Camera shot breakdown assignment

Camera shot breakdown of The Art of violin bow making

Story title: “The Art of violin bow making”

Air date: November 23, 2012

Total run time (of story, not anchor lead-in and out): 2:28

Shot-by-shot breakdown:
1. CU of hands tying apron

2. Extreme CU of hands rolling up sleeves

3. Low/angled shot of bow maker, kind of tracking

4. CU of him sanding down wood

5. Tight shot of face

6. A different tight shot of face; rule of thirds/eyes on third apply here, interview

7. Medium shot of him making a violin, voice-over by violin maker

8. CU of his hands tapping a pole

9. Over the shoulder medium shot of him making the violin

10. Low/tight shot of him sanding off the wood; creates depth

11. CU of piece of wood

12. CU of his tools in his hands

13. Different CU of his work/the bow of the violin

14. CU of hands touching the bow hair; leads (kind of tracking) into him backing up with the bow

15. Transition to tight shot of the light fixture

16. Tracking shot down to his tool bench; angled shot from above

17. Tight shot of a tool he uses

18. Tight shot of more tools

19. CU of bows lined up

20. Tight shot of wood scraps

21. Tight shot of pieces of wood

22. CU of those same pieces of wood; blurs out

23. CU of violin piece of wood

24. Tight shot of face; interview

25. CU of violin bow

26. Tight shot of violin bow with hands; goes down the bow and creates depth

27. CU of bow and hands; straight on

28. Tight shot of face; interview

29. CU of hands working with a tool

30. Tight shot of bow; depth shot – kind of tracking; goes into him putting the bow over the fire

31. Tight shot of violin maker; interview

32. CU of him carving wood

33. Medium shot of him working on the bow at his workbench

34. CU of face; off center

35. Tight shot of him twirling the bow

36. Fades into shot of the finished bow

I thought that the camera shots were very relevant to the story because he was making a violin and they showed lots of close ups and tight shots to show you what he was doing. I noticed that they did a good job with filming intricate details on the violin to really show how it was made and the patience that it takes. There were lots of good WALLDO shots, for example, there was an angled shot of the violin maker when he was working on the violin bow. There was also a really good over the shoulder medium shot of him in the process of making the violin. Overall, I thought that it was a good story from the standpoint that there were good, interesting shots and a variety of shots.