Shots For Thriller Opening Sequence

Shot 1 – Medium shot of characters dancing in party

Shot 2 – Long shot of characters walking down the road to the house from the back

Shot 3 – Same shot but from the front

Shot 4 – Close up of key going into the ignition

Shot 5 – Medium shot of door opening from the outside and characters about to walk in

Shot 6 – Medium shot of characters walking into the house from the inside

Shot 7 – Close up of keys being put down on the table

Shot 8 – Close up of the two characters looking at each other and exchanging few words

Shot 9 – close up of the mask on the characters face

Shot 10 – medium two shot of characters walking into a room from behind

Shot 11 – same shot but from the front

Shot 12 – long shot of character in the mast looking back and closing the door.

Shot 13 – medium shot of characters sitting down exchanging a few words

Shot 14 – close up of character with mask on twitching

Shot 15 – close up of other character looking worried and scared

Shot 16 – long shot of other character trying to escape the room

Shot 17 – over the shoulder shot of character trying to escape

Shot 18 – close up of character with mask on laughing

Shot 19 – over the shoulder shot of character grabbing the other character

Shot 20 – close up shot of the other character scared

Shot 21 – medium two shot of character being attacked 

The Editing Process

in our most recent media lesson we spent our time editing our preliminary exercise. we used a professional editing software called 'Final Cut Pro'. before this lesson we were taught the simple editing skills and what things are and what the functions on some tools were on the program.

the first thing we had to do is connect our camera to the mac. we then had to import our footage onto iMovie because this program cut the footage into sections which makes it easier for us to edit it. while capturing the footage we encountered some problems as it rapidly went through and it did not capture properly. after fiddling with it for a while we managed to capture the footage correctly.

Georgina was our editor and she took control of the role but we closely watched her and we supported her and helped her throughout the process. she firstly imported the image from iMovie to Final Cut Pro and chose the clips that we needed for our final edit. she then put the clips in the timeline and she cut the bits that we did not need. Georgina found this easy as she had previously done this in her time at secondary school.

we used several of shots in our preliminary exercise.

the first shot we use was the 'Point of View Shot'. this was Jessie walking into the interview

the second shot we used was the 'Over the Shoulder Shot'. this shows Jessie (Georgina) talking to Bob (Niel)


we used the same shot but this time it was over Bob's (Niel) shoulder looking over to Jessie (Georgina)



this is a 'Long Two Shot' of the two characters


this is a 'Close-Up Shot'. we done this shot to emphasise the hand shake.



this is a 'Long Shot' of Zainab walking down a hall way.

this was our final shot and it was a 'Wide Shot'. this was done to show match on action.



here are some images of some of the tools we used on Final Cut Pro.

this is the timeline. we use this to cut the clips and to add titles. we also use this to get the sync correct and the timing.

this is all our clips shown on Final Cut Pro. we drag the clips from here onto the timeline to start editing.

this is the main toolbar. for our preliminary task we used the dragging tool to move the clips onto the timeline and we used the knife tool to cut the clips.

3.1 What I Have Learnt By Doing The Preliminary Exercise.

Before the preliminary exercise I thought that the filming will be easy but I was wrong. I learnt about many different camera angles which were the match on action shot, shot reverse shot and 180 degree rule.

for the exercise i worked with a group formed of Niel, Georgina and Zainab. this was a strong group as 3 of the members had previously done media in GCSE and we all attended the same secondary school so we already had a strong bond.

my homework was to find a location to film but unfortunately i did not find a location until the moment we had to film. this showed that i was unorganised and i almost let the team down. i have now learnt that for this subject i must be well organised to succeed.

at the end we found a location and it was the library office. this was good as our scene was set in an office. the footage we captured was good and we got all our shots in but we did break the 180 degree rule once. when we watched our video in class we noticed that the sound quality was poor as wee did not have a mic and a boom. due to this we were forced to film again another day.

when we filmed the second time we filmed in the recording studio. we had a few problems as it was booked at the same time as us but we arranged to use it for an hour before the other group can use it. this was not enough time as we did not finish our filming before the other group arrived. we then consulted one of the deputy headteachers and he agreed to let us use his office for filming. this time we were more organised with the filming and we got all our shots done quickly with good sound quality as we had a mic and boom this time.

the preliminary task was very useful as i learnt that i should be more organised and i learnt new camera shots. i think this was a good way to start the media course.