Perfect Imperfections: May 2013

Shot No.	Scene No.	Shot		Movement	Description of Action
Shot No.	Scene No.	Type	Angle	Movement	Description of Action
1	1	Macro	straight	Pan Right	Pan right from blurry background to a macro shot of a cigarette being burned. Intro titles play against blurry background. When the camera ends on the macro shot of the cigarette, the cigarette should only take up half the frame so the title can appear on the other side of the cigarette. He then exhales and move to a closer shot.
2	1	Macro	straight	Still	Macro of just Chad’s mouth calling out to Christen.
3	1	OTS	Wide	Still/PAN	Chad is in focus and takes up half the frame, Erin is in her underwear and topless turns around out of focus. Erin is walking away and takes up the other half just behind Chad’s shoulder. “Who’s Christen?” Chad mouths the word “fuck” as he realizes his mistake. Camera then pans to where Chad now takes up the entire frame and responds. “Some Chick.” Chad finishes his cigarette and begins to put it out.
4	1	Close up	straight	Still	Chad’s hand putting the cigarette out in ash tray.
5	1	Macro	straight	Still	Macro shot of cigarette smoke rising from ash tray in slow motion. Flash back starts as he narrates over the rising smoke.
1	2	Wide	straight	Still	Wide establishing shot of the two on a bench at the zoo. A possible jib shot. (Forrest Gump bench shot.)
2	2	Med. Wide	straight	Still	Christen and Chad are at the zoo sitting on a bench. They turn to each other and smile, while she is still smiling towards Chad, he turns his attention the camera. “Let me start over.”
1	3	Macro	straight	Still	Macro of cigarette being lit. The lighter is a good transition from bench.
2	3	Med. Shot	Side	Pan right	Chad is sitting down writing. “I’m diagnosed with…”
3	3	Med. Wide	Straight through fish tank	Still	Chad is shown on the other side of the fish tank as he continues to write as he narrates. “A condition causing…”
4	3	Close up	straight	Still/maybe a pan up	Close up on Chad as he tries to focus. He puts his hands on his head trying to focus. “Inattention...”
5	3	Macro	straight	still	Macro of pencil against paper. “Hyperactivity…”
6	3	Close up	above	still	Chad stops and crumples up the piece of paper in aggravation. “and impulsiveness.”
7	3	Close up	straight	still	Close up of Chad’s face. As he talks about inattention everything slowly begins to loose focus.
8	3	Wide	Straight	Still	Chad gets up and begins to pace back and forth. Slowly everything begins to move in fast motion as he talks about hyperactivity.
9	3	Wide	High	Pan left	Chad walks in fast motion as the camera pans through apartment.
10	3	Med.	Straight	still	Chad begins to watch T.V in fast motion.
11	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on T.V in fast motion as different shows come on and as Chad changes the Channel. All shows symbolize his and Christen’s disorders.
12	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on Chad in fast motion as he watches T.V. and fidgets. “I’m not the only impulsive one.” Suddenly a knock occurs and Chad snaps back in real time and turns towards the door. This is instant and the knock stops the fast motion sequence.
11	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad unlocks lock #1
12	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad unlocks lock #2
13	3	Close up	Straight	still	Chad unlocks lock #3
14	3	Close up	Straight	still	Chad unlocks lock #4
15	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of Christen’s mouth as she chews gum.
16	3	OTS wide	Straight	Still	Over Chad’s shoulder, door opens to reveal Christen.
17	3	Wide close	Low	Still	Christen reaches into her pocket to grab hermit crabs out.
18	3	Wide med.	Straight	Still	Christen shoves two hermit crabs into Chad’s face, this is where freeze frame occurs. “This is Christen”
19	3	Wide close	Straight	Still	Wide close on hermit crabs.
20	3	Close up fish-eye	Straight	still	POV from hermit crabs. Chad says “where did you get those?”
21	3	Med. wide	Straight	still	Christen comes in. “I stole them…”
22	3	Close	Straight	Still	Chad reaction “I found this odd…”
23	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad locks lock #1
24	3	Close up	Straight	still	Chad locks lock #2
25	3	Close up	straight	still	Chad locks lock #3
26	3	Close up	straight	still	Chad locks lock #4
27	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Christen opens cabinet to get a jar. From inside the cabinet maybe.
28	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of crabs being put in jar. Chad from distance “Who does that?”
29	3	Med.	Straight	Still	Chad stares at Christen and then checks his watch
30	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of watch. (This shot will probably not be used due to the fact it is important for the audience to see what time it actually is.)
