1. The document is a shotlist for a film titled "Monday Syndrome". It details 12 scenes with multiple shots planned for each scene.
2. The scenes depict a day in the life of the main character Sarah who is having a terrible Monday - she oversleeps, has problems getting ready, drops her phone and cracks the screen, gets nauseated on the bus, struggles in math class, and has a bad volleyball game.
3. By the end of the day Sarah is feeling depressed but realizes through flashbacks that the entire day actually took place on a Friday, not Monday.
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Monday syndrome shot list
1. Monday Syndrome Shotlist
Christine Joung, Eda Aydin, Lora Jung
Scene Shot Shot
Size
Angle Movement Description Notes
1(morni
ng,
home)
1 full x x sound of andrew screaming is heard over black
screen
screaming should sound
whiny
2 LS high x Andrew still screaming. Sarah groans, buries her
face into her pillow and stirs inside blanket.
3 CU eyelevel x After a moment, she screams and buries her face
again.
very messy hair, forehead
frown, eyes closed
4 LS Sarah
PoV
x door opens, mom is seen holding clock mom looks at sarah
5 LSCU Mom PoV moves with mom mom walks in room with clock in hand and speaks
to Sarah as she puts it on the wall.
6 CU in front of
face
x mumbles to mom and forces open one eye. eye is barely even open
7 LSCU Sarah
PoV
zoom in zoom into clock
8 MS high x Sarah scrunches up her face and groans out her
line. She pulls blanket up to her face.
2
(bathro
om)
1 MCU eyelevel x Sarah rubs face with towel, puts it down, picks up
curler and starts curling. After a moment she yelps
in pain and quickly pulls out curler from hair (curled
in a weird way). She puts down curler and sighs,
looking even more agitated. Mom’s voice is heard
yelling, Sarah says her line and ties up her hair.
She runs out of the camera frame.
annoyed face
2 MLS eyelevel x Sarah runs out of bathroom, door closes transition to next scene
should be smooth,
connected by sound of
door opening
3 1 LSVL
S
low towards Sarah Sarah opens door, runs with cellphone in hand
(run
drop
phone)
2 MCU eyelevel x feet shown running, phone drops, sarah stops and
picks up phone
3 MCU low x worried expression
4 CU high
Sarah
POV
x close up of phone screen. Screen is shattered,
phone doesn’t turn on when she presses the power
button
5 WS low towards Sarah Sarah:”Damn it!” with annoyed face. sighs and
starts running again.
2. Scene Shot Shot
Size
Angle Movement Description Notes
4
(bus
puke)
1 MED high moves to show
friend when
friend talks
in bus. Sarah looks out the window, no facial
expression. puking sound is heard but no reaction
from sarah for a moment. after a while, sarah sniffs,
pinches her nose and talks to friend next to her.
She turns her head away back out the window.
earphones on. takes
earphones off when
talking
5(walk
to
school)
1 LS eyelevel moves towards
sarah as she
walks towards
school
ppl get out of bus
2 MS eyelevel moves with
actors
sarah walks, tired expression, slowly, jamie calls
sarah, runs up from behind
camera in front of actors
3 MCU Sarah
PoV
tilt top to bottom sarah scans jamie smile jamie
4 MCU eyelevel,
about 45°
to the side
facing
Sarah
cameraman
moves with
actors, as sound
fades
cameraman
stops in place
and only the
camera moves
to show them go
in building
Sarah and Jamie talk towards the end of convo
the sound of them talking
should fade out after the
cameraman stops moving
6
(locker)
1 MCU eyelevel x Sarah and Jamie check phones, talk, Sarah opens
locker angrily while jamie looks at phone and types
with a bright expression
Jamie: enthusiastically
Sarah: unhappy
expression
2 CU eyelevel x sarah angrily puts books in locker with mad face,
slams door shut
camera inside locker
facing sarah
black screen when door is
slammed shuttransition to
next scene
7
(math)
1 CU of
pencilc
ase
high x sarah takes out pencil, eraser from pencil case
while teacher talks
voice only of teacher
2 CU Sarah
PoV
x test paper. 1st problem. sarah’s hand is shown
ticking her pencil back and forth
sound of clock
3 MCU high x sarah holds test paper showing frustration, biting
nails, frowning, sighs
pen keeps ticking, sound
of clock heard
4 MCU from the
side,
more
facing
sarah
sarah hands in test paper to teacher, convo goes on sarahdepressed face
teacherconfused face
5 MCU eyelevel moves with
actors, then
stops after final
line to show
actors walking
sarah and jamie talk about test and volleyball
3. Scene Shot Shot
Size
Angle Movement Description Notes
8(lunch) 1 MS eyelevel guys to sarah in line, first guys are shown talking about sarah then
camera moves to show sarah with annoyed face a
couple of people behind
2 MCU eyelevel sarah coming to
tablestill at
tablesarah
leaving table
sarah sits down beside jamie and eats a couple
bites, then drops food on shirt. sarah sighs, gets up
and goes towards exit
9(schoo
l
bathroo
m)
1 MSC
U
eyelevel camera gets
closer to stain
sarah tries to rinse off stain fast hand movements as
she tries to wipe stain off
2 LS high x sarah pees and looks at empty tissue roll shot from next stall
3 MLS eyelevel x stall is shown from outside. sarah yells
10(volle
yball)
1 WS eyelevel Sarah gets hits by ball or misses
2 MLS eyelevel Sarah gets hits by ball or misses
3 MLS eyelevel Sarah gets hits by ball or misses
4 MLS eyelevel Sarah gets hits by ball or misses
5 MLS eyelevel Sarah gets hits by ball or misses
6 MCU eyelevel coach talks to students
7 MCU low coach wrecks sarah
8 MS high slowly closer jamie and sarah talk sitting in locker room
9 MLS eyelevel jamie and sarah walk towards buses (towards
camera) and jamie drops out. sarah is left in despair
11(hom
e)
1 MS high sarah sighs, buries head between knees, someone
knocks door, sarah looks up and asks who it is
CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
2 LS SarahPoV mom holds phone, says it’s a call from jamie CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
3 MLSM
CU
eyelevel,
from side
of bed
moves to show
sarah
sarah walks halfheartedly back to bed while talking
to jamie on phone. sarah turns head and looks at
clock.
CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
clock is visible in
background
sarah’s face gradually
looks confused
4 CU clock saying FRIDAY CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
5 MCU low, in
front
confused expression CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
6 flashbacks CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
4. Scene Shot Shot
Size
Angle Movement Description Notes
7 MCU eyelevel,
from side
of bed
first to sarah,
then to mom
convo with jamie on phone, then someone knocks
door again and door opens. mom peeps in
CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
8 MCU eyelevel,
slightly
from the
side
moves from
sarah’s face to
clock
sarah says “it didn’t matter….” CLOCK TICKING NOISE!!
gradually gets louder.
12 title on black screen
VLSvery long shot
LSlong shot
MLSmedium long shot
MSmedium shot
MCUmedium close up
CUclose up
XCUextreme close up