Found scene of my edited “stairs”
Shot list
- Camera following with their movements. Martha and Lucy walking in the street, medium shot.
- Martha and Lucy talking to each other. And Lucy looks back, medium shot.
- Medium close up of Charlie.
- Lucy looks back one more time, medium shot.
- Medium close up or Charlie, he looks around.
- Lucy looks back, the turn back, and still walking, medium shot.
- High angle and wide shot, they walking to the building.
- C/U of foot.
- Martha and Lucy climbing the stairs, medium shot.
- High angel, wide shot, Martha and Lucy climbing the stairs.
- Wide shot, low angel, Lucy suddenly stop, Martha keep going.
- Medium C/U form Lucy’s shoulder.
- POV of Charlie.
- Medium C/U form Lucy’s shoulder. And she leaved, Charlie show his struggle emotion, and also leave.
The shot from 1 to 7 all from the scene 1, which present Charlie following with Lucy and Martha on the street. I cut their walking shot and medium C/U of Charlie alternately to emphasize the situation between them. Also, when I cut shot 2 to shot 3, I clearly notice the eye line of Lucy when she looks back. However, to be honest, the shots of scene1 are too many, I haven’t cut this series of actions in a tight way.
The shot of 7 uses a wide shot with a high angel to show the whole surroundings, and the states of both three characters. In the shot from 1 to 6, we just respectively see the action of Charlie and Lucy, Martha. However, this shot let us see them together, also see the concrete situation that Charlie following with them.
The shot 8 is a C/U of Lucy and Martha’s foot. I use this shot to remind audiences they start climbing stairs. Shot 12 and shot 14 are kind of interesting, the camera is behind of Lucy, so, the C/U shot from her shoulder, this position ensure audience can see her face expression, also can see Charlie walking into the frame. As a result, this frame has two planes, which forms a deep depth of field.
Shot 13 is a pov shot of Charlie, the camera instead of his head looking up and looking down. This design is interesting, however, it is a little easily make viewers feel confused in the beginning.