1. NOTES ON A SCANDAL – CREATIVE
RESPONSE
By Emily Barrett

2. 12 SECONDS, ESTABLISHING SHOT
 There’s a young girl sitting on a
bench, you can’t make out any of
her features
 She’s sitting alone.
 You can see everyone else
around her playing in the
playground with their friends.
 The weather is dull and a bit
foggy.
 This should create a sense of

3. 12 SECONDS, MID- SHOT
 This shot is from the front of
the girl.
 You can not see her face, her
identity is revealed.
 Her face is sad and thoughtful.
 This creates sympathy again
along with the mood putting
pushed down to being sombre
and upset.

4. 5 SECONDS, CLOSE-UP
 The shot is of a school bell
going off.
 This gives an idea to the
audience of where the girl is
located.
 It also gives an sense of time
because it must be specific in
order for a bell to go off.

5. 6 SECONDS, LONG SHOT
 This shot shows all the pupils in
the playground rushing inside
the building.
 The building is a school.
 This portrays the children as
being well behaved and know
what their doing so it suggests
that this process in monotonous.

6. 7 SECONDS, HIGH SHOT
 The shot is of the girl sitting on
the bench.
 She has not yet gone inside, she
is completely alone.
 Because of the high shot it,
makes her seem vulnerable and
insignificant (which is also
illustrates by her not having
any friends to sit with).

7. 5 SECONDS, CLOSE-UP
 This shot is of her hands as she
pulls out a locket from her
pocket.
 An element of mystery is
brought up from this shot.
 Makes audience ask questions,
what significance does the
locket have, what’s inside of the
locket.

8. 3 SECONDS, MID-SHOT
 The girl quickly places the
locket back into her pocket.
 Shows that she doesn’t want to
drop or loose it.
 This object obviously means a
lot to her, why?

9. 10 SECONDS, LONG SHOT
 The girl makes her way back
into the building, she isn’t
rushing.
 Gives the audience the idea that
perhaps she isn’t fond of school
and would like to be else
where.
 She doesn’t seem to care
whether she’s late for class,
show’s that she has things on her

10. 7 SECONDS, AERIAL SHOT
 This shot looks down at the
entire school. The title come up
saying ‘Story of a Lost Cause’.
 Gives the audience more
information and they begin to
understand that maybe this girl
is maybe suffering from a death.