31	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on Chad as he asks “What are you doing home…?”
32	3	Med. wide	straight	Hand held	Christen turns around, “Fuck him….”
33	3	Med.	straight	Still	Chad’s reaction shot to Christen’s response, “Um ok…?
34	3	Close up	straight	still	Close up of jar being put on the table.
35	3	Med.	Straight	Still	Christen sitting on a spinney chair, she spins as she talks in a playful manner.
36	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad watches Christen spins.
37	3	OTS	Straight	Still	She stops spinning suddenly when she gets angry and says “This one bitch…”
38	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on Chad zoning out as he rolls his eyes.
39	3	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on Christen’s mouth saying “Blah, blah, blah, blah.
40	3	Med.	Straight	Still	Med. Shot of Chad zoned out. Everything begins to become unfocused.
41	3	Med.	Straight	Still	Christen begins to become blurry until she becomes so blurry it fades to white.
1	4	Wide	Straight	Still/follow	Blank white background, Chad enters scene. Camera follows him as he talks about Christen’s disorder. He stops and pulls down a projector of Christen’s mood swings.
2	4	Close med.	Straight	Still	Close shot of projector of Christen having mood swings against a colored background that represents a feeling.
3	4	Wide	Straight	Follow/pan right	Chad pulls up projector and continues to walk, he then pushes the camera into the next scene. Pan to right.
1	5	Wide	Straight	Pan left	Pan from left. Camera turns to Christen painting with head phones, Chad narrates “Now…”
2	5	OTS	Straight	Still	Over the shoulder of Christen painting happily while she rocks side to side and hums.
3	5	Close Pan	Straight	Pan	Cut to pan of paintings. Depending on the mood the painting was painted in audio from the emotion the painting was painted in will play.
4	5	Back Med.	Back	Still maybe a pan	Back Med. Of Christen paining
5	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
6	5	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on Christen’s face as she paints
7	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
8	5	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of brush being dipped in yellow paint
9	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
10	5	Macro	Straight	still	Macro of brush being dipped in red paint.
11	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
12	5	Macro	Straight	still	Macro of brush being dipped in blue paint.
13	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
14	5	Close up wide	Straight	Still	Close up of Christen’s eyes as she paints.
15	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
16	5	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of paint brush against the canvas.
17	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
18	5	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on Christen’s face as she hums and paints.
19	5	Close pan	Straight	Pan	Same as shot 3.
20	5	Close up/ close up pan	Straight	Pan/still	Close up on Christen’s face cut back and forth really fast to pan and to her face until we reach the last painting.
21	5	Close up pan	Straight	Pan	We end on the last painting of the eyes crying.
22	5	Dolly/glide cam	Straight	Dolly out	Start from the painting that she is painting the dolly out of the room. Door slams after camera is out of the room. The door then floats away into the blackness.
23	5	Wide	Straight	Still	Chad walks into black frame. “Further more…” At this time Christen’s voice begins to fade in. “Chad?!” Chad looks around.
1	6	Med.	Straight	Still	Tilt down, blurry Christen begins to fade in along with her audio.
2	6	Med.	Straight	Still	Med. On Chad. Chad snaps into reality and everything is in focus. “Yea I get that a lot.”
1	7	Close up	Straight	still (Split screen up-down)	“A lot of ups” Close up of Chad and Christen making out at night under the light outside my apartment. If possible film from the bottom of the stairs up. Make sure to give enough negative space so it can be cropped in post.
2	7	Close up	Straight	still (Split screen up-down)	“A lot of downs” The two face to face fighting under the same light. Leave enough negative space below them for post.
3	7	Wide Close up	Straight	Still (Split screen up-down)	Close up of Christen’s bra strap as Chad’s hands reach around to unhinge it. Leave enough negative space for post.
4	7	Close up	Straight	Still (Split screen up-down)	Close up of Chad yelling at Christen.
5	7	Close Med.	Straight	Still (Split screen left-right)	Chad and Christen having sex against a wall. Chad’s back is exposed. Christen has her legs wrapped around Chad.
6	7	OTS	Straight	Still (Split screen left-right)	Over Chad’s shoulder as Christen yells at him. Leave enough negative space on the left for post.
7	7	Wide full	Straight	Still (Split screen left-right)	Chad is making out with Christen against a wall in an alleyway at night. Leave enough negative space on the right for post.
8	7	Wide full	Straight	Still (Split screen left-right)	Chad and Christen fighting. Chad leaves and slams door. The door slam signals the next split screen. Leave enough negative space on the left for post.
