A Scotch on the Rocks
By Brian Geis, Directing Your Documentary, R. Benson
Narrative Beats Shots
1. Marks walks into the kitchen MS, Mark walking into kitchen from
dining room
2. He retrieves a glass from the cupboard MS, reverse angle, Mark entering kitchen,
3. He checks to make sure the glass in opening cupboard, retrieving glass, holding
clean it up to the light and placing it on the
4. Puts the glass on the counter top counter
5. Turns and heads to the ‘fridge MS Reverse angle of Mark heading to
6. Opens the freezer, grabs a bowl of ice ‘fridge, opening freezer, retrieving ice and
7. Returns to the counter and puts down ice returning to the counter.
8. He takes the glass and fills it with ice CU of hands filling glass with ice and
9. Grabs a bottle of scotch scotch
10. He fills his glass with scotch
11. Puts the bottle back on the counter
12. Turns around rattles ice in glass MS, Mark rattling ice in glass, sipping
13. Sips scotch scotch, swallowing hard and wincing
14. He swallows hard and winces
15. He takes another sip MS, profile angle of Mark taking second
16. He leaves the kitchen sip, then he leaves the kitchen