Shot List

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A student wants to do a documentary video about a person who walks
dogs at the SPCA as a volunteer. A typical shot list might look
something like this:

• Interview of the Volunteer who walks dogs
• Close up of a dog
• Medium shot of a dog
• Long shot of the halls in the SPCA
• Exterior shot of the SPCA
• Exterior shot of Volunteer walking down street
• Exterior shot of Volunteer walking into SPCA
• Interior shot (medium) of Volunteer entering SPCA
• Interior shot of Volunteer checking in at reception desk
• Medium shot of Volunteer walking down hallway
• Medium shot of Volunteer walking up to cage with dogs
• Medium shot of dogs being excited, and leaving cage
• Close up shot of dog being excited
• Close up shot of cage being opened

Coverage: The purpose of getting all these shots is to make sure there is
enough footage (coverage) so that when the editing begins, the editor has
enough material to work with and cut with. This allows for much more
creativity when editing to tell the story. Do not limit yourself to just one shot.
If you only have one shot to use when editing, it doesn’t allow for very much
room to cut and play with the edit. You’re forced to use the one shot you got.