SHOTS, SHOTS, SHOTS

Cinematography! Oh I love it! It's what you see and you can be so very creative. Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubeszki, Roger Deakins, Gregg Toland, Conrad Hall, and The Prince of Darkness Gordon Willis to name some of my favorite cinematographers. Overall, this is what you see and it is one of the most important jobs. This will present the story and drive it forward. This is what entertains the audience and makes them satisfied. Everybody has their own styles. Very basic to very complex, but the only unbreakable rule is: ALWAYS SIMPLE AND ALWAYS CLEAR. That goes everything. The director is charge of the WHY for the cinematographer is in charge of the HOW. 

With our film, the cinematograpy will be compromised with two long shots that will navigate in the world of our main protogonist. The first one will be a simple push in to a computer. It starts with a Medium Shot of Frankie waking up. He gets in the frame, which uses the visual comedy as advantage. He gets out and the camera pushes in to computer. This simple push in to the computer represents the double life of a high school loser and YouTube celebrity. We then cut into title sequence, showing both lives. This sequence represents the YouTube celebrity ego with YouTube being the template for the sequence. The title of the film is shown in the main video. Suddenly, the camera pulls back and starts a long take showing various people watching the videos that the YouTube celebrity made. It then goes to the bully scene. This in turn will navigate back into the high school loser. This scene is compromised with a high angle showing billitering and a low angle to show intimidation. An over the shoulder shot to show dialogue and close ups to connect with the character. 

Here is the shot list: 

1. Int. Bedroom. Day
2. Montage
3. School

1A. WS. Out of focused bedroom, FRANKIE getting up from bed, entering the frame. He yawns and then the alarm sounds. This really wakes him up as a song plays making him get up. He exits the frame. Focused. PUSH INTO a computer with YouTube as the website. As we get nearer, the song gets louder. As the beat drops, we cut to the montage.

1B. WS. YouTube Page

2B. CU. Search Bar

3B. MS/BOOM DOWN. Related Videos

4B. MS. YouTube Video with Title. Background out of focused.

1C. CU. YouTube Video. Pull back to reveal video on smartphone and people walking. Follow people to fight.

2C. MS. FRANKIE entering frame. EDDIE punches him to the ground

3C. MS/Low Angle. EDDIE and EMMA

4C. MS/High Angle. FRANKIE

5C. OS. EMMA

6C. OS. EDDIE

7C. CU. EMMA walking away

8C. MS. FRANKIE getting up

9C. CU. Mask is falling down

10C. WS. FRANKIE walking away

11C. CU. Mask on ground, but two feet mysteriously enter the frame