Blog Post # 6 - April 9th, 2011

SHOT LIST

Production Title: L.A. Confidential

Director: Curtis Hanson

Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti

SHOT #	LOCATION	SHOT TYPE	CAMERA ANGLE	CAMERA MOVEMENT	SHOT DESCRIPTION (subject, action, lighting, etc.)
#1	Int.	2S - MCU	EL	None	Int. Restaurant, Exley & Vincennes see a person of interest in a case.
#2	Int.	LS	LA	Trucking	Int. Restaurant, Exley & Vincennes approach a person of interest and Lana Turner. The camera moves from the right to the left to show who the detectives are headed to speak with.
#3	Int.	MCU	HA	None	Int. Restaurant, a high-angle over the shoulder shot show the detectives begin to speak with the couple at the table.
#4	Int.	3S - MCU	EL	None	Int. Restaurant, Exley addresses Lana Turner thinking she is a prostitute.
#5	Int.	MCU	HA	None	Int. Restaurant, shot #4 cuts back to a shot very similar to #3 as the conversation continues.
#6	Int.	2S - MCU	LA	Stedicam	Int. Restaurant, as Exley, looks down at Lana Turner and insults her again as it starts as he leans right, the camera moves about a foot to the right as well to keep both Exley and Vincennes in the shot to keep a nice balance. It is close to a POV view shot but as Exley looks to left from the camera, it is obvious that the camera does not have Lana Turner’s POV. I’m not 100% on the camera movement term but it seems too small and too confined to be a trucking/tracking shot and still to smooth and high-grade to be handheld so I am assuming it must be a stedicam operator in the booth make a smooth move from the right to the left in this shot.
#7	Int.	MCU	LA	None	Int. Restaurant, the same shot as #3 and #5, Exley is told to stop by the man of the couple as Exley finishes his insult and Vincennes reveals to Exley that the woman is actually Lana Turner.
#8	Int.	2S - MCU	LA	None	Int. Restaurant, this shot is a continuation of shot #6, Vincennes again tells Exley that he has insulted Lana Turner
#9	Int.	CU	POV	None	Int. Restaurant, a close-up of character playing Lana Turner shows her disgusted and looking at the camera from presumably Exley’s POV as her beginning movements to throw water in Exley’s face are shown in this shot. Shot is also a great example of a reaction shot.
#10	Int.	2S	LA	None	Int. Restaurant, Exley gets water thrown into his face for insulting Lana Turner as this shot continues from shot #6 and #8.
#11	Ext.	LS	EL	Trucking	Ext. Sidewalk across from the street from the restaurant. After the prior conversation, the shot starts out in front of the car with the detectives walking back to the car. Exley asks how he was supposed to know the woman was Lana Turner. As they get near the car, the camera begins to truck to from right to left and stops once it is even with the front seat windows, which are rolled down. Once the camera settles and the characters are seated, character movement has changed the shot from the initial long shot to a medium close-up as they begin to laugh at the whole conversation.
#12	Ext.	EST - LS	EL	None	Ext. Pierce Patchett’s house, Once the Lana Turner scene has ended the next shot is an establishing shot of the following scene showing Pierce Patchett’s house obviously insinuating that the next scene is to include Patchett’s home.