Ideas for Use of Camera

1. Ideas For Use Of Camera
Within our Slasher Trailer

2. Common Camera Shots - Close Ups
During the course of producing the coursework we have
watched many horror film trailers, and it is evident that the
same range of camera shots are used with every trailer.
For example extreme close ups of the victim and the villain
are often used.
Close ups of the victim are used to show fear as their face
fills the screen and the audience are forced to notice their
horrified facial expressions. Close ups/extreme close ups of
the villain are used for jump scares, often the villain will be
wearing a scary mask, so suddenly cutting to a close up of
this mask can shock and scare the audience.

3. Long Shots/Establishing Shots
There are also always some wide angle establishing shots
to set the equilibrium, this enables the audience to see
what the setting was like before the evil behavior started
to take place. The height of the camera and the way in
which it is looking at a character can change the audience's
perception of them.
For example high and low angle shots are used to create a
representation of power/ authority among the characters.
Often when the villain is about to kill a victim a low angle
shot is use to look up at the villain, this makes them look
powerful as they are towering over the camera.

4. High/Long Angle shots and Camera Movement
A high angle shot is used to look down upon the victim
when they are about to be killed, this portrays how
vulnerable they are and that they are being totally
dominated by the controlling and powerful villain.
The camera movement can make a scene more scary, as it
can quickly bring the audience closer to the action so they
feel as if they're in the thick of it. Point of View shots are
also sometimes used so we can see what the character
is seeing through their eyes. Some examples of
common camera movement that we may use
within our trailer are pan, tilt, tracker,
handheld, zoom and PoV.

5. What Camera Shots we will Include Within Our
Trailer...In our trailer we will be including close up shots of the victims faces as they're about to be
killed to give the audience and understanding of the fear the character is going through. We
will also use a close up of our villain (the butcher) for a jump scare. Conventionally we will use
a high angle shot to look down a our victim before they die to signify their hopelessness.
Similarly we will oppose this with a low angle shot looking up at the butcher, just before any
killings to suggest the domination and control he withholds at this moments in time.
We will include shots of our victims (the teens) throw a car window from the opposite side of
the street as a point of view shot after filming over the butcher should to suggest the butcher
is watching them.

6. What Camera Shots we will Include Within Our
Trailer...We will include hand held shot from behind the teens as they walk home from school to reflect
the ie that someone is following them. In the same scene we will have a shot where the camera
is placed in the bushes, looking out at the path and tracking the teens as they will pass, this will
be followed by a shot of the butcher in the bushes so the audience are aware that it was a point
of view shot and the butcher is watching them without the victim's knowing.
Equipment We Will Use…
Firstly and clearly the most important piece of camera equipment we will use in the production
of our trailer will be the camera itself. We will use a Canon 700D which is a high standard film
and photography Digital SLR. Many of our shots will be tracking shots, in order to do this the
camera will be placed on a tripod and the camera will the panned to follow the subject.