Shot List Starter

Working document. To be locked in prep with director and DP. See also Lens Strategy and Cinematography Strategy.

Lens Assignment Summary

Location	Lens
Bronx house — interior	16mm equivalent
Bronx house — basement	16mm equivalent (possibly wider for specific shots)
Staten Island apartment	33mm equivalent
NYC transit	33mm equivalent
All exteriors	33mm equivalent

Sequence: Staten Island Apartment — Departure

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
A1	Wide	WS	Static	Apartment in move-out state; boxes, open space
A2	OTS Charlize	MS	Static	Charlize directing, Kendrie listening
A3	CU	CU	Static	Kendrie’s face — absorbing the end of this chapter
A4	Insert	ECU	Static	Detail — something being packed, something left behind

Sequence: Transit — Staten Island to Bronx

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
B1	Ferry wide	WS	Static	Two figures on ferry deck; harbor behind them
B2	Two-shot	MS	Static	Kendrie and Charlize, together, looking forward
B3	Subway car	WS	Static	The car in motion; other passengers; daylight through windows if above-ground
B4	Profile	CU	Camera holds static	Kendrie’s face in transit — looking out or looking at Charlize
B5	Window reflection	MS	Static	The window as mirror — their reflections in the tunnel

Sequence: Arrival at the House

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
C1	Exterior	WS	Static	The house from the street — ordinary; no hero shot
C2	Approach	MS	Slow track back	Characters walking toward camera and into house
C3	Threshold	CU	Static	Feet crossing the threshold — the moment of entry
C4	Ground floor	WS	16mm	Interior first impression — family present, warm
C5	Kendrie reaction	MS	Static	Kendrie reading the room; her face

Sequence: First Basement Visit

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
D1	Stairs	MS	Slow follow	Kendrie beginning to descend; camera follows or holds at top
D2	Basement threshold	WS	Static	The room from the stairs’ perspective — see it all at once
D3	Kendrie in basement	MS	Static	She stands. She registers something she can’t name.
D4	Detail	CU	Static	Something in the room that is ordinary — make sure it’s ordinary
D5	Return	MS	Static	Kendrie at the foot of the stairs, looking back before ascending

Sequence: The Telling (Alexis and Kendrie)

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
E1	Two-shot	MS	Static	Alexis and Kendrie; wherever the scene is set
E2	Alexis	CU	Static	Hold on Alexis as she prepares to speak
E3	Kendrie	CU	Static	Hold on Kendrie as she listens
E4	Alexis	CU	Long hold	Let the scene breathe; do not cut for rhythm
E5	Wide	WS	Static	The room after — both of them, the space changed

Sequence: The Long Basement Scene (Act 3)

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
F1	Descent	MS	Follow	Kendrie going down again — this time she knows
F2	Enter room	WS	Static	The room from the door; she enters fully
F3	Kendrie standing	MS	Long hold	She is in the room. Nothing happens. She stands.
F4	Kendrie facing wall	CU	Very slow push	Barely perceptible movement — the camera breathing
F5	Floor/detail	CU	Static	The specific quality of this floor, this room
F6	Her face	ECU	Long hold	What she is carrying, in her face
F7	Wider	WS	Static	Pull back to the room — she is a body in it

Mirror Scene

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
G1	Mirror approach	MS	Static	Character moving toward mirror; the mirror visible ahead
G2	Reflection	CU	Long hold	Face in reflection — hold until it shifts
G3	The room in reflection	WS	Static	The room behind her, reflected — ordinary

Final Shot — The House Exterior

#	Type	Size	Movement	Notes
H1	House	WS	Static	The house from the street. No characters. Ordinary.
H2	House	WS	Very slow pull back	The house receding as the film recedes from it