9	7	Wide	Straight	Still/pan (Split screen up-down)	Chad and Christen are about to have sex on the couch. They are making out and Christen is on top. Leave enough negative space below or above for post.
10	7	Ultra Wide	Straight	Still/pan (Split screen up-down)	Chad and Christen fight as they are in a swan boat.
11	7	Wide	Straight	Still Split screen up-down)	Chad and Christen’s silhouettes kissing against a yellow background. Leave enough negative space below for post.
12	7	Wide	Straight	Still Split screen up-down)	Chad and Christen’s silhouettes fighting against a red background. Leave enough negative space below for post.
13	7	Wide close pan	Straight	Pan left full frame	Wide close on Chad kissing Christen’s stomach. As Chad makes his way down Christen’s body. The camera pans left up as Chad goes down. Pan ends on Christen’s face but shows Christen’s chest in the process.
14	7	Wide pan dolly	Straight	Dolly right	Chad and Christen are in each others faces fighting. Red background maybe?
15	7	Close up wide	Straight (Split screen up-down)	Still	Extreme close up of Christen’s mouth as she has an orgasm. Leave enough negative space for post.
16	7	Close up wide	Straight (Split screen up-down)	still	Extreme close up of Christen’s mouth as she yells and insults Chad. Leave enough negative space for post.
17	7	High wide	High (Holy shit shot)	still	Chad and Christen are in various places in the room, either having sex or fighting.
18	7	Wide	Straight	Still	Christen hugs Chad as he puts on his tie.
19	7	Wide Close up	Straight (Split screen left-right)	Still	Christen says “I like you” Chad is on one side of the screen looking right.
20	7	Wide close up	Straight (Split screen left-right)	still	Chad says “I like you too” Christen is on the other side of the screen looking left. Fade black.
1	8	Close up	Straight	still	Audio of birds fade in. Bird fades in and looks at the camera
2	8	far	straight	still	Shot of an animal at the zoo
3	8	far	straight	still	Shot of another animal at the zoo
4	8	med	straight	still	Chad looks into the camera as he stands
5	8	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of Chad’s face.
6	8	med	back	still	Chad is looking at monkeys as Christen comes into frame.
7	8	med	straight	Glide cam	Chad and Christen walk through the jungle trail
8	8	Med	Straight	Still	Chad and Christen feed flamingos
9	8	Back/med	Back	Pan	Chad and Christen looking at various animals.
10	8	Back/ far	Back	Still	Chad and Christen hold hands as they look at aquatic animals
11	8	Med	Straight	Still	Medium shot of Chad holding a parrot as Christen takes a picture
12	8	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of the camera flash
13	8	Med	Straight	Jib/dolly	Dolly/jib into them having lunch at a table
14	8	Ots	Straight	Still	Chad’s shoulder/ Christen throws away food
15	8	OTS	Straight	Still	Christen throws away food
16	8	Insert	Straight	Still	Christen grabs an apple
17	8	Med/ close	Straight	Still	Christen looks up from apple to Chad
18	8	Med	Straight	Still	Chad grabs Christen
19	8	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of Christen as she leaves with Chad
20	8	Wide	Straight	Pan left	Wide shot as Chad and Christen leave the table
1	9	Med	Straight	Pan down	Pan down as the two enter the reptile house
2	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Right when the two enter, close up on the lizard looking at the camera
3	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up as Chad moves in closer to look at the lizard
4	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of a reptile
5	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of another reptile
6	9	Med	Straight	Still	Christen walks up to the big enclosure
7	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of Christen as she stares at the python
8	9	Rev. Shot	Straight	Still	Chad comes up next to her to look at the python
9	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on Christen as she bites into the apple.
10	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up on the python tongue flickering
11	9	Close up	Straight	Still	More closer on the apple being bitten
12	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Closer on the tongue flickering
13	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Slow motion of apple being bitten
14	9	Close up	Straight	Still	Slow motion of the tongue being flickering
15	9	Med	back	Still	Christen is silhouetted by the light of the cage
16	9	Med	Straight	Still	Chad turns to Christen and smiles
17	9	Med	Straight	Still	Christen turns to chad, smiles and then bites the apple one more time
18	9	Close up	Straight	still	Shot of the snake moving or flickering tongue
19	9	Close up	Low	Still	Shot of Chad and Christens hands holding
20	9	Wide	Straight	Dolly/glide	Ease back from them as the camera tilts up and fades to black
1	10	Wide	Straight	Still	Tilt up to see Chad and Christen standing against the sunset “I do love you Chad…”
2	10	OTS	Straight	Still	Chad’s reaction shot “Since when?”
