Teabaggin’ (Shooting Script)

SHOOTING SCRIPT

TEA BAGGIN

 

character Direction:

No Dialogue/Speech throughout the whole narrative or sequence of shots.

1.      Int. kitchen – night

Title Sequence:

Fade In From Black

Medium Long Shot – Opening the fridge

Pan Inside Fridge

Close Up – Items in the fridge (Milk, Eggs, Butter and Mayonnaise)

Continue Panning Out (Over the Shoulder)

Medium Shot – Closing the fridge

Cut Into

Medium Shot – Following a hand holding milk and then putting it onto the kitchen counter

Pan Over Into(Over the Shoulder)

Medium Close Up – Opening the cabinet and getting the tea bags and putting them onto the counter

Cut Into Pan Sequence

Long Shot – Closing the cabinet, then walking to the boiled kettle and bring it back to the counter

Cut Into

Medium Close Up – Making the tea with everything put together on the counter

Pan Out

Long Medium Shot – Lifting up the cup of tea

Cut Into

Close Up – On the counter with the title ‘Tea Baggin’ written in tea on the counter

Cut Into

Medium Shot – Walking off with the cup of tea

Zoom Into

Close Up – Hand turning off the light switch

Fade Out To Black – End Title Shots

Main Plot Sequence:

2.      INT. BEDROOM. MORNING/DAY

Fade Into

Close Up – Alarm going off playing ‘The Who – My Generation’

Still Shot

Close Up – Hand coming in and hitting the off button for the alarm

Pan Out

Medium Shot – Character rising up and yawning with hands rose in the air

Cut Into

Long Shot – Hands going down and the getting out of bed

Zoom Into(Over the Shoulder)

Medium Close Up – Character reaching for robe and then picking it up

Cut Into

Long Shot – Putting the robe on and turning towards the bedroom door

Cut Into

Close Up – Hand reaching for the door knob and opening the door

Pan Out Into

Medium Shot – Character walking through the door and heading for the kitchen

3.      INT. HALLWAY. MORNING/DAY

Reverse Shot (Front)

Long Shot – Walking through the hall way and into the kitchen

4.      INT. KITCHEN. DAY

Cut To (Over the Shoulder)

Medium Close Up – Opening the fridge, getting the milk and putting it onto the counter

Pan Out Into

Medium Long Shot – Walking over to the kettle and picking it up

Cut To

Close Up – Turning on the water and pouring it into the kettle

Zoom Out Into (Over the Shoulder)

Medium Shot – Getting the kettle and walking over to the cooker

Cut Into

Close Up – Turning on the gas fire and placing the kettle onto the hob

Cut To Pan Shot

Medium Long Shot – Walking over to the other side of the kitchen

Cut To (Over the Shoulder)

Medium Close Up – Bending down while opening the cabinet

Cut Into (Reverse Shot Inside Cabinet)

Close Up – The hand reaching for the tea box inside the cabinet

Cut To (Over the Shoulder)

Medium Shot – Coming up from the cabinet with the box and closing the door

Zoom Into

Extreme Close Up – Hand opening the box and finding a note at the bottom of an empty box

Cut To

Medium Close Up – Characters face full of agitation and confusion

Pan Into

Close Up – Hands squeezing the box with annoyance and then ripping it in half along with the note

Cut To

Medium Long Shot – Character placing the pieces into one hand and reaching for the bin lid

Zoom Slowly Into

Close Up – Open bin with some rubbish and a tea bag on top of a pizza box

Cut To

Medium Close Up – Characters face full of contemplation

Cut To

Medium Close Up – Tea bag on top of the pizza box

Cut To (View From Bin)

Close Up – Character looking more intently at the tea bag

Cut To

Close Up – Tea bag appearing more enticing

Cut To

Extreme Close Up – Eyes of the character wide open needing to have that bag

-   Sound of boiled kettle getting louder -

Cut To

Extreme Close Up – Tea bag looking tantalising / alluring

-   Quick Cut to Close Up: kettle whistling loudly -

Cut To (View From Bin)

Medium Close Up – Hand reaching into the bin putting the ripped box inside

Cut To (Over The Shoulder Shot)

Medium Long Shot – Getting the tea bag from the bin and placing the lid back on

Pan Over Into

Long Shot – Holding the tea bag and looking it for a while

Zoom Into

Medium Close Up – Blowing the tea bag

Pan Into

Close Up – Hand tapping the tea bag on the counter

-   Quick Cuts of Extreme Close Ups: Tea bag, milk, and water -

 

-   Slow Motion Close Up: Sugar with tea entering into the cube / loud tea dollops or drops when dropped –

Cut To (Over the Shoulder)

Medium Long Shot – Picking up the spoon, stirring the tea and picking it up

Pan Over Into

Medium Close Up – Lifting the cup towards the mouth and drinking the tea

Cut To

Medium Shot – A sigh and smile at having drunk the tea at last

Pan Over Into

Medium Long Shot – Looking at the biscuit box on the counter

Cut To (Reverse Shot P.O.V Counter Top)

Medium Close Up – Reaching for the biscuit box and picking it up

Cut To

Extreme Close Up – Hand holding the biscuit box and a note saying “Sorry them too”

-   Fade Into Black: Title – The End –