Main Task Shot List 'The Vale'

Shot 1 - Point of view shot - James watching Yolanda walking through the arches in Clayton Vale (The Vale), from his view we see that he is on higher ground and is hidden behind trees; this makes him known to the audience, but unknown to Yolanda.

Shot 2 - Close Up Shot - James watching Yolanda walking.

Shot 3 - Point of view shot - Yolanda looking around; with the speed of the camera, it suggests that she is nervous about her surroundings.

Shot 4 - Panning shot - Yolanda walking away from the Arches, she appears to be nervous.

Shot 5 – High angle panning shot – James watching Yolanda walking again.

Shot 6 – Close up low angle shot – close up of Yolanda’s foot stepping on the ground.

Shot 7 – Close up – James’ face watching Yolanda go past, it suggests that he's plotting something.

Shot 8 – Medium shot – Yolanda walking towards stairs down the path.

Shot 9 – Long shot – Yolanda walking down the stairs.

Shot 10 - Medium high angle shot – James running through trees.

Shot 11 – Close up – Yolanda walk down the stairs, face, looking nervous.

Shot 12 – Low angle shot/Panning shot – Yolanda walking down stairs then the path.

Shot 13 – Long shot - Yolanda walking own the path from behind.

Shot 14 – Medium shot - Yolanda walking towards the river.

Shot 15 – Low angle, Medium shot - Yolanda walking down onto the river bank looking scared like she is hiding.

Shot 16 – Medium shot - Yolanda hiding from James on the river bank.

Shot 17 – Medium/Close up - James walking along the grass on the ledge of the river looking for Yolanda.

Shot 18 – Close up - James looking for Yolanda then walking off turning the shot into a medium shot.

Shot 19 – High angle shot - Yolanda escaping from the river bank and running across the bridge.

Shot 20 – Close up of James on the bridge – looking intimidating.

Shot 21 – Shot/ reverse shot - Yolanda over James shoulder. First walking away then turns around and screams then James is seen to be attempting to grab her.

Shot 22 – Close up - James looking down the camera then putting his hand over the camera lens, then fade to black screen with white writing that says “The Vale”.

Film anaysis - halloween

This film has no credits. The film starts with a child in a clown mask stroking a rat. He is talking to the rat, which is diegetic sound, and there is a radio in the background, which is also diegetic. A close up of the rat is used in this shot with the boy in the background. It then cuts to his parents arguing down stairs. You can hear them talking and there is also a radio in the background. Because they are arguing the baby starts crying which is also diagetic sound. This shows that it’s a dysfunctional family, which would explain why the boy has troubles.

Then his sister comes down and talks to her parents who tell her to go and talk to her brother. They mainly use close-ups in this scene with shot reverse shot which we will use in our film opening if we use any dialogue. The camera is a bit wobbly in parts, which shows that it must have been done with a hand held steady cam.

When his sister goes up to him she teases him from behind the door, while he is washing blood off his hands and pocketknife.

This shows she has no idea what he is doing and it isn’t made clear who he has killed or cut. He then screams when his sister called him “a little shit”, this shows she bullies him and he doesn’t like it.

When he goes downstairs he tells his mother that his rat died and he had to flush him but this tells the audience that he killed him using his pocketknife. His father and sister then tease him about the rat’s death and his mother defends him. All the sound is diegetic and the shots are all close-ups. He then goes over to the baby and kisses it on the head which shows that he still has a strong relationship with the baby and his mother.