1. Step outline for film opening of ‘Texas Chainsaw’ (2013)
Genre: Horror
Description of action
Timings
Mise-en-scene
Fades from black to
00:00-00:22
Lionsgate ident
show the Lionsgate
Cogs
ident. Fades out to black
Red colours signify
danger
Puzzle pieces coming
00:23-00:33
Millennium Films
together to form a cube.
indent
Millennium Films indent.
Quickly fades out to
black
Black screen
00:34-00:38
Title abruptly appears
against a dark red,
smoke background. Title
wipes out from right to
left. Fades out to black
00:39-00:41
Fades from black in a
00:42-00:46
circular shape. Shows the
“Lionsgate
presents” Red font
centred.
“Lionsgate”
appears larger than
“presents”. Black
background with
dark red smoke
effect
“A Millennium films
production”
Sound
Turning cogs,
relate to what is
being shown
Choir voices
Sound bridge of
woman crying
Camerawork
Typography
Capitalised Sans
Serif
Fades out to black
Woman cries
“they’re trying to
kill me, they’re
crazy!”
The stabbing of
flesh can be faintly
heard
Eeriestrings sound
begins
Banging noise
Eerie strings
continue.
Editing
Fades to and from
black
Title wipes out
from right to left.
Fades out to black
Establishing
shot
Capitalised Sans
Serif
Fades to and from
black, in a circular
““

2. first setting – an old
garden. Also shows title
“A Millennium films
production”
Written in red font,
towards the left of
the screen.
An old swing set is
shown in front of a
porch of a house.
Suggests an
abandoned area.
00:47-00:49
00:50-00:51
Closer view of the
hallway
00:52-00:53
Man walks through the
door. Name of an actor
appears from left to
right. Then wipes back
from right to left.
00:54-00:58
Dialogue: Male’s
voice can be
heard, perhaps a
police officer.
Woman’s voice
replies to him (the
same crying
woman from
before)
Spinning windmill
Woman continues
“a main line
to speak to the
pictures presents”
man. Eerie strings
Aligned to the right continue.
of the screen
Sound of the
windmill squeaking
Inside of a house.
Knocking on a
Long shot
Dilapidated
door.
hallway, next to an Dialogue “hello?”
old staircase
Closer view shows
Loud scary noise.
Close up
the decorations on Banging sound
the wall – lots of
Dialogue
animal heads
against red
wallpaper
Text aligned to the Dialogue
Long shot
left in red font.
Eerie strings sound
Extremely bright
continues in the
light appears from
background
behind the man,
Man dressed in 70s
attire
shape. Vignette
around the image,
with a light focus
blur
Cut
“”
Jump cut
Sans serif

3. Close up shot of villain
00:59:01:00
Villain strikes man over
the head
01:00-01:01
Victim lays on the
ground
01:01-:01:02
Face covered in
blood
Victim’s legs shake in
agony
01:02
Blood and torn
clothing
Villain drags victim away 01:02-01:03
and closes a door
Shot changes to a
01:04-01:06
different location. Snowlike substance is falling.
The name of another
cast member appears, by
wiping from left to right.
Fades to black and
white. Fades out to white
Ambiguous red
background
Person dressed in
dirty shirt and
apron and a mask
Dilapidates hallway
Villain dressed in
shirt and apron
Props: mallet/knife
Dilapidated hallway
Metal door
Ambiguous snowlike substance.
Large window with
a bench in front of
it. Natural lighting
emits through the
window. Title
written in the same
font as previously
seen, aligned to the
right. Colours:
High pitched
strings
Low angle
shot
Close up
Eerie strings
continue
Diegetic sound of
the victim being
hit
Eerie strings
continue
Long shot
Quick cut
Close up
High angle
shot
High angle
shot
Action match
Eerie strings
continue
Diegetic sound of
the victim’s legs
against the
floorboards
Diegetic sound of
the door slamming
Warping noise
Eerie strings can
be faintly heard
Jump cut
Long shot
Fades out to white
Sans serif

