we decided to change it around to fit better. This meant, instead of having two clips the clipboard credit, two clips the chalkboard credit and so forth. Furthermore, we decided to cut out the running in the Forrest scene of the easing into the actual story-line. Our reason behind this was because after we had filmed the forest scenes and edited them together, it didn't form a horror genre film, it made it appear more action genre- not what we wanted to create. Therefore we just decided to scrap the whole idea and extend the creepy doll idea for the whole opening. This also meant we would have to rearrange the order because we didn't have that many credits to fill the gaps after every two clips.  This was much better because it meant we could build up that tension and atmosphere much easier. Below is the updated version of the shot list.


This was taken from Fern Disney's Blog as she was responsible for the editing process.