Tuesday, March 1, 2011

ShotList



1)    Opening Credits: Black Screen, music plays, Dragonfly flying through tall grasses.
2)    Louise walking and kicking a rock, stops suddenly, pans up to Louise’s face, dragonfly flies by in background and lands on near by sign.
3)    Wide shot over the shoulder of Louise looking at a schoolhouse, bell rings.
4)    Louise pouts, pans down to feet, she kicks the rock.
5)    Rocking bounces down a path to the beach, dragonfly perched on sign near by.
6)    Louise smiles to herself, runs down path to the beach. Dragonfly follows her.
7)    Louise stops to pick up a seashell, and listen to the wave sounds coming from it. Satisfied she smiles but then thinks of where to put the shell.
8)    Close up, girl dumps schoolbooks out of bag into puddle.
9)    Montage, wide shot of beach, Louise in different poses looking for shells and putting them in her bag. Dragonfly follows her. The “Calling Shell” in foreground.
10) While looking behind a rock for shells, Louise hears a mysterious noise. Close up of curious expression. She leaves the rock.
11)  Low angle camera (crab’s perspective) Louise walks towards camera (towards the Calling Shell)
12)  Louise reaches to pick up Calling Shell, pulls her hand back when she sees a small crab in front of the shell.
13)  Close up of crab pacing back and forth snapping its claws.
14)  Louise brushes crab aside with hand.
15) Dragonfly flies in front of her face before she can pick up the shell. Annoyed she swats at it. Dragonfly flies away.
16) Louise once again picks up the shell but gets pinched by the crab that has now returned. She lifts up her finger with the crab still dangling from it, takes the other hand a rips off its claw. (Claw ripping off screen, just sound effect).
17) Triumphant Louise lifts the shell up to her ear. Close up (eyes get wide) when she hears a disturbing noise coming from the shell. Moments later she is sucked into the shell.
18) Louise falls down dark shell tunnel, lands in water
19) Wide Shot of inside the giant Sea Shell, over Louise’s shoulder.
20) Close up of other kids screaming
21) Giant Sea Anomie tentacle grabs a kid.
22) Close up of Louise looking terrified.
23) Louise swims to an island of giant barnacles and climbs up them.
24) Mid shot, from the top of the highest barnacle, Louise sees the opening of the shell.
25) The dragonfly (now giant) flies passed Louise, as she reaches out for help.
26) Close up of Louise crying, suddenly the dragonfly re-appears and scoops Louise up.
27) Dragonfly flies with Louise towards the opening of the shell.
28)  Just as the Dragonfly is about to reach the opening, a tentacle from the Sea Anomie wraps around Louise’s leg.
29) Louise falls screaming (loud scream)
30) Cut to outside the Calling Shell on the clam beach.
31) Boy walks into shot looks around sees the abandon bag of shells, then notices the  Calling Shell.
32) Close up of boy’s hand picking up the shell.
33) Boy puts the Shell up to his ear to listen, his eyes go wide, he hears the scream. Cut to black.
34) End Credits.










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