(Horror Film) Shot by Shot Scenes

Shot 1: (repetitive montage) scanning the ID card at the gates

Shot 2: (repetitive montage) work piling up on the desk as the repetitive scene continues

Shot 3: (repetitive montage) scene of the trees outside (plus possibly tilt of the camera looking from the ground to the sky?)

Shot 4: the character 'snap': "before you snap" song lyric: firework going off in the sky to represent something went off in the character's mind

Shot 5: camera positioned behind the main character walking down a hallway - main character walks into the classroom - camera follows him in and zooms in while he stabs the victim - doesn't show anyone's face once the back of the main character

Shot 6: shot of the blood splatter on the wall

Shot 7:  shadows on the wall of the victim and the main character

Shot 8: the ending - mask lying on the table - spotlight above it increases in brightness as the camera gets closer to the mask - bloody knife laying beside it


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