2. ‘Sleepy Hollow’ We used similar shots in our trailer
This shot shows a close-up of feet where only the feet of the characters
running, this increases the sense of are shown. We also had the main
urgency and the idea that the character character running away from the
is in danger. camera to emphasis the fact that she is
running away from something. Also it
increases the suspense as what she is
running away from is behind the
audience and they don’t know what it
is.
3. ‘Primal’ We tried to create a similar shot in our
This shot shows one of the characters trailer but it was hard to get a good take
being dragged away from the camera because we didn’t have any extra
with her hands frantically clawing at equipment so one of us had to drag her
the ground. I think that his shot across the ground. This made it hard to
emphasises the superior strength and make it seem as if she was being pulled
power of the ‘enemy’ because of the over the ground effortlessly by
way she is effortlessly dragged across someone with super-human strength.
the ground
4. ‘Friday the 13th’ For this shot we introduced the woods
This long shot shows the setting of the as the main setting to emphasis the
woods and how big and isolated they characters isolation and solitude.
can be. Also, woods and forests are However, we also decided to have them
often used in Horror/Thriller films as walking down into the woods as we felt
they are secluded and it means that the that this made it seem like they were
characters are in their own. almost going down into a trap or that it
would be hard for them to escape as
there is only one way out.
5. ‘The Blair Witch Project’ This shot is from after everything
This shot shows the dense trees and changes and shows that these two
foliage behind one of the characters characters are lost in the woods and are
which emphasises how alone they are running away from something. Whereas
and that they are surrounded by trees the previous slide shows them entering
and so could get lost very easily. with a possible escape route, this shows
that that they are completely lost and
don’t know how to escape from the
woods.
