Shot List- New

This is the new shot list I will be using for my 2nd draft of Intrusion



1. Long-shot of the two thieves walking towards the house
2. Wide-shot, panning from right to left of the two thieves walking to the house
3. Handheld, OTS shot of the two thieves walking up to the locked gate
4. Mid-shot of the thieves breaking into the gate's lock
5. Long-shot, match on action of the thieves kicking open and walking past the gate
6. Internal, mid-shot of the thieves walking to the door and looking through the glass
7. Close-up shot of the door handle being tampered with and breached by the thieves
8. Mid-shot, low angle of the thieves briefly talking about their plan
9. Handheld, backwards tracking-shot of the thieves walking to the staircase
10. Mid-shot of candles flickering in the darkness
11. Continous tracking shot of thieves coming up the stairs, picking up a candle and walking to a room
12. Mid-shot, low angle of thieves opening the door and coming into the room
13. Medium-shot, from behind the perspective of a slightly open door/room, of the thieves looking into it and walking towards it, then turns into a low angle once the door has been opened
14. Handheld, mid-shot of left to right pan to reveal a young man in bed
15. Handheld, over-the-shoulder shot of the boy walking to the room, peering round the corner
16. Same shot as last time expect an eye-line match is established between the boy and the slightly open door
17. A left to right pan, medium-shot shows the boy walking in the room across to the slightly open door
18. A low angled mid-shot shows the boy in front of the now opened door only to be grabbed in by someone else
19. Close-up shot of the thief picking up the candle and looking into the camera, breaking the fourth wall, (Heavy VFX)
20. Mid-close up shot of the boy waking up from what seemed to be a nightmare
21. Low angled mid-shot of the thieves standing in his door about to attack him

'Intrusion'- Draft No. 1- First Half

This is my first rough draft/sequence for my thriller short film. This cut has some basic editing, basic sound design and some initial colour correction.

I will be re-shooting and filming the other half soon, but so far I think I'm on track with my short film and it is so far how I envisioned it would be.

It is only the first half so far due to the fact that my overall planning isn't quite up to speed, which is preventing me from shooting the rest of the short film.

Editing Session- Short Film

This is a screenshot from where I have began to edit a clip from Intrusion, specifically a clip when the two thieves are investigating the door they are about to break through. I am using Adobe After Effects CS6 to edit with, which is currently my most favourable choice of editing software.

At that point I was adjusting and adding some effects to my footage, being colour correction. Since my idea behind intrusion was for a dark, psychological thriller film, I had to match the films mise-en-scene and colour pallet to meet this convention. I also thought about this because in my initial audience research survey, people often thought how lighting and tone can be very influential in thriller films, which is why I underwent the decision to use darker color pallets. Therefore I used various colour correction effects to achieve a darker, bleaker mood and tone.This is reflected in the screenshot above as the picture is considerably dark.  The effects control tab is on the left of the screen as you can see, and this is where I can control the effects and see how it changes the image just to the right in the centre of the screen. My timeline is at the bottom where all my clips, audio, adjustment layers and pretty much everything I need to know is, and also tells me how everything is structured, which is the primary purpose of editing.

I feel considerably comfortable editing with Adobe software, in this case After Effects, as I gained quite a lot of insight and understanding into editing and sequencing during our AS thriller opening production, which gave me the necessary skills and understanding with working with video editing software like such.

Filming schedule

Now that I have my completed screenplay, I am going to be shooting some initial footage very soon. It will only be primary, rough footage but my aim is to edit some clips together so see how well and if my vision comes together for my short film.

I plan to shoot only indoor scenes, just so I can get some initial footage together and see how well the clips look and flow together.

The shoot will be for roughly 3 hours if everything goes to plan and no significant problems arise on the day of filming.