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Trailer Breakdown-Dialogue and Shot list

Today I have began to plan the shooting script for my soap opera trailer, this will be the rough guidelines of how each shot will be done and what will be included in each, however I am aware tis may change during the production process.

Shot Number, 01: Establishing Shot-Young girl (Ellie Dean) running through a forest:

• Low key lighting-very dark and mysterious
• slow tension building ambience-Choir/supernatural feel- non-diegetic

Shot Number,02:Jump-cut- Flashes to Police interview room with press

• Flashing lights of cameras, police sitting at a desk with Ellie's Parents

Shot Number, 03: Long Shot of the table, then pan around the room at press and cameras

Detective: "At 8 O'clock last night, 8 year old Ellie Dean went missing near her home in Penkridge..."

Shot Number, 04: Close up of Sargent's face and extreme close-up of his mouth when talking, looking at the crowd and papers in front of him

• Music continues in the background, clicking of cameras sounding, shuffling of papers

Shot Number, 05: Jump-cut to Ellie running through the forest still- She trips over a branch

Shot Number, 06: High Angle shot of her body on the floor, she turns around slowly

• Camera pace is slow, her actions slowed down for suspense
• slow tension building ambience-Choir/supernatural feel- non-diegetic still continues, grows louder when the focus is on Ellie

Shot Number, 07: Jump-cut back to interview room-Detective continues

Detective: "We believe Ellie may still be alive, but we are urging anyone with information to come forward..."

Shot Number, 08: Extreme close up of his mouth again, then medium shot of the girls family upset -Embracing each other 

• More cameras flashing

Shot Number, 09: Long shot of the interview room with a camera crew in front of the audience filming for the news

• Ambience music still continuing in the background, with occasional clicking from cameras and coughs from audience, family sobbing in the background faintly

Shot Number, 10: Jump-cut to Ellie in the forest

Shot Number, 11: Close up of her face, realisation- someone standing over her, frightened and scared

• Shallow breathing, heartbeat non-diegetic sound

Shot Number, 12: High-angle shot of her-switches

Shot Number, 13: Low angle shot of a shadowed figure above her

• Dark low-key lighting - only lit by moonlight and glow from street lamps elsewhere

Shot Number, 14: Jump-cut back to interview room-Detective continues

Detective: "Tonight we will be holding a full-scale search of the area, inviting the local community to help us in our search for the young girl..."

Shot Number, 15: Medium shot of the Sargent, staring into the camera now directly addressing audience

Shot Number, 16: Close-up of his eyes staring down the camera lense

Shot Number, 17: Image zooms in-transition-replaced by the same image them zoom out its the detective's face on TV in a dark room

Shot Number, 18: Shot switches to a dark figure staring out of the window-long shot

• slow tension building ambience-Choir/supernatural feel- non-diegetic-continues in the background 

Shot Number, 19: Jump-cut to the search party- groups of people searching the forest, torches flashing etc.

Shot Number, 20: establishing shot of the scene in the forest, people scattered around with torches searching for the girl or any clues

Shot Number, 21: Tracking shot of one of the searches feet and the pathway they are making with the light from the torch

• girls scarf comes into view stained with blood
• music continues in the background growing louder

Shot Number, 22: camera starts to move upwards-slow movement

• body of a girl is spotted lying on the ground

Shot Number, 23: Long shot of all searchers running to the little girls body

• non-diegetic music reaches climax
• Sound- diegetic-voices shouting

Shot Number, 24: Close up-Girls hand on the ground curled up, bloody

"It's not Ellie!"

Shot Number, 25: Scene switches-back to the the house with the dark figure

Shot Number, 26: Long shot-hooded figure still standing in the window looking out

Shot Number, 27: Slowly turns around-eyeline match-staring at Ellie-tied up trying to scream for help

• Non-Diegetic music continues to anti-climatic state

Shot Number, 28: Jump-Cut to Ellie's family in home-seated on a sofa, embracing one another 

Shot Number, 29: Medium shot of the family on the sofa, staring up at the detective

Shot Number, 30: Shot switches to the detective- medium shot of detective standing up speaking to the family

• Non-Diegetic music continues to anti-climatic state-background-faint

Detective: "Last night we found the body of a girl in the forest behind your house..."

Shot Number, 31: Camera-close-up of Ellie's parents, sobbing into tissues and each other's shoulders

• Non-Diegetic music continues to anti-climatic state-background-faint

Shot Number, 32: Switches back to detective medium shot

Detective: "However, the body found wasn't Ellie's, but a girl who went missing two years ago from a town not far from here, although there is no evidence as of yet, we believe the two cases may be linked. The main reason for this being the similarities in appearance the young girl shares with your daughter."

Shot Number, 33:Medium shot of family-shocked expression-gasp of relief

• Non-Diegetic music continues to anti-climatic state-background-faint

Detective: "Our main priority now is to get Ellie home, safe and sound." 

Shot Number, 34: Establishing shot of police station

•  Scene switches to a briefing room in the police station-Detectives all sat in front of a board
• Picture of Ellie Projected onto the board-as well as photographs from the crime scene etc.

Shot Number, 35: Establishing shot of room, switches to medium shot of main detective de-briefing the rest of the staff

Detective:"It is our job to find Ellie before anything happens to her, we need to act fast because if the two cases are linked, there's no telling how much time we have before the kidnapper strikes again."

Shot Number, 36: Camera pans around room, detectives each looking into the case files

Shot Number, 37: Switches to tracking shot of detectives walking down a police station corridor-close up on their feet

• Music changes-non-diegetic- theme tune of the soap opera
• Ending credits-TITLE, Broadcaster, 'Coming Soon', Sponsors etc. 

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