The document discusses different camera angles used in thrillers and how they affect the audience. An establishing shot allows the audience to understand the setting and tone at the beginning of the film. A medium close up shot conceals part of the landscape to create mystery about what is happening and where the character is going. An extreme close up focuses the audience on important characters or props to make assumptions about their role in the thriller. A high angle or bird's eye view shot suggests vulnerability and danger by making the character appear small, foreshadowing what may occur later in the film.

1. Camera Angles
Used in our thriller

2. Establishing shot
The use of a establishing shot allows the audience to
establish their settings and atmosphere right from the
beginning. What the audience visually sees sets the tone of
the thriller and the persona aimed to be achieved by the
producers and director. The mise en scene of the location
viewed first by the audience of a forest immediately gives
off the horror thriller connotations paired with the music to
give the ultimate on the edge feeling experienced by the
audience. An establishing shot enables the audience to see
more and receive and sense of idea where they are and
where the narrative is going to go. By not making the
location clear at the beginning causes confusion within the
audience and leads the sequence to not make sense.

3. Medium Close Up
We used a medium close up shot to only expose part
of the shot. Causing the audience to question the
narrative, enticing them to watch on. Concealing the
rest of the landscape to achieve a sense of mystery
as to what she doing and where she is going. We
used this particular shot to bring attention to the
props and how they build tension successfully, the
use of a teddy suggests to the audience vulnerability
and innocence. Foreshadowing what is later to come.
The masking of the background keeps the audience
guessing and doesn’t give the film away straight
away.

4. Extreme Close Up
The use of an extreme close up enables the audience
to focus on a particular character or prop of interest
that plays an important role within a thriller. Ours
being our main character of the little girl, the in-
depth detail and allowing the audience so see this
enables them to make assumptions about the
character and what direction she will lead within the
thriller. Extreme close ups of the location adds effect
and understanding to the audience in helping them
establish the location used and the codes and
conventions into explaining why.

5. High Angle/ Birds Eye View
A high angle/ Birds eye view suggests vulnerability
and danger, having the audience over the character
making them appear small and insignificant
suggesting that they are being overpowered.
Foreshadowing what is later to occur in the film,
possibilities of being followed or our character
escaping all builds tension and mystery to our
thriller. This shot was used over our character when
moving in a demonic way, displaying inching and
uncontrollable behaviour to achieve the sinister
atmosphere and persona we are aiming for.