End of The Line - Shot List
End of The Line - Shot List
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Restaurant
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Restaurant Restaurant
Shot description Close up of protagonists face, then pan to train as it arrives. Medium tracking shot, following in front of protagonist walking into the train. He walks off frame and the doors close. Medium tracking shot, following behind protagonist as he walks into the restaurant. Manager walks out to greet him. Wide shot from side of characters, wall in foreground Wide shot of Ching. Protagonist out of focus in foreground.
Script notes
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Manager: Hey lover boy! The usual? Protagonist and managers dialogue Ching sweeps the floors, looks up and smiles. Protagonist: Its ok Begin flashback He gets a call. Phone call dialogue.
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Restaurant Street (near MTR exit) Street (near MTR exit) Alley MTR platform
Close up of eating noodles. Medium shot (from far away) from the side as cars pass Close up of phone dropping. Protagonists feet run away in background. Medium of lower body going down alleyway. Object in foreground if possible. Tracking behind protagonist as he runs to train. Focus on ex with protagonist out-offocus in foreground. Track camera round to almost parallel with glass, she pulls away.
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He falls onto the ground, into the frame (same shot as previous) Close up of protagonists face (skewed angle) Close up of octopus card and feet, pan up to protagonist as he slowly picks it up. Behind protagonist, showing the Ex on the other side of the glass.
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Single tear slides down his cheek Protagonist picks up Exs octopus card. She thumps on the window, gestures to meet at the next stop, he nods and gestures to calm down.
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Medium still as he gets on the train. Then turn to track behind him as he walks to sit with Ex. Medium of two characters talking. Object in foreground if possible. Shot of night sky. Pan down to see the two characters.
Fig rig Fig rig Fig rig Dialogue fades out They are asleep on each others shoulders. Protagonist wakes up, begin dialogue.
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Tracking behind/beside as they piggyback. Tracking behind/beside as they piggyback. Tracking in front of characters piggybacking. Shot of a mirror, showing them piggybacking past Tracking closely at waist height as they go towards the bed. Camera pulls out and pans
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up at skewed angle as he tucks her in. Still shot of a clock. If possible, pan to see a mirror or desktop mirror showing them. Tracking sideways along a wall or other object to catch glimpses of the characters. Still shot of a clock. Tracking sideways along a wall, then reveals the characters. Medium tracking shot, following behind protagonist as he walks into the restaurant. Manager walks out to greet him. Shot-reverse-shot, behind manager. Objects/wall in foreground. May moving around in foreground. Camera shuffles about. Shot-reverse-shot, behind protagonist. May in background.
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in Clock shows a very late time. Protagonist gazes at sleeping Ex Clock shows an early time Ex opens her eyes and sits up, they hold hands. Manager: Whatll it be today? Protagonist: You know what?... May glances up, goes back to her work. Manager: How about curry? May looks up again, keeps looking. Protagonist: That sounds great, ok. He looks up midsentence, she looks away. Manager: Hey, we have a new waitress
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Restaurant
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Restaurant
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Restaurant
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Restaurant
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manager. He leaves. Shot-reverse-shot, behind May. Shot-reverse-shot, behind protagonist. Shot-reverse-shot, behind May Medium shot, tracking in front of characters as they walk. As soon as protagonist sees Ex, camera reflexively swings around (quickly panning) to show her. Swings back to protagonist. Same shot of the phone lying on the ground Medium shot, in front of characters.
May: Hello. Protagonist: When does your shift end? May: Right now actually. Protagonist: Cool. Lets go. Scene 8 dialogue.
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Protagonist, Ex
Exs sister Protagonist VO, Ex looks up at him, Ex VO, protagonist looks at her as their eyes meet and they smile at each other