Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Night of the Living Dead - Elyse Stefanowicz

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Directed by - George A. Romero

When zombies start attacking a small town, Barbara runs to a farm house for cover. There she meets several other people who are hiding from the attack. They find out it's a world wide epidemic and are to await further instructions. After a couple failed attempts of saving themselves, the people in the house start dying one by one and turn into zombies. The next morning, Ben, the sole survivor thinks hes being rescued but ends up getting a surprise of his own.

Scene description - When Ben comes in from chasing some zombies, he starts looking for nails and boards to board up the house. He tries to snap Barbara out of being scared by asking her to help. They are in the kitchen talking.

1 - Medium shot, normal lens, a slight tilt of the camera, low key high contrast lighting, relatively loose framing, no movement through axis, straight cut to next shot

2 - close up of barbara, normal lens, no movement, low key high contrast, tight framing, no movement through axis, cut to next shot

3 - medium shot, normal lens, pan, low key high contrast lighting, in the middle of the scene--ben turns on a light changing the light to high key low contrast, loose framing, movement through axis, cut to next shot

4 - medium shot, normal lens, no movement, high key low contrast, loose framing with another frame in the frame, movement through the axis, cut

5 - medium shot, normal lens, slight pan, high key low contrast, loose framing, movement out of the shot and through the axis, cut

6 - medium shot, normal lens, slight zoom at end of shot, high key low contrast, loose framing, no movement through axis, cut

7 - medium long shot, normal lens, no movement, high key low contrast, loose framing, no movement through axis, cut

8 - close up of drawer, normal lens, tilt of camera, high key low contrast, tight framing with another frame in shot, movement of hand through drawer, cut

9 - medium shot, normal lens, no movement, high key low contrast, tight framing, no movement through axis, cut

10 - medium shot, normal lens, slight pan of camera, high key low contrast, loose framing, movement through the axis, cut

11 - medium close up, normal lens, slight pan, high key low contrast, tight framing, no movement until end of shot, cut

12 - shot reverse shot of Ben and Barbara, medium shot, normal lens, no movement, high key low contrast, tight framing, movement through axis in beginning of shot, cut

13 - shot reverse shot - Barbara, medium shot, normal lens, no movement, high key low contrast, tight framing, no movement through axis, cut

14 - exact same as 12 - shot reverse shot

15 - exact same as 13 - shot reverse shot

16 - same as 12, except concludes scene by Barbara walking out of shot and through axis.

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