3	10	OTS	Straight	Still	Christen’s reaction “I lost interest…”
4	10	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of Christen grabbing Chads shirt
5	10	Med close	Straight	Still	Christen and Chad kiss
6	10	Rev	Straight	Still	Christen pushes Chad away then grabs him again and they begin to kiss again
7	10	OTS	Straight	Still	Over Christen’s: They kiss then Chad backs away.
8	10	Ots	Straight	Still	Over Chad’s: Christen begins to cry “I don’t want to hurt you.”
9	10	Med close	Straight	Still	Chad reacts ‘Then what the fuck was that?”
10	10	Med	Straight	Still	Christen is crying “I wanted one last kiss…”
11	10	Wide	Straight	Still	Chad pushes her away, dirty look then says Well you got what you wanted…”
12	10	Wide	Straight	Still	Slightly wider of Chad and christen on the bridge. The sunset has silhouetted them. “then again you always…” Christen then leaves leaving Chad alone. Chad then lights a cigarette
1	11	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro shot of a cigarette burning in an ashtray. Baby ducks are heard
2	11	Close up	Straight	Still	Close up of baby ducks in a box.
3	11	Wide	Straight	Dolly back	Christen and Russell pose at the camera as it pans back.
4	11	Close up	Straight	Still	Still of the dead hermit crabs.
5	11	Close med	Straight	Still	Christen then grabs the jar of the dead hermit crabs off frame.
6	11	Close up	Straight	Follow	Slow motion of the crabs being thrown away.
1	12	Insert	Straight	Still	In a dark bathroom chad turns on the light.
2	12	Med	Low	Pan right	Chad enters the bathroom and goes for the cabinet
3	12	Med	Straight	Still	Chad opens the cabinet and takes out the bottle.
4	12	Insert	High	Still	Insert shot of the bottle in Chad’s hands.
5	12	Wide	Low	Pan left	Chad enters the living room and sits on the couch.
6	12	Med close	Straight	Still	Chad opens the bottle and puts a pill in his hand.
7	12	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of Chad’s eye as he lifts the pill into the camera and focuses on the pill.
8	12	Ext. close up	Straight	Still	Close up of Chad examines the pill in his hand.
9	12	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad’s face becomes less tense as he decides to take it.
10	12	Close up	Straight	Still	Side close up of Chad’s face as he takes the pill.
11	12	Med close	Straight	Still	Medium shot of Chad as he takes the pill and swallows hard.
12	12	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of Chad’s eye as he blinks and his eye turns black and white.
13	12	Med	Low	Hand held	Chad looks down at his arm
14	12	Med	POV	Hand held	Chad’s arm turns black and white then the floor behind him turns B&W
15	12	Wide	Straight	Pan back	Chad’s face of a sad acceptance looks up to the camera as it pans back as the rest of the room around him churns and turns black and white.
1	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Slow motion of a cigarette being lit.
2	13	Wide	Straight	Still	Side shot of Chad is smoking and drinking on the couch
3	13	Wide	Straight	Pan forward	Slow pan forward to the TV
4	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Pop bottle
5	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Pill in hand
6	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Pill in mouth
7	13	Wide	Straight	time lapse	Fast motion of Chad cleaning his apartment to doing homework to vacuuming the apartment
8	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of cigarette being lit
9	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of Chad’s mouth exhaling smoke.
10	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of Chad putting out the cigarette in an ashtray.
11	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of cigarette being lit
12	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of Chad’s mouth exhaling smoke.
13	13	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of Chad putting out the cigarette in an ashtray.
14	13	Macro	Straight	Still/time lapse	Ashtray being filled up more and more.
15	13	Wide	Straight	Still	Camera in fridge. Chad opens up fridge, closes then opens again and takes food.
16	13	Close med	Straight	Still	Chad looking down at his food
17	13	Close up	Straight	POV	Shot of food from Chad’s point of view
18	13	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad picks up the food
19	13	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad slowly eats the food and swallows hard
20	13	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad picks up the food speed x2
21	13	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad slowly eats the food and swallows hard speed x2
22	13	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad picks up the food speed x3
23	13	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad slowly eats the food and swallows hard speed x3
1	14	Wide/macro/wide	Straight	Pan	Christen is in a red dress in darkness. Pan back fast while Christen is in slow motion. Exits frame around Chad’s pupil.
