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The document analyzes the shots used in a film trailer. It describes each of the 16 shots in detail to build tension and slowly reveal that a young girl, Jessica, is in danger from an obsessed stalker. The shots establish the night setting, show the stalker watching Jessica's house, reveal he has entered her home, and build to the climax of his hand reaching toward her bedroom door as she sleeps, unaware of the threat.
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Analysis of shots used in my trailer
The document analyzes the shots used in a film trailer. It describes each of the 16 shots in detail to build tension and slowly reveal that a young girl, Jessica, is being stalked and is in danger. The shots start with establishing her location at night, then show someone watching her home and following her inside. Later shots reveal the stalker creeping up to her bedroom as she sleeps, unaware of the threat. The trailer uses lighting, camera angles, and titles to draw the audience in and generate a sense of fear for the girl's safety without revealing too much about the stalker or plot.
Trailer analysis
The document provides an analysis of the trailers for the horror films The Conjuring and Paranormal Activity.
The Conjuring trailer uses 45 shots across 9 locations and features a family moving into a new haunted house. It employs generic horror elements like vulnerable female characters and creepy occurrences investigated.
Paranormal Activity's trailer has 27 shots across 12 locations and jumps between scenes using blurring transitions. It features night vision footage and establishes strange events happening to a family being documented by a camera. Both trailers aim to build an unsettling atmosphere through their editing and realistic camerawork.
Taken clip analysis
The document discusses the use of various camera shots in scenes from the movie Taken. It describes how close-up shots are used to show emotion and detail, medium shots are used when characters are explaining things to convey professionalism, and long shots and wide shots provide more context and show the background and full scene. Throughout the film, close-ups of feet are also used to maintain mystery around the identities of kidnappers.
9screenanalysis
The opening scene of Scream establishes tension through a series of shots. It begins with a close-up of a ringing phone before panning up to reveal a girl answering it. Subsequent shots show the backyard swing moving on its own and the girl lighting the oven gas, foreshadowing danger. A dialogue about horror films plays out as the girl handles knives in the kitchen. Windows and open spaces make the alone girl feel vulnerable. Close-ups of her fearful emotions and a final long shot confirming her boyfriend's murder leave the audience wanting to see what will happen to her next.
Halloween 9 frame anaylsis
The opening scene of the Halloween movie uses various film techniques across 9 frames to build tension and scare the audience. Frame 1 establishes the dark, ominous tone with an orange institution against a black background. Frames 2-3 use a pumpkin and unsettling music to set the mood. Frame 4 introduces the first-person perspective of someone walking to a house as children say "trick or treat". Frames 5-7 maintain this perspective to heighten tension as a character watches and then murders a woman through a window. Frame 8 reveals the murderer is a young boy, shocking the audience. Frame 9 shows police arriving as the house is no longer welcoming, leaving the audience scared and curious about the boy.
Shot list
This document contains a shot list for a film scene involving Sam. It includes 41 shots that show Sam waking up excited to receive a call, getting ready quickly, eating breakfast but being interrupted by a car horn, arriving at her new foster home with her social worker and foster dad, crying in her new room and finding a card with a picture from her father, having a flashback, and getting in trouble at school. The shots progress the story through settings like Sam's house, car, foster home, and classroom.
Murdoch Mystery Screen Captures
The document discusses significant objects and camera shots in an episode of the TV show Murdoch Mysteries. It notes that close-ups of objects like a letter, purse contents, room key, and photograph are used to clue the audience into important clues. Facial close-ups convey characters' feelings and tension. Shots of a clock and elevator emphasize the passage of time and an impending crisis. The camera follows a character suspiciously entering a hotel room to investigate.
The house at the end of the street
The opening scene of the film sets a foreboding and tense mood through the use of distorted camera work, flashing lights, and thunder sounds. A young girl slowly walks through the house as the parents lie in bed, hearing noises. A lamp suddenly drops as the girl walks by, startling the audience. The electricity then cuts out, darkening the scene. Through the girl's point of view, the camera zooms in on the bedroom door where the father lies, building suspense until the girl suddenly bursts through the door, providing another jump scare.
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The document analyzes the shots used in a film trailer. It describes each of the 16 shots in detail to build tension and slowly reveal that a young girl, Jessica, is being stalked and is in danger. The shots start with establishing her location at night, then show someone watching her home and following her inside. Later shots reveal the stalker creeping up to her bedroom as she sleeps, unaware of the threat. The trailer uses lighting, camera angles, and titles to draw the audience in and generate a sense of fear for the girl's safety without revealing too much about the stalker or plot.