4. Fades from white. Name 01:07-01:13
appears in the beginning
then wipes from right to
left. Another title wipes
from left to right, then
wipes away from right to
left. The white swing
shown previously
appears. A woman is
walking across the grass
towards the house.
Door opens and woman 01:13-01:17
walks through. Name
wipes from left to right.
Then wipes away from
right to left
Masked villain appears in 01:18
hallway and reaches for
the woman
Villain runs out the door 01:19
following the victim
Villain grabs victim as
01:19
she tries to escape
Villain carries victim back 01:20
through into the house
“”
01:20
yellow, gold and
black
White swing
Woman wearing
red shorts
White house
surrounded by
trees
Gun click
Eerie strings can
be faintly heard
Whistle noise
Ambient sounds of
birds chirping
Diegetic sounds of
woman walking
across grass
Dialogue
Low
angle/track
Fades from white
Old, dilapidated
door
Woman wears girly
make-up
Diegetic sound of
door creaking as it
opens
Close up
Villain in mask and
dirty apron and
shirt.
Torn wallpaper
Woman wearing
shorts
Torn
wallpaper/paintings
Natural lighting
Slashing strings
noise
Scream
Long shot
Quick cut
Long shot
Quick cut
Scream
Long shot
Action match
Natural lighting is
visible from behind
the characters
“”
scream
Mid shot
Quick cut
“”
Long shot
Quick cut
“”
“”

5. Victim carrying the
victim as she screams in
agony
Woman swings her head
Woman swings her head
in another direction
Villain drags victim back
into the back of the
hallway
Villain lifts victim up
01:21
“”
Mid
shot/track
Quick cut
01:21
01:21
Woman appears to
have blood on her
face
“”
“”
“”
“”
Close up
Close up
Action match
Action match
01:21
Torn wallpaper
“”
Long shot
01:21
Bloody walls
Wooden
contraption
Blood covered
walls
Giant metal hook
Blood covered
hook
Torturous
contraption
Villain places woman
onto hook
01:22
Villain places victim onto
hook. The woman
screams in agony.
Another victim can be
seen lying on a table in
front.
The woman is in agony
01:22
Camera zooms to a
closer view of the
woman’s face
Camera zooms again as
the woman continues to
struggle
Man walks off into the
sunset.
Three names wipe from
01:23
Low angle
mid shot pan
Action match
Mid shot
Action match
Rule of thirds
is used as
subjects are in
the centre
Woman moans
01:24
Splats of blood on
the wall
“”
01:25
“”
High pitched
screams
01:26-01:29
Sunset
Silhouette of man
walking, trees and
Close up
Closer close
up
Jump cut
Even closer
close up
Jump cut
Medium long
shot
Sans serif

6. left to right in unison.
Wipe away from right to
left
Man walks round the
side of the house
Vignette follows the
direction of the man like
a spotlight
Name wipes from left to
right. Wipes away from
right to left
Man walks inside of the
house
Name wipes from left to
right. Wipes away from
right to left
A large box is shown
Man hesitates to walk to
the box. Names wipe
from right to left
Man appears in front of
kitchenware. Names
wipe away from bottom
right to top left
Ambiguous view of the
box. Name wipes
downwards from top left
bushes
Red text
01:30-01:33
Natural lighting
White wooden
house
01:34-01:38
Lighting inside the
hallway
01:39-040
01:40-01:32
01:43
01:44-01:45
Villain appears in the
door way
01:46
Villain lifts mallet and
01:47
Extra-long
shot
“”
Dialogue
Low angle
mid shot dolly
“”
Large metal box
Red font
Man is wearing a
70s style shirt
Dirty abandoned
looking kitchen
Light emits through
window
Dirty box
Eerie sounds
Eerie sounds
Rattling from
inside box
Eerie sounds
Close up
High angle
Eerie noises
Rattling from
inside the box
High
angle/canted
angle
Villain wearing
mask and dirty
apron and shirt
Mallet
Loud, high pitched
strings
Over the
shoulder
Male screaming
Over the
Mid shot
Sans serif

7. tries to attack his next
victim.
Name disappears
Villain hits victim over
the head, knocking him
to the ground.
Fades to negative, then
out to black
Fades from black
Full moon is denoted.
Names wipe downwards.
Fade away
shoulder
(from
opposite
viewpoint)
Reverse zoom
01:48
01:49-01:54
Two characters appear in 01:55-01:57
the bushes.
Names wipe downwards
Man in wheelchair
searches with his torch
Villain appears with a
chainsaw
01:58
Villain lunges chainsaw
into the victims
02:00
01:59
Fades to negative,
then out to black
Full moon, lighting
emits from the
moon
Names are shown
in red font, aligned
to the right
Man in a
wheelchair, holding
a torch
Woman wearing a
vest top
Wheelchair
torch
Villain wears mask
and dirty clothing
Using a chainsaw
Villain has blood on
his masked face
Mask
Blood
Eerie noises fade
out
Dialogue
Ambient noises of
birds
Sound bridge of
rustling in the
bushes
Sound bridge of
rustling in the
bushes
Dialogue
Medium long
shot
Ambient sounds
dialogue
Faint sound of
metal knocking
Screams
Chainsaw revving
Shoulder shot
Screams
Chainsaw revving
Low angle
Zoom
Action match

8. Names fade away
Chainsaw
wheelchair