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Shot List

Outstanding 90-100

  • Shot list has at least 15 shots if working alone, 20 if working with a partner
  • Shot type, subject, and angle are listed for each shot
  • Shot selection is very well varied and effective
  • Some notes are included when helpful

Proficient 80-90

  • Shot list has at least 12 shots if working alone, 18 if working with a partner
  • Shot type, subject, and angle are listed for most shots
  • Shot selection is generally varied and effective
  • Some notes are included when helpful

Basic 70-80

  • Shot list has at least 10 shots if working alone, 15 if working with a partner
  • Shot type, subject, and angle are listed for some shots
  • Shot selection is somewhat varied and effective
  • Few if any notes are included

Insufficient 60-70

  • Shot list has fewer than 10 shots if working alone, 15 if working with a partner
  • There is a lot of information missing or too vague to be useful
  • Shot selection is not varied or effective
  • No notes are included

To complete this activity, follow the steps below. Click on links for help.

  1. You can use either the script excerpt from Stand By Me or this script excerpt from Back to the Future. As you read, think about what different shots you would use.
  2. Print out the script.
  3. Make notes on the script about what shots you would use at specific spots.
  4. Download this shot list template.
  5. Using the template, create a shot list for the script excerpt. Try to include 15 shots if working alone, or 20 if working with a partner. The first couple have been done as an example.
  6. Turn your shot list in to Google Classroom.

In this activity, you will read an excerpt of a script and decide on how it should be shot by indicating shot types directly on the script and completing a shot list document.

Why are we doing this?

The first stage of making most videos is to write a script. Once written, you need to decide how to shoot the script, and that means you need to decide what shots your going to use for each second of the script.

Learning objectives: By the end of this civility, you will be able to:

  1. Read and analyze a script with an eye towards how it will look on the screen
  2. Identify appropriate sequences of shots for a short script excerpt
  3. Annotate a script excerpt with shot types
  4. Complete a shot list document

Step One

You can use either the script excerpt from Stand By Me or this script excerpt from Back to the Future. Read the script and visualize what different shots will be used for each part of the script. In the actual movie clip for the script, there are over 40 shots! Try to identify at least 15 (20 for an outstanding! See rubric above).

Step Two

Using a printout of the script or a pdf copy, annotate (i.e., make notes on) the script indicating what shots should be used for each part of the script.

Step Three

Using one of the Shot List Templates linked below, create a shot list for your script. This is the document you would follow if you were to actually film this script.

Step Four

Turn your shot list document into Google Classroom.

Need a challenge?

Try any of the following:

REFERENCES

The Only Shot List Template You Need (n.d.). Studiobinder. Retrieved May 18, 2022 from https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/shot-list-template-free-download/.



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  • Identify appropriate sequences of shots for a short script excerpt