Trailer analysis
The document provides an analysis of the trailers for the horror films The Conjuring and Paranormal Activity.
The Conjuring trailer uses 45 shots across 9 locations and features a family moving into a new haunted house. It employs generic horror elements like vulnerable female characters and creepy occurrences investigated.
Paranormal Activity's trailer has 27 shots across 12 locations and jumps between scenes using blurring transitions. It features night vision footage and establishes strange events happening to a family being documented by a camera. Both trailers aim to build an unsettling atmosphere through their editing and realistic camerawork.
Taken clip analysis
The document discusses the use of various camera shots in scenes from the movie Taken. It describes how close-up shots are used to show emotion and detail, medium shots are used when characters are explaining things to convey professionalism, and long shots and wide shots provide more context and show the background and full scene. Throughout the film, close-ups of feet are also used to maintain mystery around the identities of kidnappers.
9screenanalysis
The opening scene of Scream establishes tension through a series of shots. It begins with a close-up of a ringing phone before panning up to reveal a girl answering it. Subsequent shots show the backyard swing moving on its own and the girl lighting the oven gas, foreshadowing danger. A dialogue about horror films plays out as the girl handles knives in the kitchen. Windows and open spaces make the alone girl feel vulnerable. Close-ups of her fearful emotions and a final long shot confirming her boyfriend's murder leave the audience wanting to see what will happen to her next.
Halloween 9 frame anaylsis
The opening scene of the Halloween movie uses various film techniques across 9 frames to build tension and scare the audience. Frame 1 establishes the dark, ominous tone with an orange institution against a black background. Frames 2-3 use a pumpkin and unsettling music to set the mood. Frame 4 introduces the first-person perspective of someone walking to a house as children say "trick or treat". Frames 5-7 maintain this perspective to heighten tension as a character watches and then murders a woman through a window. Frame 8 reveals the murderer is a young boy, shocking the audience. Frame 9 shows police arriving as the house is no longer welcoming, leaving the audience scared and curious about the boy.
Shot list
This document contains a shot list for a film scene involving Sam. It includes 41 shots that show Sam waking up excited to receive a call, getting ready quickly, eating breakfast but being interrupted by a car horn, arriving at her new foster home with her social worker and foster dad, crying in her new room and finding a card with a picture from her father, having a flashback, and getting in trouble at school. The shots progress the story through settings like Sam's house, car, foster home, and classroom.
Murdoch Mystery Screen Captures
The document discusses significant objects and camera shots in an episode of the TV show Murdoch Mysteries. It notes that close-ups of objects like a letter, purse contents, room key, and photograph are used to clue the audience into important clues. Facial close-ups convey characters' feelings and tension. Shots of a clock and elevator emphasize the passage of time and an impending crisis. The camera follows a character suspiciously entering a hotel room to investigate.
The house at the end of the street
The opening scene of the film sets a foreboding and tense mood through the use of distorted camera work, flashing lights, and thunder sounds. A young girl slowly walks through the house as the parents lie in bed, hearing noises. A lamp suddenly drops as the girl walks by, startling the audience. The electricity then cuts out, darkening the scene. Through the girl's point of view, the camera zooms in on the bedroom door where the father lies, building suspense until the girl suddenly bursts through the door, providing another jump scare.
Written analysis of opening sequence
The opening scene of Scream establishes conventions of the thriller genre. It shows the movie title turning from white to red, symbolizing danger. Close-up shots of a ringing phone build suspense. A woman answers and has a seemingly friendly call but grows fearful. Continuity editing follows the woman through the house as she looks for the caller, building panic and suspense for the audience. Props like knives also symbolize violence typical of the genre.
Narrative structure of our short film
The short film introduces a young girl distracted by her phone who feels something else is in the room with her, building tension. She finds a key and opens the door, but discovers she is trapped in a loop and cannot escape the room or the monster within it, leaving the viewers with a sense of hopelessness.
Sixth sense
The opening sequence of The Sixth Sense uses various cinematic techniques to set up expectations for the film's paranormal themes. A woman is shown alone in a dark basement, dressed nicely, lit in a way that makes her stand out, suggesting she is in danger from something unseen. Unusual camera angles and a tracking shot imply she is being watched without knowing it. The soundtrack starts quietly and builds tension with changes in pace and rhythm. These visual and audio elements combine to create an eerie atmosphere and sense of uncertainty about what may happen.