1	15	OTS	Straight	Still	Chad looks down to see his phone go off
2	15	Insert	Straight	Still	Chad pulls up phone to camera to revile message
1	16	Wide	Straight	Still	Chad opens up the door to revile Erin.
2	16	Close up	Straight	Still	Erin gives Chad 20$ in kitchen
3	16	C U	Straight	Still	Chad gives Erin pills in bedroom
4	16	Close up	Straight	Still	Erin gives Chad 20$ in living room
5	16	C U	Straight	Still	Chad gives Erin pills outside apartment
6	16	Close up	Straight	Still	Erin gives Chad 20$ in park
7	16	C U	Straight	Still	Chad gives Erin pills near pool
8	16	Med	Straight	Still	Chad and Erin making out
9	16	Wide	Straight	Pan	Chad and Erin having sex
10	16	Close up	Straight	Still	Erin’s mouth as she’s having an orgasm
11	16	Med	Straight	Still	Chad and Erin making out
12	16	Wide	Straight	Pan	Chad and Erin having sex
13	16	Close up	Straight	Still	Erin’s mouth as she’s having an orgasm
14	16	Med	Straight	Still	Chad and Erin making out
15	16	Wide	Straight	Pan	Chad and Erin having sex
16	16	Close up	Straight	Still	Erin’s mouth as she’s having an orgasm
17	16	Wide	Straight	Pan	Christen in a red dress pans away and goes out to Chads eye.
18	16	Macro	Straight	Still	Chad’s eye in surprise as Erin has an orgasm
19	16	Med	Straight	Still	Chad sits at the edge of the bed as he ponders about Christen. Erin then leaves as he continues to sit.
1	17	Wide	Down	Still	Christen is in a ball crying on her bed
2	17	Close up	Straight	Still	Christen’s face as she is crying.
3	17	OTS	Straight	Still	Christen looks into the mirror of her bathroom crying with her eyeliner coming down her face. She gets angry and begins to light a cigarette. She then gets so angry she punches the mirror (That’s optional)
1	18	Wide	Up	Still	Chad comes up to the balcony and looks down.
2	18	Wide	Down	Still	Christen is looking up at Chad.
3	18	Med	Straight	Still	Side shot of Chad as he looks down and contemplates at Christen
4	18	Close up	Straight	Still	Chad’s face as he seems to be calming down. Then quickly turns angry
5	18	Wide	Straight	Still	Wide shot of Christen and Chad up on the balcony. “Don’t you ever fucking call…”
6	18	Med	Straight	Still	Med shot of Chad yelling. “Obviously this is a fucking…”
7	18	Wide	Straight	Still	Same wide shot of the two. Chad walks back into the apartment.
8	18	Wide	Straight	Still	Reaction shot of Christen, as she is confused and shocked.
1	19	Med	Straight	Still	Christen is crying in her bathroom as she opens up her cabinet and grabs a pill bottle
2	19	Med	Straight	Still	Christen looks at the bottle.
3	19	Close up	High	Still	Shot of Christen’s hand as she puts one pill in her hand, then she puts 10+ in her hand
4	19	Med close	Straight	Still	Christen puts all the pills in her mouth
5	19	Insert	High	Still	Christen fills up a glass of water
6	19	Insert	Straight	Still	Christen drinks the water
7	19	Close up	Straight	Still	Christen’s face goes from sad to scared and she drops the glass.
8	19	Close up	Low	Still	Glass hitting the floor in slow motion.
9	19	Close up	Straight	Follow	The camera is attached to Christen as she looks around panicked and then begins to fall.
10	19	Close up	Low	Still	Christen falls in front of the camera with a blank face.
11	19	Close up	Low	Still	Closer on her face. She still has the same look and blinks once. “Christen? Christen?” A bunny walks by her face.
1	20	Full	Straight	Still	Erin is walking away in her underwear, turns and says, “Who’s Christen?”
2	20	Close med	Straight	Still	Chad looks away from Erin while smoking his cigarette. “No one, just some chick I used…”
3	20	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of cigarette burning in slow motion then Chad takes the cigarette and puts it in the ashtray
4	20	Med close	Straight	Still	Chad sits and stares into the side of the camera as the smoke from the cigarette lifts in front of him
5	20	Macro	Straight	Still	Macro of cigarette as it continues to smoke. Then tilt up to follow the smoke then fade to black

Perfect Imperfections

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Plants for balcony scene

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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