Film Scavenger Hunt

You need to write a shot list using this shot list layout.  The better your shot list, the better your movie, the faster you work, the lower your post-production time. Before you shoot, please remember to secure your locations politely.     

 IDEA Scavenger Hunt 

• Fade up from 5 sec black on the first shot.

Fade to 5 sec black on the last shot.

No shot can be more than 3 sec long.  

• Record 2 sec of black between each shot

Soundtrack with music from free play music for no more then 4 minutes and 10 seconds exactly.  

• FILIMG TIME LIMIT  - 20 minutes - IDEAS:  

Work  

Love  

Joy  

Water  

Youth  

Time  

Danger  

Hope  

Hypocrisy  

Choice 

SHOT CHECKLIST: 

EWS

ECU

CU

MCU
FS

Slow pan left

Slow pan right

Slow tilt up

Slow tilt down

Slow zoom in 

Slow zoom out 

Walk room

Head room 

TOTAL SHOTS: 30 

Flow and Rhythm of shot compliment the song.  

Single center of interest (close up)

proper subject placement (rule of thirds)

tonal balance (simple colors, not busy)

pattern of meaning (shoot thru something)

balance mass (foreground object, depth)

use lines (helps create perspective)_

framing, blocking, angles  subject matter( CLOSAT [character, location, object, situation, action, theme], rule of thirds, aesthetics tell stories )

visual perspective ( it helps to use lines)

convey meaning through color/tone

Who or what owns the shot, Q & A,  

utilize meaning thru movement, (movements are feelings, movement through shot)

 From Manhattan Neighborhood Network’s Youth Channel lesson by EVC Lead  

Media Educator, Lindsay Fauntleroy 

www.inpoint.org/pdf/production08.pdf

    

www.inpoint.org 

Sound Scavenger Hunt  

• Each shot must be at least 5 sec long.  

• Record 5 sec of black between each shot.   

• TIME LIMIT - 20 minutes!   

□ One person whispering  

□ Two people sitting down having a conversation  

□ A person giving a play by play report of a person walking  

□ A “sound of nature”  

□ A “sound of technology”  

□ A “mystery sound”  

□ A crowd of people  

□ A door closing  

□ Someone burping  

□ A bus  

□ Someone bouncing a basketball  

□ Coins in someone’s pocket  

□ Someone singing out of tune  

□ Water running  

□ An echo