Camera Angles and Shots

As you can see in the image above there are many different techniques that can be used through the way the camera is angled or shot from, this may affect the scene and how it will be portrayed to the audience. All different shots, movements and angles will create a different feeling and add something different to the entire shot this is why is it very important to make sure you are making the right decision when choosing in what way and how you are going to shoot your piece of film.

One of the main shot sizes that i will be using is;

CLOSE UPS 

Close ups are one of the standard shots which are regularly used with medium shots and long shots which are all known as cinematic techniques.. Close ups will display the most detail however you will not be able to see everything that will be going on in the scene, just the person or object that you are focusing on. The most popular way of changing you shot into a close up would be by zooming from a shot that is far away. The many different reasons that could be for using close ups could be because they are used as cutaways from a more distant shot which will then show the object of person in detail; this is good for expressing emotion. Another effective way of capturing the audience would be to make sure that you do not include close ups for the audience to feel an emotional distance from the subject matter that is being expressed.

I will include close ups in my own horror opening sequence, mainly because of the genre so the audience can feel and see the emotion from the characters and it may help them to feel to reality of the shot. Also short fast cut clips will help to build up tension which will also help if you can see the characters emotion when it is shown to you in detail.