Nightmare on elm street opening sequence analysis
This opening scene from Nightmare on Elm Street establishes an unsettling atmosphere through its mise-en-scene, camerawork, and sound design. The industrial setting removes the audience from comfort and isolates the innocent female protagonist. Close-up shots of her fearful expression and the mysterious killer applying knives to their hands introduce the threat. As the girl wanders alone among machinery, the camera isolates and follows her to build suspense without revealing the source of her fear. Unusual sounds like the killer's heavy breathing and creepy keyboard music enhance the strange and frightening tone.
Re analysis
This sequence begins by providing background on the Umbrella Corporation and then zooming into a small white room containing a man in a hazmat suit handling blue and green substances behind glass. These substances are locked in a case that is then removed, as the music builds tension. A vial is thrown in slow motion and smashes near air vents, and an iron door is shut, suggesting the substance is dangerous and the room contains secrets.
Dawn of The Dead Opening Scene
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Friday the 13th opening sequence analysis
The opening scene of Friday the 13th establishes a dark night sky and pans across a lake to a point-of-view shot of an unknown villain entering a camp house. Two camp workers are shown singing happily to indicate a budding romance. They are later revealed to be the victims as the camera switches back to the villain's point of view. As the female is stabbed, the camera zooms in on her face showing her fear and horror through a close-up shot. Slow motion is used to prolong the viewer's viewing of her murder. Sound is used to contrast between safety at the brightly lit camp house and danger in the dark outside, building tension through diegetic singing and non-diegetic music and sounds as the
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Sixth sense
The opening sequence of The Sixth Sense uses various cinematic techniques to set up expectations for the film's paranormal atmosphere. Close-up shots of a light bulb emphasize its importance, and shots from behind objects suggest the female character is being watched unseen. Her fancy dress in the dark basement creates an eerie sense of uncertainty. Non-diegetic sounds build tension and suspense, while slow editing and low lighting further unnerve the audience. Through these techniques, viewers learn the film will feature a weak female character in danger from mysterious unseen forces.
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Shot list
The shot list summarizes 45 shots that will be used to film a scene involving the abduction of a character named Penelope. It includes establishing shots, shots of Penelope with a friend and walking alone, shots of the abductor confronting and attacking Penelope in an alley, shots of him dragging her unconscious body and placing her in his car. It also includes shots at Penelope's family home showing their grief after she goes missing and shots of her mother remembering their last interaction before Penelope disappeared. The shots utilize a variety of camera angles, shots sizes and techniques to portray the tension and emotion of the abduction storyline.
The descent -cinematography
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Conventions of a thriller in our opening sequence
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1) The lighting in the film is used to set the grim tone, with flashlights and darkness representing the cave setting. Scenes focus on characters with darkness in the background.
2) The location of a hospital is used to represent the cave setting through dark and narrow corridors, though early shots obscure the location.
3) Props like a birthday cake with the daughter's name are used to provide context about past events.
The Ring Analysis Presentation
The document analyzes cinematography techniques used in the film "Dreamworks". It discusses the dark and gloomy logo, lack of opening credits, camera zooms into a window during rain, medium shots used to frame both characters, eye-level camera angles, details in the teenage girl's bedroom that convey innocence and isolation, non-diegetic rain sounds that build tension, and characters' limited movement until a scary story is told which causes them to curl up in fear. It is set in a lonely teenage girl's bedroom, indicating an unusual event will occur, and features two vulnerable female teen principal characters.
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This document summarizes 6 scenes from a film clip. Scene 1 uses a tracking shot to focus on a child blowing out birthday candles. Scene 2 shows the main character, Sarah, waking up confused in a hospital bed. Scene 3 uses an establishing shot and zoom to create tension as darkness approaches Sarah. Scene 4 is a chase scene where Sarah runs from the darkness in a wide shot. Scene 5 shows Sarah colliding with another woman in a hug. Scene 6 has a close-up of the woman crying and uses a walking away steadicam shot.
Conventions of our opening seqeuence
An opening sequence uses conventions like close-ups of objects to prompt questions from the audience and intrigue them. It also uses diegetic sounds from a radio to make the scene feel realistic and relatable. The introduction of the character's name and setting at the start orients the audience. Fast-paced editing, low key lighting, and a cliffhanger ending are used to build tension and leave the audience wondering what will happen. Titles are included throughout in a faint text style to match the genre.
