Ultimatum: Shot List

Character Names

Jack Stockman: Jack Stockman

Daniel Bruce: Daniel O'Connor

Connor Crosby: Unknown Caller

James Ellis: Roberto Rodriguez

Connor Crosby’s younger Brother: Zack Stockman

Below is a Shot List that our group have created which includes all of the angles and sizes and editing techniques in which our opening sequence will include.

Shot	Size	Description
1	Long Shot	Jack and son Zack are sitting on the sofa with one another watching television, establishing Father, Son relationship to audience.
2	MCU	Camera switches to the television program the pair are watching, further establishing the scenario to audience
3	Medium Shot	Jack in the morning putting his suit on getting ready for work, could also show his son Zack putting on school uniform, showing audience occupation of both.
4	Establishing Shot	Jack in a work/office environment representing that he has a well respected job, could be typing on his computer or making a phone call etc.
5	Two shot	Daniel enters Jack’s office handshake establishing friendship to the audience, both dressed in suits and so both have good jobs.
6	Medium Long Shot	Jack sitting in his office alone late a night still working, showing signs of stress to the audience, and potentially making phone calls.
7	Close Up	Close up on Jacks phone, as it appears that an unknown number is calling him late at night in his empty office.
8	MCU	Shot shows Jacks confused facial expressions as he begins to realise the caller is interested in his past life
9	Medium Shot	Jack is getting his instructions and writing them down on a pad and then the printer starts printing a document in a background, as Jack turns to see what the document contains he realises that, its all of the information on the target he must kill.
10	CU	Close up on the document containing information on Roberto Rodriguez who Jack must hunt down and kill if he wants his son to live and if successful means he will be payed 20 million pounds for the job.
11	Long Shot	Jack arrives home greets his son and goes to bed.
12	Long Shot/ Establishing Shot	Both Jack and Daniel are sat on a park bench watching Jacks son Zack play on the equipment, the shot is behind both Jack and Dan to focus on Zack
13	Medium Shot	The camera is now in front of Daniel and Jack as Jack hands the document to Daniel explaining what he was told to do.
14	Establishing Shot	Montage plays of the dark past life of both Jack and Daniel, montage then switches to present with Jack walking home with son and then back to past life montage which is in slow motion.
15	MCU	Jack laying in bed at night looking up at the ceiling questioning his future, possible flashbacks of past lime and interactions with son could appear (pushing son on swings, Long Shot)
16	Long Shot	Perhaps a shot of Jack sitting in the back of a car in the evening on his way home from work, looking out the window thinking about the task he will be performing in the next few days.
17	Medium Shot	Jack enters garage to collect weapons from his past life that he will use on one last job
18	MCU	Camera focuses on garage light which flickers at first, giving off an eerie impression to the audience.
19	Close Up	Camera shows jack dusting off an old case/box which contains a clean box which Jack then opens, containing various knives and guns.
20	ECU	Camera zooms and focuses on individual weapons as Jack polishes them and prepares them for use in the following days, various ECU’s used in a montage focusing on weapons and clothing.
21	CU/MCU	Roberto Rodriguez who is the target then has to be established to the audience, shown in mainly CU’s and MCU in darkness not giving to much away however letting the audience see his cuts and that he is a villain
22	ECU	Used to show the weapons that Roberto is carrying, establishing his role as a target and villain, ECU of his shoes and him walking through deserted dark places also creates sense of fear in the audience.
23	Establishing Shot	Daniel and Jack enter a car to show them on their way to where the target (Roberto) is located
24	Montage, Multiple angles	Daniel and Jack on their way to find the target, montage creates sense of time passing and tension building.
25	Establishing Shot	As the pair walk to the house of the target the high establishing shot which is behind them shows the pair in all black with hoods up and weapons ready
26	Long Shot/ Two Shot, CU	As Jack and Daniel close in on the house the camera shows both facial expressions of anger and concentration, shot then changes to Two shot behind the pair of Roberto running from his house and down a darkened alley way.
27	Multiple long shots, Dolly shot, Tracking shot and Handheld camera	Multiple shots picture Roberto on the run from both Jack and Daniel, various shots show a sense of rush and thrill, all shots are also showing the pace of the chase which is getting closer and closer to its conclusion.
28	Extreme long shot/Establishing Shot	Used to show the sheer size of the barn in the deserted field that the chase has led Jack and Daniel too, the pair walk slowly towards the building with the shot still zoomed out
29	CU	Close up used of both the legs and shoes of both Daniel and Jack to build tension, establishing a sense of getting closer to the end goal as they get closer to the camera.
30	ECU	Emotions of both Daniel and Jack are shown on camera as the camera focuses on both their muddy-scarred faces pictured in the darkness of their hoods.
31	High angle Long shot	As both Daniel and Jack arrive in the abandoned building it then becomes clear to everyone in the audience that all characters are in the final shot
32	CU	Used to show the audience the scars and mud on Zack’s face who has been tied up and kidnapped by the Unknown caller
33	ECU/ Two Shot	Picturing both Daniel and Jack who are now helpless as the emotions rise because Jacks son is in serious danger
34	Medium Shot	Both the Unknown caller and Roberto are pictured with evil grins on their faces as the Unknown caller puts a gun to Zack’s head and begins counting down from 10
35	MCU	Both Jack and Daniel look at each other and nod with mud and sweat pouring off their endangered faces.
36	Medium Shot	In first fast pace which is then slowed down in to slow motion the pair both quickly pull out their guns to shoot down both the Unknown caller and Roberto
37	ECU	The shot then shows the end of Jacks gun as he quickly takes aim, Jack’s face is out of focus however the gun is perfectly shown to the audience, editing added where the gun will ripple and the screen immediately goes black and finishes the opening sequence.