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MidShot
Number
1

2
3

Shot Type

Description

Hotel Scene
Eye-level,
Eldon is lying on the bed and
pan
the camera begins to pan
around him sleeping
Establishing Outside the hotel in which
shot
Eldon was staying at
Eye-level pan Eldons worn underwear is
and focus
hanging off the bed frame
pull, close-up and it pans towards a picture
of his daughter
Low angle,
The camera starts from a low
tilt
angle and then tilts upwards
toward Eldons clothes
Eye level
Eldons briefcase is on the
angle
floor with notes and loan
pieces of paper spilling out
Low level
Eldon drops the bottle of
angle, close- alcohol on the floor and jolts
up
awake

Used?

Yes

No

It portrays his
character of being
lazy and careless
-

No

No

No

Yes

The shot portrays his

dependency on
alcohol and
emphasises the
storyline
Again, emphasises
that hes an alcoholic

Bottom of alcohol, can see

the alcohol being poured out

Yes

Low level
angle, closeup
Eye level

Shot of Eldon shutting the

door on his way out of the
hotel

Yes

High angle

Of Eldons mobile phone

ringing

Yes

10

Eye level,
focus pull

Yes

11

Zoom in to
Eldons face

12

High angle

13

Extreme
long shot
Long shot

Of a picture frame of Eldons

daughter: one of which says
Daddys Girl
Zooms in from an eye level
shot of the bed in to his face
Station to School Scene
Still frame of the station in
which he came out of to get
to work/school
Eldon is walking to school
down a road
Through some metal bars,

14

Reason used

No

Puts emphasis on
the fact that hes in a
rush and needs to
leave for work
Strengthens the idea
that his ex wife
wants to see him
because of his
daughter
Strengthens the idea
that he truly does
love his daughter
-

No

No

No

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15

Low angle

16

Eye-level

17
18

Long shot
Eye-level

19

Eye-level

21

Long shot,
two shot

22

Close-up

23

Extreme
close up
Master shot

24

25

Mid-shot,
pan

26

Tilt

27

Mid shot

28

POV shot

Eldon walks some more

towards the school
Eldons footsteps towards
No
the camera
Eldons on the phone to his
No
mother whilst she has a long
rant at him

No
Eldon taps in to the key pad
Yes
to get access in to the school
building
Eldon walks in to school and
No
shakes his head when he
hears the receptionist
exclaiming late again, Mr
Livermore
Bathroom Scene
Eldon walks towards the staff Yes
toilets and tells James off
for coming out of where he
shouldnt be
Eldons face was used to
No
portray his anger and
annoyance
Eldon clenched his fist in
No
anger and walks out of frame
Of the bathroom before
No
Eldon and James are in view
establishing the scene
As Eldon comes out of the
Yes
bathroom to shout at James
for being in a place he
shouldnt be in, the camera
pans away from Eldon
towards the door.
Eldon walks away and the
No
camera tilts upwards
Conversation With Teacher Scene
Eldon approaches the
Yes
classroom

The camera looks in through

the mirror and the teacher
inside tilts backward to look
at the camera, in other

Yes

It was a creative shot

and worked well
with the other shots
-

Lighting was good,

allowed us to have
both characters in
frame
-

Allowed us to use a
variety of shots,
character positioning
was good, lighting
was good
-

Lighting was good

and emphasised the
fact that he was in a
rush to get to his
class as he was late
It was a creative
shot, the lighting
was good and it was
also very clear that

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words, the character of Eldon

Eldons mouth (of him

sighing)
Eldon wipes his forehead and
his entire face
The character of Ms Fenn
comes in to frame and talk
with Eldon
Close up, eye Eldon talking with Ms Fenn
level

No

Eldon was peaking in

through the window
Allows the audience
to see how anxious
he is having been
late for work
-

No

Yes

Good lighting

Yes

Close up, eye Ms Fenn talking to Eldon

level
Close up

Eye level
Eldon fixes his clothing as Ms
Fenn says You look a mess

Yes

Good for a shotreverse-shot, sound

was to a good
standard as was the
lighting

29

Mid shot

30

Extreme
close up
Close up, eye
level
Two shot

31
32

33

34
35
35

36
37

Extreme
close up
Long shot

38

Mid two
shot

39

Eye level

40

Long shot

41

Mid shot,
and pan

42

Close up

Eldon leans against the door

by the window and breathes
in heavily

Yes

No
Yes

Eldon sighs and the camera is No

at eye level with his lips
Both Eldon and Ms Fenn are
Yes
conversing from a long
distance
Just as Ms Fenn leaves to turn Yes
away, she leaves Eldon
standing fixing his clothing
Eldon puts his hand in his
No
pocket in attempt to switch
his phone off
Eldon walks in to his
Yes
classroom back to the
student
Conversation With Johnny Scene
Johnny knocks on Eldons
Yes
classroom door rapidly, the
camera then pans off to the
right
Of James knocking on the
No

