Paranormal Activity 3 uses camerawork, editing techniques, mise-en-scene, and sound design to build tension and create a scary atmosphere for the audience. Static cameras are used to show surrounding areas where characters may be dragged or pulled from frame to frame. Fast-paced editing with short clips keeps tensions high. Candlelight, mysterious props, and carefully designed sets contribute to an unsettling feel. Non-diegetic music and sounds are employed alongside dialogue to gradually increase a sense of dread in viewers. These filmmaking elements work together to craft a trailer that builds hype by teasing scare without revealing too much of the plot.

1. Paranormal activity 3

2. Info about the film
• Paranormal activity is a supernatural film that
was made in the united state. It had a low
budget of $15,000 and at box office it made
$193,335,800. it was at blumhouse production
studios and the film was distributed by
paramount pictures.

3. Camerawork
• This shot acts like an establishing shot and shows where
the scene is taking place. So as you can see it looks like an
average day with a family in there back garden. This sets
the scene for nothing to happen and that you wouldn’t
expect anything scary to happen. This create a calm
atmosphere within the audience and not setting anything
mysterious to happen. So this creates a starting point for
The tension to build and
therefore this can start to
scare the audience.

4. Camerawork
• This film is based around the use of steady cam shots and static
cameras. This shot is a static camera on the wall and the point
of this is that it shows the audience what's going on in the
scene but it also shows what the surrounding area looks like.
The shot needs to show the surrounding area as you can see
people dragged off along the floor in some scenes.
Showing the whole area can
also make the character
seems smaller making it scary
for the audience, also the
camera is looking down at the
character therefore making
them look small and
powerless.

5. Editing
• This print screen shows one of the editing transitions
between each sections of the camerawork during the
scenes. This a way of changing to different parts of the
film and is good way to change within the genre. This
also build tension in the audience and can also created
excitement to watch the film when the trailer is played.
These transitions can also adds to
tension as a scene can come to a
sudden stop and then play another
part of the scene. Fast paced
editing is used as this keeps the
tensions building.

6. Editing
• The fast paced editing of loads of different shot and
transitions in a very short amount of time can cause tension.
Print screen in the bottom two pictures are examples of the
shots that are on the screen for less than a second. This can
create insecurity within the audience and be a big tension
builder. Shot are played which are parts of the film and then a
transition to these fast paced editing clips which makes the
trailer come across scarier.
However this can make the
film scarier when watching it
but this can also create an
encouragement to watch the
film.

7. Mise en scene
• The mise en scene in this film can be very important as the
surrounding in horror films especially paranormal activity is
essential. The candles and the fire can give an mysterious
effect to the film and build tensions. The candles also an give
the perception to the audience that something is going to
happen.
Also the props of the gun that is
lighter is one of them props that
can be mislead to what it actually
is. A prop like this Just build
tension. Everything on the horror
film is there to create tension
and then to scare the audience,

8. Mise en scene
• The setting in this scene is thought through well as it
has the camera in the corner of the room so you get
wide shot. The set design is thought about well as it
has the babies cot on one side of the room and the
door near it therefore when the woman puts the baby
in the cot she then gets dragged out of the room. So
that’s why the set design is vital so the acting at the
special effects can be carried out so they look real.

9. Sound
• The sound in this part of the film is all to do with tension building. The is
just the dialogue of the girls talking/ the they turn the lights off and start6
to sing bloody Mary. The dialogue in this case creates the tension in the
audience. When they stop singing there is non diegetic sound of the music
which start to create even more tension. Then one of the girls scream and
the non diegetic sound stops. Then the scene is over.
The character dialogue and the
non diegetic sound is used
together to create the tension.
When the girls stop talking the
music starts so this all works
together and contributes to the
tensions being created.

10. Sound
• When the tittle screen appears a sound effect of a long bell
which build tension during the trailer. Other tittle screens in
the trailer have the same sound effect on them and then after
a couple of second dialogue from the film is played over the
top while it changes to the next scene.
This sound effect and then the
dialogue over the top is all to
do with creating tension. The
trailer is slowly building tension
and making it seem scary but
all creating a hype about it so
the film looks good and
therefore gets an audience.