Camera Angles.. not finished !!

The camera angles mark the specific location at which a camera is placed to take a shot.

In terms of the Horror genre the conventions are totally different to what other (genres) trailers would contain.


As stated before the main reasoning to why our group chose to do horror was becuase of how effective and aesteticaly pleasing the trailer could turn out to be.


I believe the camera angles and the use of lighting is extremely important for the success of our trailer.


Most effective camera angles would have to be:

* Extreme closups

* Extreme wide shots


These to me would be very effective becuase the extreme closeup would allow us to show the girl and the pain and fear in her eyes, through the expression on her face. It would allow us to engage the audience and make them jump when they do see Alice' alter ego. (the dangerous side of her)

One of the main factors in able to achieve great effects within a horror movie is to get the correct camera angles! If the camera angles are not right for the shot, a whole different affect is brought across to the audience. Without good use of camera angles which vary it makes the viewer lose interests therefore we need to make sure that we prevent this from happening.As the budget is low, and we are not using the best of cameras, therefore we need to find many techniques for us to experiment with the equipment we have, enabling us to have a more successful trailer. Below is a list of angles, followed by camera movement which we need to consider as these are the most common used within a horror trailer:

Camera AnglesExtreme Close Up: This is used to emphasise something.Close Up: This is where the subject fills the frame it shows emotion. Dutch Tilt: Where the subject is tilted. Extreme Long shot: This is where the setting fills the frame. Long shot: this is where we see the subject in relation to their surrounding the setting dominates.Medium long shot: this is where the setting and the subject are in equal proportion.Medium Shot: this is when the subject is cut off at the waist.

Camera MovementZoom: when zooming in the camera does not moveTracking: the camera moves smoothly towards or away from the subjectPan: the camera moves from left to right following a moving subject.Hand-held camera: produces a jerky movement, creating a sense of reality/chaosSteadicam: a hand-held camera worn with a harness to achieve a steady shot

Kiran and Sonia ..