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Scene 3 Slate 10 Take 1: Between 15:07 and 17:16
Scene 3 Slate 13 Take 2: Between 14:17 and 16:09
Scene 3 Slate 14 Take 1: between 09:00 and 12:13
In the Project Library, create a new Project and name it “Setting Up The Story.”
Exploring the edit
Before we start to edit the footage, let's take a closer look at Scene 2 and break it down into smaller story points
to see how it works. We also recommend that you reread this scene in the shooting script.
Scene 2
Scene 2 begins with a car pulling into the grounds of a rather austere-looking house. This arrival is being
watched through the top bedroom window, suggesting that there is another resident inside. Each new piece of
information that an audience receives at the start of a story should pose a question in the audience's mind and
keep them hanging on for the answer. At this point, the audience should be wondering who these people are,
who is watching them, and what their relationship with each other is?
In this short scene, we meet our two main characters, Joyce and Katie, for the first time. The main focus is on
Katie, a 12-year-old girl who has just arrived to live with her new foster parent. We immediately get a glimpse
of Katie's character when she refuses Joyce's offer to help her with a bag. As subtle as this detail is, it gives the
audience their first clue about Katie's independence and suggests that, even at such a young age, Katie is used
to depending on herself. Further glimpses into Katie's outlook and persona are revealed during the course of the
story, allowing us to form an impression of who this character is and wonder how the events of the story will
impact her.
A character starts with a certain belief or attitude, which is challenged during the course of the story by a series
of events. These events cause the character to either grow and change her viewpoint or dogmatically hold on to
her previous convictions despite everything that is going on around her. This journey of growth (or lack thereof)
that the character goes through is known as a character arc and is usually summed up at the end of a story when
the audience gets to see whether the character has changed for the better or not. The small detail with the bag
signals the start of Katie's character arc. As we shall soon learn, she is a child who prefers her own company to
others, and it's this attitude that's to be challenged in the story. Once Katie gets out of the car, she spots a figure
behind one of the bedroom windows, which instantly puts her on edge. This sets up the first obstacle that Katie
is faced with: the possibility of another person in the house.
Select the Keyword Collection Scene 2. To create this short scene, we have the following footage to play with:
Scene 2 Slate 2 Take 4: A point-of-view shot from the upstairs window, looking down on the characters
as they get out of the car.
Scene 2 Slate 3 Take 6: A Steadicam shot that starts on Joyce getting out of the car to open the door for
Katie and then follows both characters as they make their way to the house.
Scene 2 Slate 4 Take 2: An insert shot of Katie's suitcase. Joyce offers to help Katie with the case, but
Katie pulls away.
Scene 2 Slate 5 Take 1: A wider angle facing the front of the car. Katie gets out and walks into a tight me-
dium shot as she stops to look up at the house.
Scene 2 Slate 6 Take 1: Katie's point of view of the curtain stirring in the upstairs window.
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