9 screen shots phantasm

Here are 9 shots in which are similar to the 9 shots i have found from other teaser trailers.




















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I have chosen to use these different angled shots and settings in my trailer not only to create my trailer to be unique, but to carry some of the specific horror conventions in my shots. I’ve chosen to use an abandoned hall way for a shot as horror is stereotypically set in small communities or isolated places in which there I no place to call for help or reassurance. The camera work is very important in the way of creating suspense as shots such as point of view shots create the audience to feel uncomfortable as they are looking through the killers eyes. In horror films the camera work is known to be more expressive rather than naturalistic, for example using a hand held camera and canted angled shots, as these shots are unbalanced it creates the audience to feel unsafe and venerable as the effects given off are abnormal to us. The most commonly used shot in the trailer was the use of extreme close ups in which is very stereotypically common in horror films, as these emphasise and allow us to identify with the characters expressions and make us feel uncomfortable as its an invasion of personal space and excluding the threat in the scene. I found this shot to be the most effective and therefore we used it allot in the teaser trailer as it builds a huge amount of suspense. As the teaser trailer is the first sort of marketing material it needs to grab the audiences attention instantly leaving them to want more, therefore it is important to limit what is being shown yet give them a glimpse of the plot by using lots of limited shots such as extreme close ups. In these screen shots we have you can see we have also used allot of iconography in which the audience instantly sets our film to be a horror and not fall into the 'thriller' category. We have used low key lighting in the majority of shots to emphasise the shadows creating this dangerous creepy feel. We have also used allot of blood on the characters in which defiantly is significant to promoting our film to be part of the horror genre. In out trailer we decided to use a girl for the main protagonist as this is a typical horror convention as girls are looked upon to be weaker and virginal therefore perfect for a killer target.