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The document summarizes the use of mise-en-scene elements in a hospital scene from a film. It describes how lighting emphasizes the hospital setting and makes Sarah the focus. The dark surroundings and lit-up birthday cake draw attention. The location is a hospital corridor that feels dark and haunting alone but safe with her friend. Sarah wears a hospital gown showing her physical and mental vulnerability. The heartbeat monitor startles when removed, reminding of her near-death state. Cake flashes back to her daughter's accident. Diegetic sounds include beeping monitors and dialogue while non-diegetic includes background music.
Analysis of shots used in my trailer
The document analyzes the shots used in a film trailer. It describes each of the 16 shots in detail to build tension and slowly reveal that a young girl, Jessica, is in danger from an obsessed stalker. The shots start with establishing the night setting, then show Jessica entering her house unaware she is being watched. Later shots show the stalker creeping inside and the girl getting ready for bed without knowing the danger near her. The trailer leaves the viewer wondering what will happen to build intrigue for the full film.
Shots
1. The document provides descriptions and rationale for shots included in a horror film trailer about mysterious disappearances of girls in a small town.
2. Various shots are described that set the creepy atmosphere including extreme long shots of dark fields and an isolated barn, black and white medium shots that build suspense as a zombie gets closer to a girl, and close ups of evidence and a possessed woman's doll to link to the attacks on females.
3. Shots like a low camera angle as a phone rings creepily for a girl alone are meant to confuse and tension the audience to make them want to watch the full film.
9 frame analysis
The document analyzes 9 frames from the film "The Ward" using film techniques. Frame 1 establishes the dark and creepy setting using an establishing shot. Frames 2-6 show montage shots reinforcing the eerie atmosphere through low key lighting and flickering lights. Frame 7 uses a crane shot to portray a vulnerable girl in a creepy way as lightning flickers. Frame 8 uses a close-up shot of a young girl being strangled, a typical horror convention. Frame 9 uses special effects to show a distressed woman, linking to the film and costumes conventions of horror.
Evaluation
The student produced a short thriller film called "The Nightmare that Came True" filmed at their secondary school. The film follows a young school girl having a nightmare that she is being chased through the school corridors. It is revealed that her nightmare came true as her dead body is discovered in a storage room. Various camera techniques like high and low angle shots were used to create tension and show vulnerable and intimidating characters.
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Written analysis of opening sequence
The opening scene of Scream establishes conventions of the thriller genre. It shows the movie title turning from white to red, symbolizing danger. Close-up shots of a ringing phone build suspense. A woman answers and has a seemingly friendly call but grows fearful. Continuity editing follows the woman through the house as she looks for the caller, building panic and suspense for the audience. Props like knives also symbolize violence typical of the genre.
Narrative structure of our short film
The short film introduces a young girl distracted by her phone who feels something else is in the room with her, building tension. She finds a key and opens the door, but discovers she is trapped in a loop and cannot escape the room or the monster within it, leaving the viewers with a sense of hopelessness.
Sixth sense
The opening sequence of The Sixth Sense uses various cinematic techniques to set up expectations for the film's paranormal themes. A woman is shown alone in a dark basement, dressed nicely, lit in a way that makes her stand out, suggesting she is in danger from something unseen. Unusual camera angles and a tracking shot imply she is being watched without knowing it. The soundtrack starts quietly and builds tension with changes in pace and rhythm. These visual and audio elements combine to create an eerie atmosphere and sense of uncertainty about what may happen.
Nightmare on elm street opening sequence analysis
This opening scene from Nightmare on Elm Street establishes an unsettling atmosphere through its mise-en-scene, camerawork, and sound design. The industrial setting removes the audience from comfort and isolates the innocent female protagonist. Close-up shots of her fearful expression and the mysterious killer applying knives to their hands introduce the threat. As the girl wanders alone among machinery, the camera isolates and follows her to build suspense without revealing the source of her fear. Unusual sounds like the killer's heavy breathing and creepy keyboard music enhance the strange and frightening tone.
Re analysis
This sequence begins by providing background on the Umbrella Corporation and then zooming into a small white room containing a man in a hazmat suit handling blue and green substances behind glass. These substances are locked in a case that is then removed, as the music builds tension. A vial is thrown in slow motion and smashes near air vents, and an iron door is shut, suggesting the substance is dangerous and the room contains secrets.
Dawn of The Dead Opening Scene
The document discusses various camera shots and techniques used in the opening scene of the movie "Dawn of the Dead". It describes long shots that establish the hospital setting and characters. A pan shot is used to give the viewer the feeling of looking through the main character's eyes as she looks down the street. Extreme long shots show the city in disaster. Close ups are used to emphasize details like a clock showing the urgency of time or a news bulletin announcing breaking news.
