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Camera Shots, Angles and Movements Part 1: Camera Shots

Examples Of Potential Camera Shots, Angles and Movements We May Use:

OSS (Over-The-Shoulder Shot)

Looking from behind a person at the subject

CU (Close Up)

A certain feature or part of the subject takes up the whole frame

Cut In

Shows some (other) part of the subject in detail.

ECU (Extreme Close Up)

The ECU gets right in and shows extreme detail.

EWS (Extreme Wide Shot)

The view is so far from the subject that he isn't even visible. Often used as an establishing shot.

MCU (Medium Close Up)

Half way between a MS and a CU.

MS (Mid Shot)

Shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject.

Point-of-View Shot (POV)

Shows a view from the subject's perspective.

VWS (Very Wide Shot)

The subject is visible (barely), but the emphasis is still on placing him in his environment.

Weather Shot

The subject is the weather. Can be used for other purposes, e.g. background for graphics.

WS (Wide Shot)

The subject takes up the full frame, or at least as much as comfortably possible.

Storyboard

A film story board is basically a comic of the film and parts of it which is constructed before filming of the movie. Storyboard helps directors and cinematographers in seeing future factors that could be a potential problem

Below is a image of the Storyboard for The After Hour Trailer:

Camera shot list:

Row 1 Column 1: CGI
Row 1 Column 2: Mid Shot (MS), Medium Close Up (MCU)
Row 2 Column 1: Very Wide Shot (VWS), Group Shot (GS)
Row 2 Column 2:CGI
Row 3 Column 1: Point-of-View Shot (POV), Two Shot, Close Up (CU)
Row 3 Column 2:CGI

Types of Camera Movements we will consider:

· ARC

· Crab

· Follow

· Pedestal

· Pan

· Tilt

· Tracking

· Trucking

· Zooming

Below is theOrginal Story Board for Our first Fil Trailer Idea

Music:

Music is a very important part to film trailers as it sets the overall atmosphere, the genre of music can also help establish the genre of the film. Below you will find the songs we considered to put in our trailer:

Below you will find te music we have thought about putting in our Film Trailer:

Evanescence - Bring Me To Life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YxaaGgTQYM

Evanescence - Going Under

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdhqVtpR2ts

System Of A Down - Chop Suey!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSvFpBOe8eY

Korn - Freak On A Leash

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRGrNDV2mKc

DMX - What's My Name

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FFK5Oh10os

Slipknot - Psychosocial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wws7mnMewPw

Slipknot - Duality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVE8kSM43I

Slipknot - Before I Forget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_09wFxoaeQ

Slipknot - Dead Memories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP5PqJpk5lQ

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTWKbfoikeg

Locations:

Potential Locations for our Trailer

1. Group Member Blake’s back yard

2. Royston Field (near Penge Sainsbury)

3. Kelsey Park Sports College/Kelsey’s Woods

The locations of horror film are a very important part of it. The locations we have short lasted have elements that we want to utilize for the trailer. Blake’s back yard, Royston Field and Kelsey Woods have a slight fell of absence as the scales of the locations are rather large. Therefore for our trailer we were looking to enhance the feel of absences by using edits, lighting, mise en scène, camera shots, and sounds such aspects like fast edits will help raise the tension, alongside lighting and camera shots can also help in building a tense and heart dropping atmosphere.

Image of the First Possible Location:

Image of the Second Possible Location:

Image of the Third Possible Location:

Props and Costume:

Prop and Costume List:

· Three Props Knifes

· Three Black Hooded jackets (for the villains)

· Three Black jeans

· Three pairs of black boots or trainers

· Fake Blood

Why were theses Props and Costume needed?

Theses props are important part of the mise en scene of our trailer. We used props that intertwine with the genre of horror of our film trailer. Knifes are most definitely a significant factor to horror films especially those of the slasher and supernatural sub-genre of horror. Some of the most popular horror films such as ‘Halloween’, ‘Jason’ and ‘Scream’ revolve around bladed weapons such as knifes machetes and axes. Therefore we felt for our film it was important to ad the elements of bladed weapons. We also dressed the villains in all black urban wear. The villains costume resembles the costumes of Screams antagonist which is also a film which revolves of the slashing of innocent victims. Therefore carry on the continuity of the horror genres mise en scene. We also placed fake blood alongside the blades of the prop knife. The fake blood gives the suggestion that the antagonist’s have used the knifes to injure or even kill.

Images of The Actual Props Used For Our Trailer:

Prop Knifes Used In The Trailer