Media A2
Horror/Thriller Shot types
Establishing Shot
An establishing shot is used in most common horror movie as it familiarise the audience to where the scene and movie is taking place. In horror movie this shot is used to show the audience how creepy and scary a location looks and makes you think and feel what it would be like to be in that location. By using this shot it also makes the audience feel like the know the this place very well as the whole house or setting was shown to them.
Close up
A close up shot is used to show the audience the fear in a character's eyes, it also shows the reaction and emotion of the character follow a recent event or an approaching event. A theorist named Goddard believed that close up shot’s were invented for tragedy. He believes that close up’s reveal an emotion and it creates emphasis. Using a close shot for the main protagonist give the audience a feel of being more involved and feel the tension between the character trying to make them feel the same way.
Bird's eye view
Bird's eye view is used to make the evil character look better and more agressive then the victim in the scene. This shot also makes the protagonist seem powerless and out of control of what's going on around him invloving the evil character. By making the protagonist feel vulnerable it makes the audience question about his chances of not being killed or having something bad happening to the character.
Panning Shot
These shots shows movement in the scene. This is used very effectively and commonly in most horror and thriller films to portray a character is being followed or being watched over. It also could establish a scene so the audience can see the full view. Another great use is as the camera is moving the suspense builds up as you don’t know what could be shown next. A panning shot can also be used as the audience's eyes looking around the scene and trying to see what the location or characters looks like.
The Batman Dark Knight
Crash
I was highly influenced by the interrogation scene from the movie Batman. I felt that the camera shot from this scene really help it to build up the tension between the two characters that was included within the scene. Having a close up of the villain is an effective way of showing a character's facial expressions towards what he/she has done. The villain in our short film is a character who kills people and wants to get caught to 'show off' his 'work' and we showed this by having close ups of the character laughing and smiling to show the audience exactly how he feels about the wrongs his done.
After watching the movie 'Crash' I came across multiple shot types which I thought would look good to include in our short film. One of the shot that I was really interested in was an over the shoulder shot looking towards the actor 'Terrence Howard'. While watching this scene what I thought really worked well is that it gave me a sense of what that character looking at him would feel like making the audience feel like their actually part of the movie. This is a really good way of interacting with the audience and making them more engaged into the movie.