SHOT LIST
| Production Title: American Beauty | Director: Sam Mendes | Cinematographer: Conard Hall |
| SHOT # | LOCATION | SHOT TYPE | CAMERA ANGLE | CAMERA MOVEMENT | SHOT DESCRIPTION (subject, action, lighting, etc.) |
| # 1 | Ext. | EST - LS | EL | Slow Zoom-In | Ext. banquet hall, night; slow zoom-in to view of crowd inside |
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| #1 | INTERIOR | LS | EL | NONE | Dining room, daughter comes home late. |
| #2 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | Dinner table, mom is eating, dim. |
| #3 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | Beer in dad’s hand, candles. |
| #4 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | blackmailing his boss, talking about how he got fired. |
| #5 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | mother is talking about how father is proud of losing his job. |
| #6 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | Father talking about how his dick is in a cage. |
| #7 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | Mother telling father not to talk to her like that in front of daughter. |
| #8 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | Father talking about how he didn’t lose his job, that he quit. |
| #9 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | Mother saying that she’s the soul bread winner now. |
| #10 | INTERIOR | MS | EL | NONE | Mother talking about passing the mortgage to daughter. |