Friday the 13th opening sequence analysis
The opening scene of Friday the 13th establishes a dark night sky and pans across a lake to a point-of-view shot of an unknown villain entering a camp house. Two camp workers are shown singing happily to indicate a budding romance. They are later revealed to be the victims as the camera switches back to the villain's point of view. As the female is stabbed, the camera zooms in on her face showing her fear and horror through a close-up shot. Slow motion is used to prolong the viewer's viewing of her murder. Sound is used to contrast between safety at the brightly lit camp house and danger in the dark outside, building tension through diegetic singing and non-diegetic music and sounds as the
Scene 4 – viaduct
The document summarizes three scenes set at a viaduct involving two girls. Scene 1 introduces the location with a white flash and grainy effect to indicate it is a memory. Scene 2 shows the girls walking down a path from a low camera angle getting louder as they approach. One girl has a hood to conceal her identity. Scene 3 switches between point-of-view shots of the girls with one saying goodbye and the other facing the bridge entrance, then reveals the figure from the prologue.
Sixth sense
The opening sequence of The Sixth Sense uses various cinematic techniques to set up expectations for the film's paranormal atmosphere. Close-up shots of a light bulb emphasize its importance, and shots from behind objects suggest the female character is being watched unseen. Her fancy dress in the dark basement creates an eerie sense of uncertainty. Non-diegetic sounds build tension and suspense, while slow editing and low lighting further unnerve the audience. Through these techniques, viewers learn the film will feature a weak female character in danger from mysterious unseen forces.
Running blind Pitch
Johnny is a famous criminal on the run from an underground organization called "the key" that is seeking revenge and to retrieve the money Johnny stole. The film will follow Johnny as he tries to evade the key, whose members are anonymous and tracking him everywhere. Flashbacks will reveal Johnny's past crimes and why he is now in danger, with the film utilizing confusion and tension like in Inception to keep the audience immersed in Johnny's nightmare of being constantly hunted.
Shot list
The shot list summarizes 45 shots that will be used to film a scene involving the abduction of a character named Penelope. It includes establishing shots, shots of Penelope with a friend and walking alone, shots of the abductor confronting and attacking Penelope in an alley, shots of him dragging her unconscious body and placing her in his car. It also includes shots at Penelope's family home showing their grief after she goes missing and shots of her mother remembering their last interaction before Penelope disappeared. The shots utilize a variety of camera angles, shots sizes and techniques to portray the tension and emotion of the abduction storyline.
The descent -cinematography
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Conventions of a thriller in our opening sequence
The document discusses how the opening sequence for a thriller film challenges some conventions of the genre while adhering to others. It does not feature any weapons like knives or guns but instead establishes the protagonist's drug and alcohol addiction through props. It aims to build suspense rather than launch straight into action. Sound effects like fire, laughing children and a clicking gas oven are used to create tension. Low key lighting is employed to set an eerie mood and obscure the killer's face. The characters follow the simple killer/victim trope seen in many thrillers. Bold but not overly dramatic title credits are chosen over more dramatic fonts to seem professional while highlighting the serious nature of the film.
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1) The lighting in the film is used to set the grim tone, with flashlights and darkness representing the cave setting. Scenes focus on characters with darkness in the background.
2) The location of a hospital is used to represent the cave setting through dark and narrow corridors, though early shots obscure the location.
3) Props like a birthday cake with the daughter's name are used to provide context about past events.
The Ring Analysis Presentation
The document analyzes cinematography techniques used in the film "Dreamworks". It discusses the dark and gloomy logo, lack of opening credits, camera zooms into a window during rain, medium shots used to frame both characters, eye-level camera angles, details in the teenage girl's bedroom that convey innocence and isolation, non-diegetic rain sounds that build tension, and characters' limited movement until a scary story is told which causes them to curl up in fear. It is set in a lonely teenage girl's bedroom, indicating an unusual event will occur, and features two vulnerable female teen principal characters.
Presentation1
This document summarizes 6 scenes from a film clip. Scene 1 uses a tracking shot to focus on a child blowing out birthday candles. Scene 2 shows the main character, Sarah, waking up confused in a hospital bed. Scene 3 uses an establishing shot and zoom to create tension as darkness approaches Sarah. Scene 4 is a chase scene where Sarah runs from the darkness in a wide shot. Scene 5 shows Sarah colliding with another woman in a hug. Scene 6 has a close-up of the woman crying and uses a walking away steadicam shot.
