Shot Types

Establishing shot- The first few shots that we plan to use in our film trailer is an establishing shot which will be done for more than one reason. Firstly it was done to give the audience an idea of where some of the action was going to take place in the actual film, which in most films of any type of genre this I why an establishing shot is used. The other reason why we used the establishing shot is to create tension as soon as the film trailer starts because the shots were just random shots of different fields etc. The fact that the shots didn't have any context to it, helped create the tension of the unknown. Later on in the trailer, we did then use another establishing shot which was focused on a house, which this times had more context as it showed the audience that the house did have some connection to one of the characters in the trailer. As there will be dark and dull lighting will be used throughout the shots, this will help us set the mood of the whole film as it gives the audience an insight into how the film is going to pan out. 

 

Long shot- Another important shot that was used many different times is the long shot which was used in used in our trailer when there was any graphic action being used, for example there is a scene in our trailer where again the villainous psychopath is murdering someone, so we used a long shot to show the murder. The reason for why we used a longshot mainly during graphic scenes is because we didn't want t give any of the storyline away in the trailer and the fact that the person being murdered wasn't shown will make the audience be more intrigued to watch the film and find out who was murdered and why.

Mid shot- When shooting some scenes in our trailer we used a variety of medium shots, which was used for mainly the same reason. For instance, there were many times in our trailer where we wanted to get a shot of more than one character and also be able to be close enough to show each of the characters emotions, such as there is a scene where the villainous psychopath has tied what seems an innocent man and using the medium shot allowed us to fit both characters in and we were also allowed to witness the anger of the psycho character and the fear of the innocent man that has been tied up.

POV shot- The next shot that we used in our film trailer was the most unused shot but was perhaps the most affective shot. Using the POV or point of view shot again was used to create huge tension and fear to the audience. We used the POV shot when the camera was focussed on again on the protagonist of the film and using the POV shot made it look like the character was being followed, which is what create the fear and tension in the trailer.

Tracking shot- The tracking shot was perhaps the most popular type of shot that was used within our trailer and the reason for why we used the tracking shots is to basically allow the audience to be able to follow any action. For example there is a scene were the protagonist is driving his car whilst he is investigating and using the tracking shot allowed the audience understand where exactly the protagonist is heading and where and what he is investigating.