Signifies Eldons
drunkenness as he is
mess and generally
all over the place
including in terms of
his dress
Lighting was good,
allowed us to switch
up the shots

(No longer in the

storyline)
Allowed us to use a
variety of shots

Good lighting,
allowed us to change
up the shots
-

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43

Extreme
close-up

44

Long shot

45

High angle

44

Eye level

45

Eye level

44

Eye level

45

Close up

46
47

Mid shot
Low angle

48

Pan

49

Pan & zoom

50

Close up

51

Close up

52

Close up

53
54

Eye level,
focus pull
Eye level

55

Low angle

56

Eye level

door
Of Eldons lips saying come in No
Eldon walks out of the
classroom, looks left and
right
Eldon in the classroom
tapping away at his keyboard
Eldon tapping away at his
keyboard
Eldon asks James whether he
knocked on his door or not
etc
James is conversing with
Eldon
Eldon clenching his fist

Yes

Eldon walks off out of frame

Eldons footsteps
Confrontational Scene
School kids in class whilst
Eldon takes the register
Taking the register, zooms in
to James face
Eldons tapping away at the
keyboard whilst marking
students in
Eldons face, whilst calling for
James Mondua
James face whilst correcting
Eldon for getting his name
wrong
Another student and James

No
No

No

Good lighting and

portrayed Eldons
irritation well
-

No

Yes

Good lighting and

angle for a shotreverse-shot

Yes
Yes

Yes

Indicated his anger

building up
throughout (from
beginning up until
now
-

No

Good lighting, sets

the scene
-

No

No

Yes

Good lighting,
expresses his
boredom
-

No

Eldon sitting at desk, turns

Yes
around to give James a
disapproving look in response
to him
The camera follows James as Yes
he gets up in attempt to leave
the classroom
James at the door talking to
Yes
Eldon about getting up and

Depicts Eldons
annoyance even
more
Good lighting and
pace
Good camera
positioning

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57

Eye level

58
59

Two shot
Long shot

60

High angle

61
62
63

Eye level,
mid shot
Low angle
Pan

64

Close up

65

POV

66

Mid shot,
pan

67

Eye level

68
69
70

Long shot
POV shot
Close up

71

Eye level

72

Close up

73

Close up

74

Long shot

75
76

leaving the classroom

Eldon conversing with James

Eldon and James conversing

Outside the classroom
through the window of the
pair conversing
James pushes Eldon on to the
floor
Eldon gets up to throw
phones on the floor
Phone falls to the floor
Eldon going back to grab
James and scream in his ear
Eldon screams in James ear

Yes

No
No

Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes

Eldon, looks down at his

No
hands, runs out of the
classroom
Eldon looks down at his
Yes
hands, his face in sheer shock,
and runs out of the
classroom, the camera pans
towards the door
Eldon runs down the corridor Yes

Good for a shotreverse-shot for

editing
-

Allowed us to use a
variety of shots
Portrayed his
emotions well
Portrayed his
emotions well
Portrayed emotions
well, good lighting
-

Good lighting

Eldon runs down the corridor

Eldon runs down the corridor
Eldons footsteps as he
rushes down the stairs
Eldon reaches to open the
door in order to run out to
lean against a door nearby
Eldon reaches in to his pocket
to get his phone out
Eldon is on the phone asking
to speak to his daughter

No
No
Yes

Good mise-en-scene
and positioning
Good lighting

Yes

Portrays urgency

No

Yes

No

Long shot

Camera is behind a tree,

Eldon is speaking to daughter
on the phone
Cutaways
Children rushing to lesson

Good lighting,
portrays his
emotions well
-

Long shot

Children rushing to lesson

Yes

Yes

Portrays Eldons
profession well
Portrays Eldons

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77
78

High angle
Low angle

79

Close up

Children rushing to lunch

Childrens footsteps rushing
down the staircase
Eldon shaking his head as he
hears his phone vibrating

No
No
Yes

profession well
Portrays his
annoyance and low
tolerance