Thursday, March 5, 2026

Planning: Story Board/ Shot List

 Hey guys! Welcome back to my blog. Today I will be discussing my story board and shot list for the film. These two things are very important to ensure that everything goes well when filming and that everything is organized so let's get started!

Shot List

I want to start off with the shot list because the storyboard is basically the shot list, just with visuals. I honestly never write shot lists for the films I work on but I think a shot list for this film would be important especially for the match cut scene in the beginning.

Scene 1

Opening shot: Push in wide pov shot of looking through the bathroom of Jessi getting ready for school

Cut to: Over the shoulder mid shot on the right, of the mirror showing Jessi applying her make up.

Transition: Pan shot of the camera moving to the left going behind Jessi's head transitioning in to the back of Jackson's head continuing the pan until you see and over the shoulder mid shot looking in to Jackson's mirror.

Cut to: Static mid shot of Jackson fixing his hair in the mirror. He then turns around to open the door

Cut: Close up shot of Jackson's hand on the door handle opening the door

Cut to: Handheld tracking shot of Jessi opening the door of her bathroom, entering her bedroom.

Cut to: Static mid shot of her entering her closet facing the front of her. She reaches over the camera and grabs a shirt then turns around and walks to her bed.

Cut to: Pan of Jessi throwing her shirt on the bed facing the front of her.

Transition: Match cut to a static shot mid shot of Jackson's shirt landing on his bed.

Cut to: Mid shot of Jackson putting on his shirt and opening the door to leave his room.

Transition: Static mid shot of Jessi opening the door to leave her room.

Cut to: Static mid shot of Jessi walking towards another door in her house.

Cut to: Close up to Jessi's face as she opens the door

Cut to: Close up of Jessi's hand on the door handle opening the door

Cut to: Pov shot looking through the door crack at her grandmother in bed.

Cut to: Close up of Jessi's smile at her grandmother then her carefully closing the door

Cut to: Mid shot of Jessi closing the door from outside of the room. Then Jessi walks pass the camera and the camera pans to follow her where she stops and writes a note on the counter.

Transition: High angle close up shot of the note Jessi wrote that fades into a note on a counter in Jackson's house. Jackson reaches for the note and picks it up

Cut to: Mid shot from the side of Jackson reading the note then rolling his eyes, crumbling it up, and throwing  it away.

Cut to: Handheld tracking shot of Jackson's hand grabbing his bag and leaving his house

Cut to: Wide static shot of  Jessi walking through the entrance of her school. Pan to Jackson also walking into the school

Scene 2

Fade in: Static long shot of Jessi at her teachers door.

Cut to: Over the shoulder of the teacher

Cut to: Over the shoulder of Jessi

Cut to: Static close up of Jessi's face

Cut to: Static mid shot of Jessi walking away

Cut to: Static wide shot of Jackson and his friends walking the hallway when Jessi bumps into Jackson

Cut to: Random movement following Jessi's books to the floor.

Cut to: Close up over the shoulder of Jessi picking up the her papers and books.

Cut to: Over the shoulder close up of Jackson helping her

Cut to: Close up of their hands meeting when picking up a book.

Cut to: Close up of their eyes meeting

Cut to: Close up of Jessi's hand quickly snatching her book from Jackson.

Cut to: Close up of Jackson's reaction

Cut to: Boom close up following Jessi stand up to go to class

Cut to: Boom close up of Jackson also standing up.

Cut to: Wide static shot of Jackson's friends

Cut to: Mid shot of Jessi rolling her eyes then walking away

Cut to: Close up of Jackson looking at Jessi as she walks away

Cut to: Wide Long shot of Jessi continuing to walk away.

Fade out

Making the shot list taught me a lot about how I wanted the scenes to play out. It helped me visualize every single movement and shot and really helped me organize my thoughts. I will definitely be using a shot list for every film I create now. That's all I have for today, in the next post I'll be making the sotry board so stay tuned! Byeee!



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