Conventions of our opening seqeuence
An opening sequence uses conventions like close-ups of objects to prompt questions from the audience and intrigue them. It also uses diegetic sounds from a radio to make the scene feel realistic and relatable. The introduction of the character's name and setting at the start orients the audience. Fast-paced editing, low key lighting, and a cliffhanger ending are used to build tension and leave the audience wondering what will happen. Titles are included throughout in a faint text style to match the genre.
Presentation2 Brad Tocque
The document summarizes the use of mise-en-scene elements in a hospital scene from a film. It describes how lighting emphasizes the hospital setting and makes Sarah the focus. The dark surroundings and lit-up birthday cake draw attention. The location is a hospital corridor that feels dark and haunting alone but safe with her friend. Sarah wears a hospital gown showing her physical and mental vulnerability. The heartbeat monitor startles when removed, reminding of her near-death state. Cake flashes back to her daughter's accident. Diegetic sounds include beeping monitors and dialogue while non-diegetic includes background music.
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Shots
1. The document provides descriptions and rationale for shots included in a horror film trailer about mysterious disappearances of girls in a small town.
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Question 1
In whats ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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Analysis of shots used in my trailer
- 1. Analysis of shots By Emma Jones
- 2. Shot ONE My trailer opens with this very quick shot of a ‘lamppost’, I decided to use this, as I felt that It would enable the audience to identify that it is night, as shown by the bright white light, and the bold black background.
- 3. Shot TWO The next shot used, again is very quick. I decided to use this sign, so that the audience are able to understand that the setting is in a street. The reason for choosing to use this is that both the previous and this shot enable the audience to feel safe with what they are watching as I slowly build on setting.
- 4. Shot THREE The camera then cuts to this shot, a ‘close up’ of the door being unlocked. This sends out a mysterious feeling, as they do not yet know who is behind the door. Slowly building on the tension.
- 5. Shot FOUR I then take the audience away from the door, where I have used an establishing shot, to create this vivid image that someone is being watched. The glisten of light coming from the mid point of the screen, creates a spooky feeling.
- 6. Shot FIVE The camera then cuts to a girl ‘Jessica’ walking into the house. From this point on wards I feel that the audience will be able to understand that she is in danger.
- 7. Shot SIX Ithen placed my first piece of text into the trailer. I decided to make the writing simple and to the point. My reason for choosing to use ‘obsession’, is because it doesn’t give too much away, yet it lets the audience think.
- 8. Shot SEVEN I then let the audience for the first time, see who is following the girl. By him touching the window, suggests that he is obsessed with the girl (links back to previous title) and that he wants to be closer to her. The bright light which I used again, is to replicate that is night. The reason for setting my trailer at night, is because I felt that the audience would feel more threatened, as during night-time you are much more vulnerable. I addition to this, the audience know more than the girl, therefore dramatic irony is created, making them feel sympathy for Jessica.
- 9. Shot EIGHT The audience are now able to see that someone is inside the house, slowly creeping upstairs. This shot was simply used to build on the tension and fear for the audience.
- 10. Shot NINE I used this shot of the girl brushing her teeth in the bathroom, so that the audience are able to understand that this is just like any other ‘ordinary’ young girl. The audience at this point know that someone is behind her.
- 11. Shot TEN The use of the words ‘young girl’, both create an innocent, naive girl who is in danger.
- 12. Shot ELEVEN We then see the girl in her bed, turning off her light, with her back facing towards the camera suggesting that she is totally oblivious to what is about to happen.
- 13. Shot TWELVE The next shot used, shows the hand creeping slowly towards the door. The reason for choosing just to show the mans hand, was so that his identity isn’t yet revealed, making the audience wanting to know more.
- 14. The audience are then left with the man facing directly at the camera. This quick paced shot is usedto create that final impact at the end of the trailer. The mans identity isn’t fully shown, he is still moulded in with the darkness. Shot THIRTEEN
- 15. Shot FOURTEEN Finally, I end with a quick half a second shot of aneye. This is used as a symbolic object throughout all of my other media products. I got this eye off a photograph, off You-Tube.
- 16. Shot FIFTEEN I used a voiceover to illustrate the title of my film. I felt that by using a girls name, would have more of an effect, as its more personal.
- 17. Shot SIXTEEN Finally ending with the release date of the film.