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Director’s Notebook

Alexis DavisBlock 3

Opening Scene

Lighting:

Front/Rear

Sound:Soft music playing in background with conversation between the parents.

Camera Angle:

Eye-level with a close

up shot of Chihiro.

Chihiro sulks in the back seat of her parents’ car while her family is on its way to a new home in a new town, and Chihiro doesn’t want to move. This opening scene sets the tone for the movie.

Camera Movement:Dolly/Tracking, the camera is moving along side with the car.

THE ESTABLISHING SHOTLighting:

High Key

lighting, the

scene dims

in.Sound:Music gets louder from previous scene.

Camera Movement:Dolly/Tracking, the camera is moving with the car.Camera Angle:

It is a long shot that

also is the

establishing shot.

This scene show the neighborhood that the characters are leaving. It also is the scene that introduces the title of the film. No chareacters are in this scene.

This is the scene when things took a turn for the worse. Chihiro’s father gets lost while taking a short cut, and loses control of the car as they drive further and further in the forest.

Lighting:Flashes of high key lighting.

Sound:Drastic music begins to play as the characters in this scene begin to scream, also Tree branches are breaking. Camera Movement:

Dolly/Tracking,

camera is moving

rapidly, cross cutting

effect.Camera Angle:It is a long shot and close up. The scene is fast moving so the angles are constantly changing.

In this scene the father loses control of the car but he sees a tunnel that he realizes the car will run into so everyone starts to panic and scream.

Lighting:Flashes of high key and low key lighting.Sound:Drastic music gets louder. Car is hitting branches and rocks. Screams get louder.

Camera Movement:

Dolly/Tracking,

camera is moving

rapidly, cross cutting

effect.Camera Angle:It is a long shot and close up. The scene is fast moving so the angles are constantly changing.

This scene the characters get out of the car because there is a tunnel. The parents discover that this tunnel is actually an entrance.

Lighting:

High key

lighting.Sound:Music stops and Chihiro is yelling for her parent to come back to the car..

Camera Movement:

The camera is

zooming out of the

scene. Camera Angle:It is a long shot and close up. It starts as a close up then turns into a long shot.

In this scene the parents find a deserted stall piled with food. They start eating, and soon, they’re both pigging out. Chihiro refuses to eat because she has a bad feeling about it and she wanders away by herself Her parents kept eating the food.

Lighting:

High key

lighting.Sound:Diegetic scene.

Chihiro is

talking to her

parents.

Parents are

eating loudly,Camera Movement:The camera is eye-level. The focus goes back and forth between Chihiro and her parents.

Camera Angle:

It is a medium shot

and close up. It

starts as a close up

then turns into a

medium shot.

In this scene Chihiro wonders to a bridge, which she doesn’t know is the spirit world. She is fascinated by the building.

Lighting:

High key

lighting.Sound:Soft Music is playing. The sound of footsteps gets louder.Camera

Movement:

This scene is

establishing the

setting and it is

panning back

and forth to show

the whole

building.Camera Angle:This scene is a long shot. It is also zooming in and out and panning back and forth.

In this scene it shows when the spirit world gets dark. This is another establishing shot. It is showing the whole setting of the spirit world. This is where the majority of the movie will take place.

Lighting:Low key lighting.

Sound:Drastic music begins to play

Camera Movement:This scene is establishing the setting and it is panning back and forth to show the whole spirit world.Camera Angle:

This scene is a long shot. It is also zooming in and out and panning back and forth.

In this scene the boat is approaching land. This will be the first time viewer will see the spirits and how they come to land. This is a very important scene because this is the passage way for spirits.

Lighting:

Low key lighting.

Sound:Drastic music is playing.

Camera Movement:This scene is establishing the setting and it is panning back and forth.Camera Angle:

This scene is a long shot. It is also zooming in and out and panning back and forth.

In this scene Chihiro sees the spirits leave the boat and she begins to panic. This scene also shows one of the spirits she will meet later in the movie that will befriend her and help her get back home and save her parents.

Lighting:

Low key lighting.

Sound:Drastic music softens. Chihiro starts screaming. Spirits are talking among

themselves. Camera

Movement:

This Scene is a

dolly/tracking shot

because Chihiro

begins to run

away. Camera Angle:This scene is a high angle shot above all of the action.