Shot list for opening sequence for thriller

Shot list for opening sequence of thriller

• Wide shot - Car coming onto the road.
• Panning shot- Car coming down the road.
• Over the shoulder shot - In car , of man driving.
• Medium shot - Man driving , side view.
• Close-up shot - Man looking.
• Medium-shot - Window of house.
• Medium-shot - Man outside house, side view.
• Medium-shot - Man reaching over to open glove compartment.
• Low angle shot  -  Man getting badges out of glove compartment.
• Over the shoulder shot  - Man pulling badges out of glove compartment and looking at them.
• Medium-shot - Man taking badges out of bags.
• Close-up shot - Badge being placed on belt.
• Long-shot - Man gets out of car.
• Panning shot - Man walks up to beginning of drive way and looks at house.
• Tracking shot - Man walks up to house.
• Medium–shot - Man knocks on door.
• Medium-shot - Woman walks out of room.
• Panning shot  - Woman walks over to door.
• Medium close-up shot - Woman at door asking who it is.
• Medium-shot - Man at door saying "FBI".
• Medium-shot - Back view of woman opening the door.
• Medium-shot - Front  view of woman opening the door.
• medium close-up shot - Man comes in and puts hands around woman's throat.
• High angle shot - Woman being strangled and begins to fall, looking down on woman.
• Low-angle shot - Looking up on man as woman continues to fall and he is pushing her.
• High- angle shot - Woman lying on the floor.
• Close-up shot - Man looks up and begins to walk to over to cupboard. 
• Medium-shot - Man starts to open cupboard, can see him from behind.
• Close-up - View from cupboard , man opens cupboard, smiles and nods.

We use mainly close ups and medium shots because that's what tends to be the case for many professional films and it works well for the thriller genre because you can see the emotion on the characters faces and it helps the audience to see things that help to reveal the narrative. However we use a huge range of other shots, including: tracking shot, low angle, high angle, panning shot, and wide shot.