Rashomon Shot List

Rashomon (1950) Shot List Worksheet 

I want you to practice analyzing nonliterary texts. While watching the film Rashomon, then, I’d like you to describe the sequence of at least ONE scene in the film using the vocabulary from the Basic Language of Film worksheet. 

Shot #	Type of Shot	Description of Shot
2.33	Long shot	Shows the subject from top to bottom, not necessarily the filming frame
2.40	Then closer up/ sideways on	Side view of the face
2.52	Slow zoom	The slow zoom, gives a view of the characters facial expression
9.00	Dolly and pan shots through the trees	These are shot that are filmed through the trees to give an impression of the surrounding.
9.00	Famous sky shots	Shots that are frequently used in the movie, sky in frame
23.40	Dolly and pan shots	Difficult to do in a forest
28.15	Triangle cuts	Following the gaze back and forward
34.10	Lots of short cuts	When the husband and the Tajomaru are fighting
1.13.00	Lots of short cuts	Another fight between the two of them
1.27.02	Worm’s eye view	They film this from below and film the sky or buildings whatever the camera is focusing on