Shot List- Life After Jim
1. INT.CAROLINE’S HOUSE- LIVING ROOM- DAY
- Straight on Close up of Caroline’s face, light flooding in from the right
- Close up of a cigarette, burning in her hand.
- Black Screen, SUPER: Life After Jim
- Mid shot of her sitting, narration begins “it’s on days like these […] it’s quiet”
- Bridge shot of her eyes glancing sideways
- Wide angle of her alone in her seat “it’s at times like these […] sleep”
- Close up again of her putting her head in her hands, “Jim would always know [..] like this”
- Wide shot of the room, Jim walks in, faded, like a ghost, and stares at her “I can see him now […] saying]
- As they both speak, CAROLINE stands up, and begins to walk towards Jim
- Wide angle of her, standing on her own, and she says ‘of course […] better’
- Side on of her sitting back down
- Close up of her taking a drag on her cigarette “I think that’s […] arriving”
2. INT- DOORWAY- DAY
- Close up from a side angle of CAROLINE’S face as she stands in the doorway, emotionless. “When they said the words […] no prospect of”
3. INT- KITCHEN- DAY
- Medium side on of CAROLINE making a cup of tea
- Close up of her taking a sip
- Turns around, cup of tea in her hand, sitting against the work top, looking around
- CUT TO: side on of her at the table, drinking and looking at some photos. Series of shots of her looking at the photos from different angles from “our daughter […] at some point”
4. INT- CAROLINE’S LIVING ROOM- DAY
- Medium/low angle of CAROLINE walking back into the room, staring around “Everything about this house reminds me of him […] never coming back”
- Medium as she sits down “But whenever […] I’m not dead yet”
FTB
[After note] I made some changes to the original shot list due to various restrictions e.g. I cut the cigarette primarily because my actress didn’t want to smoke in the house. Secondly, I decided the cigarette was unnecessary. Also the shot of her in Ireland was added in after the first edit on the advice of a professional director and writer.
