Ideas For Camera

This type of shot will be used in our trailer to emphasise the importance of our protagonist’s mental state because an extreme close up shot on her eye will suggest to the audience that by watching the film they are looking into her soul and trying to figure out why she is psychologically unstable.

Extreme Close Up Shots are effective as it tells the audience specifically what to focus on and makes the things that are important to the narrative stand out so the audience pay more attention to it. Her eyes can also give the audience hints to the narrative as in our poster and magazine front cover images, her eyes have been edited to appear the colour red to make her look more demonic.

Extreme Close Up Shot

An over the shoulder shot is an idea to be used in our horror film trailer and this is because it would most likely be used in a scene where our protagonist is looking in a mirror and seeing herself. This type of shot gives the audience the chance to see the film from her perspective and it may make them more sympathetic towards her or make them identify with her more.

Over The Shoulder Shot

A high angle close up shot would be used effectively in my horror film as they are conventionally used in order to make specific characters appear smaller or weaker than their fellow characters. This is done to further character development and to help advance the narrative as it may be a part in the film where the protagonist has gone through extreme trauma and therefore is feeling fragile and this is portrayed in the camera angle on the character.

We would use this in our horror film trailer when showing our protagonist at a low point in the narrative either when she is suffering from her nightmares, is engaging in her alcohol and drug addiction or having committed a grievous error.

High Angle Close Up Shot

Another idea for camera is a wide shot which would be used effectively in our film trailer to show the audience the setting and background to our film. Wide shots are used successfully in order to give the audience more of a perspective of what is happening on screen. In our film trailer, a wide shot could be used for example, when our protagonist is in a graveyard, the wide shot will show the audience instantly the setting that she is in and will help persuade them to watch the film because they want to know who in the narrative died.

Wide Shot