Shot List for Midterm

Girl - in her twenties, wearing a light jacket and sweatpants with hair pulled back.

EST. APARTMENT COMPLEX

INT. APARTMENT LIVING ROOM- EARLY MORNING

Shot 1: Master Shot - WS; A light comes on in the bedroom
Shot 2: MS; We see her packing and picking up her luggage
Shot 3: CU of luggage and girl lifting it up

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EXT. IN THE CAR - SUNRISE

Shot 4: MS; We see the girl driving and the changing scenery
Shot 5-7: WS; We see the scenery, first a city in the morning,a town in the afternoon, and country at sunset

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EXT. CITY - EARLY EVENING

Shot 8: MS; We see the sunset as she drives through the country

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EXT. PARENT'S HOUSE - SUNSET

Shot 9: Master Shot, WS; her parents greeting the girl as she pulls up in her car

Shot 10: CU of her face in rearview mirror, MS tracking of her pulling up to the house

EXT. PARENT'S HOUSE - SUNSET - FLASHBACK

Shot 11: MS; Home video/ handheld shot of girl getting out of the car with parents greeting her.

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EXT. PARENT'S HOUSE - SUNSET - PRESENT DAY

Shot 12: WS, master shot; She gets out of the car alone
Shot 13: CU; she stands for a second, regarding the empty house.

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INT. PARENT'S HOUSE - EVENING - FLASHBACK

Shot 14: Master shot, WS; she enters the house from the hallway and goes towards the kitchen

Shot 15: MS tracking; She goes into the kitchen from the hallway

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INT. KITCHEN - EVENING - PRESENT DAY

Shot 16: WS, Master Shot; We see her walking into the kitchen alone.
Shot 17: MS; She sets her bags down by the counter
Shot 18: MS; she turns a light on near the sink.
Shot 19: MS; She goes up to the fridge and sees a note.
Shot 20: CU; She picks up the note.

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Shot 21: CU of note -

Have all the food you want, don't forget to take the birds out.

Much love,

Mom and Dad

Shot 22: MS; She sets it on the counter and looks in the fridge.

Shot 23: CU; She pulls out a container of leftovers, smells it, sighs, then sets it back.

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INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT

Shot 24: WS, master shot; We see her walking into the room.
Shot 25: MS; We see her walking towards the birds, then bending towards them.
Shot 26: Match on action; CU; She looks at the birds, unsure, and opens one of the cages.
Shot 27: CU of hand and bird; The bird bites her.
Shot 28: MS; She closes the cage quickly.

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INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Shot 29: Master Shot, WS; She looks around the room, holding her luggage.
Shot 30: MS; She sets her luggage down and sits on the bed.
Shot 31: MS; She sits with her arms and legs tight together, looking around the room.
Shot 32: CU; We see her eyes shifting in thought.

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INT. CHURCH - DAY

GIRL- Now wearing off-white dress

Shot 33: Master shot, WS; girl sits in the pew, her parents are beside her

Shot 34: CU; We see the girl sitting alone in a pew in the same position as on her bed in the previous scene.

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INT. CHURCH - DAY - FLASHBACK

Parents and girl in church attire

Shot 35: MS; We see her parents sitting in a white pew in the church.

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INT. CHURCH - DAY - PRESENT DAY

Shot 36: Master Shot, WS; We see her walking along a hallway in the church

Shot 37: WS, tracking; We see her wandering through the church looking at the stained glass windows.
Shot 38: CU; She stares at an imposing image of Jesus in one of the windows, then backs up.
Shot 39: MS, match-on-action; She backs up a little then turns to the door.
Shot 40: WS; She opens the front doors of the church to bright sunlight.

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EXT. BEACH - DAY

Shot 41: WS, Master Shot; We see the girl walking along the beach and her parents walking in front of her. She watches the seagulls and looks at the sand

Shot 42: MS, tracking; We see her walking along the beach
Shot 43: CU; We see her watching the seagulls
Shot 44: MS; seagulls fighting and playing
Shot 45: Bust Shot; She folds her arms and looks at the sand
Shot 46: MS; she looks at the sand as she walks.

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EXT. BEACH - DAY - FLASHBACK

Shot 47: master shot, WS; We see her parents walking along the sand and out of view.

Shot 48: WS, home video; We see her parents walking ahead of her.
Shot 49: MS-CU, tracking, handheld; We see a shaky camera shot running up the the parents. They smile into the camera and continue walking.

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EXT. BEACH - DAY - PRESENT DAY

Shot 50: WS, master shot; We see her walking alone again.
Shot 51: MS; She sits on the sand watching the waves.

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INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

GIRL- in casual attire

Shot 52: Master shot, WS; She walks into the living room
Shot 53: MS; sits on the burgundy couch.
Shot 54: CU; She sits upright, then leans a little forward with arms folded on her knees while looking into the sunroom.

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INT. SUNROOM - DAY - FLASHBACK

Shot 55: master shot, WS; we see her parents in the sunroom, the dad playing and the mom relaxing in a chair by the window.

Shot 56: MS, handheld; Her dad plays with the dog on the floor
Shot 57: CU, handheld; Her mom sits calmly by a window flooded with light.
Shot 58: CU, handheld; The dog tries to play with the camera.

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INT. DINING ROOM - EVENING

Shot 59: master shot, WS; She enters the dining room and looks at the birds.
Shot 60: MS; She opens the cage hesitantly.
Shot 61: CU; The bird comes out calmly.
Shot 62: MS; the bird flies away.
Shot 63: MS; She watches the doorway where the bird flew
Shot 64: MS, The bird flies through the doorway and lands on top of it's cage, watching her.

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INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Shot 65: WS, master shot; She walks towards the bed slowly, looking around the room at her old things.
Shot 66: MS; She goes up to the mirror instead.
Shot 67: CU, tracking; As she moves closer, we see her eyes shift, almost in fright.
Shot 68: POV; We see in the mirror a reflection of herself holding a videocamera.
Shot 69: OTS, handheld; We see both her and her reflection

Cut to black.